Ms. Tran Thi Thanh Van is currently the Head of the Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Science, Ho Chi Minh City University of Science. She has been recognized by the State Council of Professors as meeting the standards for a professor in Physics and is one of the very few women to be recognized as a professor this year.
Ms. Van graduated from university in 2002 with a degree in Applied Physics; a Master's degree in Optical Physics in 2006 from the University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City; and a PhD in 2011 specializing in Optics - Laser, Physics - Chemistry - Atmospheric, from the University of Science and Technology Lille 1, France.
Ms. Van began her academic career as a teaching assistant at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ho Chi Minh City University of Science, from 2002 to 2005. She then became a lecturer in the Department of Physics from 2005 to 2008. In 2008, she went to France to pursue a doctoral program at the University of Science and Technology Lille 1 and completed her doctoral dissertation in 2011 specializing in Optics - Laser, Physics - Chemistry - Atmospheric Science.
Upon returning to Vietnam, she continued her work at the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology of the university as a lecturer (2011-2016), then as Deputy Head of Faculty (2017-2018), and finally as Head of Faculty (from 2018 to present). She also served as Head of the Department of Magnetic and Biomedical Materials from 2022 to 2025.
Ms. Van's three research directions are: Rare earth-doped luminescent materials, applied in optoelectronics and anti-counterfeiting security; Biomedical materials, applied in dentistry, drug delivery and antibacterial/antibacterial properties; Functional nanomaterials, applied in photocatalysis, Raman sensing, optical sensing and the energy field.
Throughout her career, Ms. Van has successfully supervised a doctoral student in defending their dissertation and has also mentored many students who have won scientific research awards. She has chaired 6 research projects from the grassroots level to the ministerial level and participated in 7 other projects, all of which were completed with satisfactory results.
In terms of scientific publications, Ms. Van has a total of 81 articles, including 45 in prestigious international journals, and is the main author of 18 of them. She is also the author of two monographs on rare earth-doped luminescent materials and functional nanomaterials, making significant contributions to the field of materials science in Vietnam.
In addition to her research work, Ms. Van is involved in many professional activities: she is the Chair of the Science and Training Council of the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, a member of the University's Science and Training Council, and a member of the Interdisciplinary Council of Materials Science and Technology of the Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City. She also participates in peer review of international articles and is a guest editor for the journal Ceramics International (Elsevier, Q1, IF: 5.2).
Ms. Van spearheaded the development of the undergraduate Materials Technology program, which began admitting students in 2020, and also oversaw the accreditation of the training programs according to AUN-QA standards.
The youngest female professor in 2025 describes herself as serious, honest, objective, and always cooperative with colleagues both domestically and internationally. She fully meets the teaching, research, and training standards set by the Ministry of Education and Training, and possesses the necessary foreign language and computer skills for research and teaching. Her professional philosophy is to continuously learn, update her knowledge, develop her expertise, and create the best possible conditions for the next generation of students.
Ms. Tran Thi Thanh Van has received commendations from the Ministry of Education and Training, the title of Emulation Soldier at the Ministry of Education and Training level, and many other awards.
Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/nu-giao-su-tre-nhat-nam-2025-2459393.html
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