Program Manager
Microsystems Technology Office
Huanan Zhang, Ph.D., joined DARPA in January 2025 as a program manager in the Microsystems Technology Office.
His research interests include advanced semiconductor processing technologies and microsystems for biological applications.
Prior to DARPA, he served as a research associate professor in Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah.
Education
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ideas under incubation
- Directed Energy Healing: What field-operable technologies can be used to precisely locate and stop internal bleeding in the field within the golden hour? Are there possible internal, external, or combined approaches involving microsystems and directed energy delivery?
- Dynamic Tuning Microsystem Enhanced Separations: Can a compact platform enable highly selective purification processes for complex organic feedstocks? How can microscale process intensification be achieved and new thermodynamic regimes be exploited to enable high throughput and high purity chemical separation?