Zhen Huang | Ray Luo Lab

Zhen Huang

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of California, Irvine

Zhen Huang is a postdoctoral researcher in the Luo Lab with a background in Chemistry.

Publications (9)

Publications listed in the lab bibliography, across all years.

2026

Zhen Huang, Ray Luo, Yong Duan (2026). A Density-Consistent, Finite van der Waals Potential from Gaussian Atomic Densities. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.

Jeongmin An, Zhen Huang, Amrutha Kizhedathu, Tian Lan, Tzuling Lin, Hyejin Joo, Eshan Malinda Thilakaratne, Yuhan Liu, Yun Yi Xu, Bing Yang, Pablo Lara-Gonzalez, Rahul Warrior, Ray Luo, Wenqi Wang (2026). STK38/L promote tissue growth and cancer by inhibiting the Hippo pathway. Genes & Development.

Tzuling Lin, Zhen Huang, Ray Luo (2026). BPS2026 – Methodological considerations for MM-PBSA calculations of binding affinities in highly charged protein-protein systems: A systematic study. Biophysical Journal.

2025

Zhen Huang, Yong Duan, Xiongwu Wu, Ray Luo (2025). DEGAUSS: A Novel Softcore Force Field Using Double Exponential van der Waals and Gaussian Charge for Molecular Dynamics Simulations I: Theory and Validation. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation.

Taoyu Niu, Junmei Wang, Zhen Huang, Ray Luo, Piotr Cieplak, Yong Duan (2025). Optimization of Lennard–Jones Parameters for Induced Dipole Polarizable Gaussian Multipole Force Field. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

Zhen Huang, Xiongwu Wu, Ray Luo (2025). Isotropic Periodic Sum for Polarizable Gaussian Multipole Model. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation.

Yongxian Wu, Qiang Zhu, Zhen Huang, Piotr Cieplak, Yong Duan, Ray Luo (2025). Automated Refinement of Property-Specific Polarizable Gaussian Multipole Water Models Using Bayesian Black-Box Optimization. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation.

Zhen Huang, Yongxian Wu, Yong Duan, Ray Luo (2025). Performance Tuning of Polarizable Gaussian Multipole Model in Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation.

2023

Zhen Huang, Shiji Zhao, Piotr Cieplak, Yong Duan, Ray Luo, Haixin Wei (2023). Optimal Scheme to Achieve Energy Conservation in Induced Dipole Models. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation.