Ru-Jin Huang (黄汝锦)
Professor (二级研究员)
Phone: +86-29-62336275
Email: rujin.huang@ieecas.cn
Academic Qualifications:
2006.06-2009.05, PhD, Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Mainz, Germany, Mentor: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hoffmann
2002.09-2005.07, Master, Analytical Chemistry, Xiamen University, China, Mentor: Prof. Zhixia Zhuang
1998.09-2002.07, Bachelor, Chemistry, Xiamen University, China
Professional Experience:
2019.09-present, Adjunct Professor, Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi’an Jiaotong University
2015.01-present, Professor/CAS Distinguished Professor, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2013.01-2016.12, PSI Fellow/Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland, Prof. Andre Prevot/Prof. Urs Baltensperger group
2012, Three months Visiting Scientist, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Center for Atmospheric Chemistry and Environment, Texas A&M University, USA, Prof. Renyi Zhang group
2011.01-2012.12, Government of Ireland Research Fellow, Centre for Climate & Air Pollution Studies, University of Galway, Prof. Colin O’Dowd group
2010.01-2010.12, Postdoctoral, Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Science, University of Frankfurt, Prof. Andreas Engel group
2009.06-2009.12, Postdoctoral, Department of Chemistry, University of Mainz, Prof. Thorsten Hoffmann group
2005.10-2006.05, Research Assistant, Key lab of Analytical Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Xiamen University
Honor and Awards:
2025 Asian Aerosol Research Assembly Fellow (AARA Fellow)
2025 Shaanxi Distinguished Talent
2025 Distinguished Young Scholar Award, Phase II (NSF China)
2025 Most Cited Chinese Researchers (Elsevier)
2025 Outstanding Research Award (Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
2024 Excellent Research Award (Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
2024 Outstanding Mentor Award (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an Branch)
2023 Excellent Research Award for 2021-2023 (Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
2024 Most Cited Chinese Researchers (Elsevier)
2023 Most Cited Chinese Researchers (Elsevier)
2022 elected Member of the Academia Europaea
2022 Xplorer Prize (50 awardees from 1196 nominees)
2022 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2022 The Finalist in Physical Sciences for the Falling Walls Science Breakthrough
2021 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (Cross Field)
2021 World’s top 2% scientists (Stanford University Analysis & Mendeley Data)
2020 Excellent Research Award (Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
2020 China Youth Science and Technology Award‒Special Award (Chinese Association for Science and Technology)
2019 Distinguished Young Scholar Award (NSF China)
2019 National Leading Talent Award for the Ten-Thousand Talents Program
2019 “Excellence Award” in the Final Review of the CAS Hundred Talents Program
2019 “From 0 to 1” Innovation Research Award (10-year Excellence) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2018 Outstanding Research Award (Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
2018 Young Scientist Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2018 Schmauss Award (GAeF, Association for Aerosol Research)
2018 Defeng Hou Young Scientist Award (Chinese Society for Mineralogy Petrology and Geochemistry)
2018 Top-Ten Talent Award in Science and Technology of Xi’an (Xi’an Association for Science and Technology)
2017 Asian Young Aerosol Scientist Award (Asian Aerosol Research Assembly)
2017 Innovation Talent Award (Ministry of Science and Technology, China)
2016 China Young Scientist Award of Particuology (Chinese Society of Particuology)
2016 One-Hundred Talent Award of Shaanxi Province (Shaanxi Province Government)
2015 One-Thousand Young Talent Award of China
2015 China Young Aerosol Scientist Award (Chinese Society of Particuology)
2010 1st in the 2009 IRC EMPOWER Fellowship Award in Earth/Environment (success rate <8%)
2009 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Student Abroad
2006-2009 3-year scholarship awarded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)