Wenyu Huang

Chemistry faculty establish energy start-up called Upcycling+

Upcycling+ mixes everyday waste plastics, including grocery bags, candy wrappers, milk jugs, and turns them into solid pellets, runs them through a reactor where they’re exposed to heat and catalysts, and harvests the resulting fuel or chemicals.

April 15, 2025

Several LAS faculty named 2024 AAAS fellows

Recognition by the American Association for the Advancement of Science is considered “a distinguished lifetime honor within the scientific community,” according to the association.

March 27, 2025

Wenyu Huang earns 2020 Trapp Innovation Award

Huang's inventive research uses catalysts to convert plastic waste into high-value products, such as fuels, solvents and lubricants.

September 30, 2020

Discovery shows potential to transform chemical manufacturing

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory explore catalyst for efficient and less expensive industrial processes.

August 26, 2020

New discovery may change MRI technology

A new process using a special intermetallic surface may revolutionize MRI scan capabilities.

April 20, 2018

“Ship in a bottle” method improves catalysts

Wenyu Huang maximizes the surface area of catalysts by protecting nanometer sized particles with this new strategy.

May 22, 2017