Henry Huang

Dr. Zhenyu (Henry) Huang is Chief Grid Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory and an Argonne Distinguished Fellow. In this role, he helps shape Argonne’s grid research strategy and brings together expertise across the laboratory to address the nation’s most complex power and energy systems challenges.

Before assuming his current role, Henry served as Interim Deputy Associate Laboratory Director for Argonne’s Advanced Energy Technologies directorate and Division Director for Energy Systems and Infrastructure Assessment (ESIA). 

He previously held leadership positions at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), where he was a Distinguished Laboratory Fellow, led major research portfolios in power electronics and grid integration, and served as Deputy Sector Manager for grid research. He also served as a research professor at Washington State University. Before joining PNNL, he conducted research in power system stability and harmonics at the University of Alberta, McGill University, and the University of Hong Kong.

Henry has advised the U.S. Department of Energy on national energy priorities, including as a policy advisor to the Under Secretary for Science and Innovation. In that role, he helped lead major efforts such as DOE’s Grid Modernization Initiative.

His research spans high-performance computing, data analytics, optimization, control, power electronics and grid integration. He has authored or co-authored more than 220 peer-reviewed publications and is a Fellow of IEEE.