Provides the science and technology involved in the production of energy efficient and environmental friendly fuels.

Kuo-Wei Huang is Professor of Chemical Science at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He received his B.S. from National Taiwan University and Ph.D. from Stanford University. Prior to joining KAUST as a founding faculty member, he had been Assistant Professor in National University of Singapore and Goldhaber Distinguished Fellow at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He has received numerous awards and recognition, including Appreciation of distinguished teaching contribution, Ministry of Education, KSA (2017), Rising Star, International Symposium for Young Chinese Chemists (2016), Rising Stars Lectureship, 41st International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (2014), SABIC Chair Professorship (2013-2016), Asian Rising Stars Lectureship, the 15th Asian Chemical Congress (2013), RIKEN Visiting Fellowship (2012); Asian Core Program Lectureship (2012), Certificate of Appreciation from King Abdulaziz and his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (MAWHIBA) and Ministry of Education of Saudi Arabia (2011, 2014), UK-Singapore Partners In Science Collaboration Development Award (2008), Gertrude and Maurice Goldhaber Distinguished Fellowship (2004-2007), Regina Casper Stanford Graduate Fellowship (2002-2004), and Yuan T. Lee Fellowship (1993-1997). The research interests of his group include CO2 and plastics recycling and utilization, hydrogen storage, small molecules activation and kinetic and DFT studies of transition metal and organocatalysis.