ProfessorChun Ann Huang, FIMMM

Ann Huang FIMMM completed her undergraduate study in Materials Science and Engineering with First Class Honours at Imperial College London and PhD in Materials Science at the University of Oxford. She was a Lecturer at King’s College London, and Senior Lecturer, Reader (Associate Professor), and Professor of Energy Storage Materials at the Department of Materials, Imperial College London. 

Her research includes sustainable manufacturing technologies of energy devices (e.g. lithium ion batteries, solid-state batteries, sodium ion batteries, lithium sulfur batteries, etc.), new energy materials, and operando X-ray correlative imaging. She has been awarded the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant, ERC Starting Grant, UK EPSRC Open Fellowship, Royal Society of Chemistry's Faraday early career prize: Marlow Prize (2025), and Armourers & Brasiers Venture Prize (2026). She is also a co-I of the Faraday Institution "Lithium-ion: accelerating performance (LEAP)" programme and "Next generation electrodes (Nextrode)" programme. 

Prospective students/researchers
I welcome discussions from prospective students and researchers interested in joining our research group.

PhD scholarship with full funding and stipend may be available through separate application. Please send a CV and 1 page cover letter to a.huang@imperial.ac.uk.

Teaching:
Materials for energy conversion and storage (MATE70017)

The aims of the course are to study electrical properties (electronic and ionic transport) in crystalline ceramics. By the end of the course, a deep understanding of materials performance and degradation issues in electrochemical devices of batteries, electrolysers, fuel cells and gas sensors will be developed.

Performance of functional materials - Batteries (MATE50002)

The aims of the course are to understand the role of redox reactions in the production and storage of electrical energy, describe rechargeable batteries and their main characteristics, understand the role of crystal structure in the performance of electrode materials, and work on a case study of battery materials.