Portrait of the youngest professor candidate in 2025

According to the list announced by the State Council of Professors, among the 993 candidates proposed for recognition of titles this year, there are 89 professor candidates and 844 associate professor candidates in various fields/interdisciplinary fields. Compared to 2024, the number of candidates this year increased sharply from 673 to 933, an increase of 260 people (nearly 40%).

The candidate proposed to be recognized as the youngest professor this year is Associate Professor Dr. Vo Hoang Hung, born in 1987, from Vinh Long . He is currently the Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Information Technology, Saigon University. Previously, he was one of the four youngest associate professors, recognized in January 2021.

Associate Professor, Dr. Vo Hoang Hung. (Photo: FBNV)

Mr. Vo Hoang Hung is known for his many outstanding achievements in the field of Mathematics. He is a former student of Ly Tu Trong High School for the Gifted ( Can Tho ). In grade 10, Mr. Hung won a Gold medal in the April 30 Olympic competition; and won first place in the Mekong Delta Mathematics Competition in grade 11.

In grade 12, he won third prize in the national math competition, and was then directly admitted to the Math - Information Technology department at the University of Science , Ho Chi Minh City. When taking the university entrance exam, he was admitted to the Construction Engineering department at the University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City. Finally, he chose to study at the University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City and graduated with honors from the talented bachelor program.

At the end of 2011, he received 3 doctoral scholarships at the same time and chose the Marie Curie scholarship at the University of Paris 6 (France). In 2014, he received his doctorate in Analytical Mathematics and Partial Differential Equations.

In 2015, he returned to the country to work and worked in many places before choosing to work at Saigon University from 2018 to present.

According to the professor candidate profile, Associate Professor Dr. Vo Hoang Hung guided two PhD students to successfully defend their theses, completed two ministerial-level scientific research projects, and published 23 scientific articles, including 21 in prestigious international journals. Notably, in 2023, he won the Outstanding Mathematics Project Award from the Ministry of Education and Training.

Mr. Hung's main research directions include: Inverse problems, partial differential equations, nonlinear analysis, non-integer analysis, and biological problems.

Associate Professor Dr. Vo Hoang Hung also actively organizes and participates in community activities on Mathematics hosted by the Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics and the Institute of Mathematics. In addition, since 2019, he has also participated in training the Mathematical Olympiad team, Analytical Mathematics of Saigon University and always won prizes.

Kim Anh

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