huangkai@szbl.ac.cn
+86 150 0701 1571EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
2005 - 2009 B.S. Department of Engineering Physics Tsinghua University, China
2009 - 2015 PhD. Material Science University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
2015 - 2020 Postdoc. Department of Biomedical Engineering Northwestern University, USA
2020 - present Tenure-track Assistant Professor Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, 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