Theory-guided design of spintronic materials using advanced multiscale analysis
VinUniversity project VINUNI.2526.CMIT.13.
Research in motion.
Projects, patents, mentorship and scientific service turn a research programme into lasting capacity.
Academic path.
Two decades across physics education, doctoral research, semiconductor engineering and university leadership.
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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
Engineering role in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.
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2011-2015
PhD Researcher, University of Amsterdam
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
Early teaching appointment following an excellent bachelor degree in physics and computer science education.
Current and recent programmes.
Competitive funding supports materials discovery from computation through fabrication and application.
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, joining material synthesis with electrochemical evaluation.
Technology translation.
Patent work connects molecular modelling and materials design to reproducible methods and usable platforms.
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.
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 for screening and optimising amorphous molybdenum sulfide electrodes for room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries
A systematic workflow for structural evaluation and electrode optimisation.
Teaching and scientific service.
Research strength is reinforced through education, peer review and contribution to the wider physics community.
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
Community
- 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