Theory-guided design of spintronic materials using advanced multiscale analysis
VinUniversity project VINUNI.2526.CMIT.13.
Academic activities
Academic appointments, funded projects, patents, teaching, supervision and scientific service.
Academic appointments and education
Academic and professional record from 2002 to present.
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2025-present
Associate Professor, Can Tho University
Department of Physics Education, School of Education, Vietnam.
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2016-2025
University Lecturer, Can Tho University
Teaching, graduate supervision and research development in condensed matter and computational physics.
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2015-2016
Design Engineer, ASML
Design engineering position in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.
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2011-2015
PhD Researcher, University of Amsterdam
Dissertation: “Non-equilibrium transitions in colloidal glasses and gels”.
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2008-2011
Graduate studies, University of Amsterdam
Master of Physics and Master of Mathematics and Science Education, both Cum Laude.
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2006-2008
University Lecturer, Can Tho University
Lecturer following completion of a BSc in Physics and Computer Science Education, graded Excellent.
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2002-2006
Undergraduate studies, Can Tho University
BSc in Physics and Computer Science Education, graded Excellent.
Funded research projects
Three current and recent funded projects.
CR2032 sodium-ion batteries with sodium-lithium-manganese oxide materials
VINIF-funded feasibility programme VINIF.2023.DA080.
Nickel-rich NMC9.5.5 cathode materials for rechargeable lithium-ion coin cells
Ministry of Education and Training project B2024-TCT-16 on material synthesis and electrochemical evaluation.
Patents and patent applications
One granted patent and two submitted patent applications.
No. 54675
Method for simulating molecular bonding of cysteine on silver metal surfaces
Approved by the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam on 26 November 2025.
17 June 2024
Fabrication of doped sodium-lithium-manganese oxide cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries
Covers cation doping and combined cation-anion doping methods and resulting cathode materials.
July 2026
Platform and method for screening, evaluating and optimising amorphous molybdenum sulfide electrode materials for room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries
Patent application submitted to the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam in July 2026.
Teaching and scientific service
Teaching, supervision, peer review and academic evaluation.
Education
- Courses in advanced mathematics for physics, electromagnetism, computational physics and materials science
- Four undergraduate textbooks in computational physics, mathematics for physics, electromagnetism and biophysics
- Twenty-eight completed bachelor thesis supervisions and twelve completed master thesis supervisions
- One PhD completed and seven PhD researchers currently supervised
Scientific service
- Reviewer for NAFOSTED and journals across energy, materials chemistry and condensed matter physics
- PhD thesis examiner for Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Can Tho University
- Annual evaluator for doctoral research at the University of Amsterdam
- PISA and provincial education quality monitoring in the Mekong Delta and Can Tho