Skip to main content

Dr. Lac Ha Nguyen

Postdoctoral Researcher
Term of Engagement: 2024->

Research Areas

Actinides, Catalysis, Classical Simulations, Electronic Structure, Machine Learning, Molecular Qubits and Magnets, Porous Materials, Quantum Computing, X-ray Spectroscopy, Photochemistry, Chemical Biology, Large Language Models

Education

  • Ph.D. Chemistry – Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (Vietnam), 2017
  • B.Sc. Chemical Engineering – Can Tho University (Vietnam), 2011

Professional Experience

  • Postdoctoral Researcher – University of Chicago (US), 2024–2025
  • Visiting Professor, United Arab Emirates University (United Arab Emirates), 2021
  • Postdoc Researcher, Assistant Project Scientist – University of California Berkeley (US), 2018–2024
  • Research Consultant – King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Saudi Arabia), 2017–2018

Awards and Academic Achievements

  • Listed in Top 2% Scientists Worldwide in the field in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 identified by Stanford University
  • Certificate of Achievement Awarded by the United Arab Emirates University: Honoring for Contribution to Research at UAE University 2020.
  • Best 1% of Research Publications of the United Arab Emirates University 2020
  • Certificate of Achievement Awarded by the Ho Chi Minh City Fund for Exemplary Young Citizen 2017.
  • Exemplary Young Citizen of Vietnam 2016 – Certificate of Achievement Awarded by First Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Vietnam.
  • Excellent Research Publication of Vietnam National University–HCM 2016
  • Ten of nominated candidates for award of “Exemplary Young Citizen of HCM City 2016” – Certificate of Achievement Awarded by President of People Committee of HCM City.
  • Toshiba Scholarship 2016 – awarded to the young researcher having competitive research and publications (Certificate of Achievement Awarded by Toshiba Corporation and VNU–HCM)
  • Odon Vallet Scholarship 2016 – awarded to the young researcher having competitive research and publications.