Huafan Zhang is currently a Ph.D. Student in the Photonics Laboratory. She obtained her BEng. (2017) in Electronic science and technology from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China. She joined King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in the Fall of 2017 and achieved MSc in Electrical Engineering at KAUST in 2018. Her current research focuses on III-Nitride nanowire-based photoelectrochemical water splitting, radiative cooling for optoelectronic devices and materials for water collections.

Research Interests

Her research interests are on photo electrochemical water splitting, nanostructured GaN-based semiconductor materials, and relevant finite element method (FEM) simulation.

Education Profile

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, (January 2019 - Present).
• MSc. in Electrical Engineering, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, (August 2017 - December 2018).
• BEng. in Electronic Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China, (September 2013 - July 2017).

Awards and Distinctions

• September 2014, Chinese National Scholarship, UESTC, Chengdu, China.