HUANG LABORATORY 
Computational biophysics and soft materials

​​​​​Kai Huang

huangkai@szbl.ac.cn

+86 150 0701 1571

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE


2026 - present   Principal Investigator                                                 Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, China

2020 - 2026      Junior Principal Investigator                                      Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, China

2015 - 2020      Postdoc. Department of Biomedical Engineering      Northwestern University, USA

2009 - 2015      PhD. Material Science                                                University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

2005 - 2009      B.S. Department of Engineering Physics                   Tsinghua University, China        






AWARD


2025           NSFC Innovative Research Group (Category B)

2021           BPS Bioengineering Postdoc Recognition

2020           Shenzhen Peacock Project Talent

2017           GLCACS Outstanding Report Award



SELECTED PUBLICATION


1. G. Pei#, X. Wang#, X. Quan#, D. Geng, Z. Chen, W. Xu, K. Huang*, T. Li*, P. Li*. Opposing Roles of Serine and Charge in IDR Condensate Miscibility, Nature Chemical Biology, accepted

2. S. Qin#, Z. Yang#, H. Liu, X. Wang, B. Miao, S. Hou*, K. Huang*. Binding memory of liquid molecules. Nature Communications, 16, 6555 (2025)

3. M. Yang, S. Qin, X. Quan, J. Wang, J. Zhou*, J. Zhao*, K. Huang*. Molecular mechanism of polyphosphate-mediated nanosheet self-assembly. Langmuir, 41, 20, 12538–12545 (2025)

4. H. Zhao#, L. Shu#, S. Qin#, F. Lyu, F. Liu, E. Lin, S. Xia, B. Wang, M. Wang, F. Shan, Y. Lin, L. Zhang, Y. Gu, G. A. Blobel, K. Huang*, H. Zhang*. Extensive mutual influences of SMC complexes shape 3D genome folding. Nature, 640(8058):543-553 (2025)

5. P. Geng#, C. Li#, X. Quan#, J. Peng#, Z. Yao, Y. Wang, M. Yang, Y. Wang, Y. Xiong, H. Liu, Y. Qi, P. Yang, K. Huang*, X. Fang*. A thermosensor FUST1 primes heat-induced stress granule formation via biomolecular condensation in Arabidopsis. Cell Research (2025)

6. K. Huang*, Y. Li, A. Shim, R. Virk, V. Agrawal, A. Eshein, R. Nap, L. Almassalha, V. Backman* and I. Szleifer*, Physical and data structure of 3D genome, Science Advances, 6: eaay4055 (2020)

7. K. Huang, M. Tagliazucchi, S.H. Park, Y. Rabin and I. Szleifer*, Nanocompartmentalization of the nuclear pore lumen, Biophysical Journal, 118, 219-231 (2020)

8. K. Huang and I. Szleifer*, Design of multifunctional nanogates in response to multiple external stimuli using amphiphilic copolymer, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, 6422-6430 (2017)

9. K. Huang* and I. Szlufarska*, Effect of interfaces on nearby Brownian motion, Nature Communications, 6:8558 doi: 10.1038/ncomms9558 (2015)

10. K. Huang* and I. Szlufarska*, Green-Kubo relation for friction at liquid-solid interfaces, Physical Review E, 89, 032119 (2014)


*corresponding author