2008年、2013年毕业于北京航空航天大学，分别获得理学学士、工学博士学位。

2011.02-2011.12在新加坡国立大学交互与数字媒体研究院机器人课题组任研究工程师，2013.07进入北京化工大学信息科学与技术学院工作，2018.12-2019.12为英国曼彻斯特大学访问学者。

主要研究领域为医疗服务机器人、自适应控制、协同控制及应用等。主持国家自然科学基金重点项目子课题1项、国家自然科学基金2项等。近5年在国内外学术期刊和会议上发表SCI/EI检索论文20余篇。

[1] Ran Huang#, Jinhui Zhang*, Zhongwei Lin. Decentralized adaptive controller design for large-scale power systems, Automatica, vol. 79, pp. 93-100, 2017. [2]Zhengcai Cao#, Chengran Lin, Mengchu Zhou*, Ran Huang*. Scheduling Semiconductor Testing Facility by Using Cuckoo Search Algorithm With Reinforcement Learning and Surrogate Modeling, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2019,vol.16, no. 2, pp. 825-837. [3]Zhengcai Cao*#, Qing Xiao, Ran Huang, Mengchu Zhou, Robust neuro-optimal control of underactuated snake robots with experience replay, IEEE Transactions on neural networks and learning systems, 2018, vol. 29, no.1 pp. 208-217. [4] Ran Huang#*, Jinhui Zhang, Zhongwei Lin. Optimal control of discrete-time bilinear systems with applications to switched linear stochastic systems, System & Control Letters, vol. 94, pp. 165-175, 2016. [5] Ran Huang#*, Jinhui Zhang, Xu Zhang. Adaptive Tracking Control of Uncertain Switched Nonlinear Systems with Application to Aircraft Wing Rock, IET Control Theory & Applications, vol. 10, no. 15, 1755-1762, 2016.