1. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• 09/2009-06/2013: Bachelor of Science (Computational Physics), Can Tho University, Vietnam.
• 09/2013-07/2015: Master of Science (Computational Physics), Can Tho University, Vietnam.
• 09/2015-04/2019: Doctor of Philosophy (Computational Physics), National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.

2. WORK EXPERIENCE

• 09/2015-04/2019: Project reseacher, Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
• 07/2017-08/2017: Visiting Scholar, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan.
• 04/2019-08/2019: Postdoc researcher, Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
• 08/2019-02/2020: Researcher, Institute of Advanced Materials Science, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.
• 01/2020: Visiting Scholar, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
• 02/2020-10/2020: Specially Appointed Researcher, Department of Adaptive Machine Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka.
• 11/2020-07/2023: Head Lab, High-Performance Computing Laboratory (HPC Lab)-Thu Dau Mot University, Vietnam.
• 08/2023 – now: Researcher, Institute for Computational Science & Artificial Intelligence, Van Lang University, Vietnam.

3. RESEARCH INTEREST

• Computational physics and materials science.
• High-performance computing.
• Machine learning, and deep learning.

4. RESEARCH GRANTS

1. 2017 – 2019: First-principles studies on essential properties of low-dimensional systems based on graphene and graphene-like materials, Vietnamese National Foundation for Science and Technology Development,Vietnam. (Key member, Completed)
2. 2019 – 2020: Essential properties of silicene-based layered materials, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. (Key member, Completed)
   
3. 2020 – 2022: Electronic properties and electron transport of the pentagonal nanostructured materials, Vietnamese National Foundation for Science and Technology Development, Vietnam. (Key member, Completed)
   
4. 2021: First-principles study of highly spin polarized materials for ultra spintronic applications, Thu Dau Mot University, Vietnam. (Principal Investigator, Completed)
   
5. 2021 – 2022: Essential properties of group V monolayers under surface functionalization and external strain, Thu Dau Mot University, Vietnam. (Principal Investigator, Completed)
   

5. TEACHING

• Undergraduate: General physics, electrodynamics, thermal engineering, modelling and simulation, parallel computing, machine learning, and optimization.
• Graduate: Modelling and simulation, high-performance computing, research method

6. SUPERVISION

• Finished advising 02 master students for Master degree.

No	Name of students	Name of thesis, University	Role	Duration	Level	Results
1	Nguyen Thi Hong Hue	Can Tho University	Main	November 2021-November 2022	Master	Completed
2	Vo Tien Dat	Can Tho University	Main	November 2021-November 2022	Master	Completed

7. AWARDS

• 2025: One of the Top 20 outstanding young scientists for the 2025 Golden Globe Science & Technology Award (Giải thưởng Khoa học – Công nghệ Quả Cầu Vàng), an important Vietnamese national prize for scientists under 35.
• 2025: “Rising Researcher 2025” by the international journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) — a mark of recognition in the global chemical-physics research community.

8. EDITORSHIPS

• Member, Editorial Board of ISI journal, Materials Chemistry and Physics (Elsevier, Q1).

9. SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Duy Khanh Nguyen is currently a Tenured Researcher at the Institute for Computational Science and Artificial Intelligence, Van Lang University, Vietnam. Dr. Nguyen was curated as an Erasmus+ Exchange Professor at Jan Dlugosz University, Poland in July 2026, and appointed as Associate Editor for the Journal of Materials Chemistry and Physics (An International, Interdisciplinary Journal on Science, Characterization and Processing of Advanced Materials; Impact Factor: 5.2; H-Index: 191) since August 2026.
Dr. Nguyen received his Ph.D. in Physics from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, in 2019, and subsequently held research positions at NCKU, and Osaka University, Japan. His research focuses on the design and discovery of advanced materials using first-principles calculations and machine learning approaches for applications in electronics, spintronics, optoelectronics, sensors, thermoelectrics, and energy storage and conversion.
To date, Dr. Nguyen has published 89 peer-reviewed articles and authored one book and six chapters. In recognition of his scientific contributions, Dr. Nguyen was selected as a 2025 PCCP Emerging Investigator by the Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), received the Top 20 Golden Globe Science & Technology Award 2025 in Vietnam, and was selected as a Global Young Scientists Summit 2020 Scholar by the National Research Foundation of Singapore.