Materials Physics and Electronic Surfaces Group
Research Field
Phuong V. Pham is a Professor at Department of Physics, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Taiwan. He earned his Ph.D. from SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea. Currently, he leads Materials Physics and Electronic Surfaces Group at Physics-NSYSU. Professor Pham has collaborated on industrial projects with major organizations, including SAMSUNG, POSCO, and government agencies such as Korean Government, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Science and Technology of China, and NSTC Grant Program of Taiwan. He has held various research positions, including Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Fellow, and Distinguished Research Fellow, at prestigious institutions like School of Advanced Material Science and Engineering, SKKU, Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (Director: Prof. Rodney Ruoff) at Institute for Basic Science, South Korea, and Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, China. Professor Pham is recipient of several prestigious awards, including NSF Career Award, National Postdoctoral Award for Outstanding Young Scientists, China (2019), and NSTC Grant Awards, Taiwan (2023, 2025). Additionally, he serves as Academic Editor for IntechOpen, and Reviewer for over 70 Journals. He has authored approximately 100 peer-reviewed articles/books/chapters such as Chemical Reviews, Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials, Materials Today, ACS Nano, Nano Energy, Small, ACS Materials Letters, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2D Materials, Carbon, Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Chinese Journal of Physics, Journal of Catalysis, Scientific Reports, Advanced Materials Interfaces, Sensors & Actuators A: Physical, Materials Chemistry & Physics, Optical Materials, and Optics Communications, among others. His research interests span a wide range of fields, including nanotechnology, materials physics, surface physics, chemical engineering, atomic film synthesis, 2D heterostructures, nanofilm transfer, donor/acceptor systems, nanocomposites, plasma engineering for advanced electronics/optoelectronics, energy storage, environment as well as parallelly with the extending to predictive simulations associated with next-generation nanomaterials processes (kinetics, growths).
Research details via the website:
https://sites.google.com/view/phuonggroup/home
His research interest focuses on materials physics, chemical engineering, surface physics, atomically 2D film syntheses, 2D heterostructures, donors/acceptors, plasma engineering, electronics/optoelectronics, nanotechnology.
Professional Experiences
Assistant Professor (tenure-track): Department of Physics, College of Science, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Kaohsiung, Taiwan (8/2022-2/2025) (QS Ranking: 485)
Distinguished Research Fellow: Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, School of Micro-Nano Electronics,
State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Zhejiang University (UIUC - ZJU) Joint Institute, Zhejiang University, China (2018-2022) (THE Ranking: 47)
Research Fellow: Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Ulsan, South Korea (2017-2018)
Postdoctoral Researcher: Department of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea (2016-2017)
Researcher: Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea (2010-2012)
Awards
Excellent Teaching Award, NSYSU (2024)
NSTC Career Award, Taiwan (2023-2025)
NSF Career Award (National Natural Science Foundation of China) (This prestigious award is selected as the 1% Winners among of total 229,784 Applicants (Postdoctors and Professors in all universities in China)) (2019-2020)
National Postdoctoral Award for Excellent Scientists by China Government (Postdoc International Fellowship Program), (2019-2020) (100,000 USD)
ACS Publication Award (2019)
Full Brain Korea (BK 21) PhD Scholarship, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea (2012-2016)
Editorial Board Member
Academic Editor: IntechOpen (World's Leading Book Publisher), London, UK
Reviewer for Scientific Journals/Publishers
Nature Electronics, Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, npj 2D Materials & Applications, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, Small, Small Structures, Chemical Engineering Journal, Nanoscale, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Carbon, Laser & Photonics Reviews, Journal of Energy Storage, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, ACS Applied Nano Materials, ACS Applied Optical Materials, Topics in Current Chemistry, Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical, Applied Surface Science, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Surfaces and Interfaces, Industrial Crops & Products, Applied Physics, Scientific Reports, Optical Materials, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Advanced Materials Technologies, Journal of Modern Optics, Physica B: Condensed Matter, Physica Scripta, Applied Physics A, Doping in 2D heterostructures, Advanced Optical Materials, Journal of Molecular Structure, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, Results in Surfaces and Interfaces, RSC Advances, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Materials Science & Engineering B, ACS Omega, Journal of Materials Research, Nano Biomedicine & Engineering, Sensors, Micromachines, Photonics, Applied Sciences, Materials, Nanomaterials, Applied Nanoscience, Environmental Nanotechnology Monitoring & Management, Adv. Nat. Sci.: Nanosci. Nanotechnol., Results in Engineering, Heliyon, Next Materials, Physics Open, Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, Nano Select, Results in Chemistry, Optical and Quantum Electronics, Materials Research Express, Next Nanotechnology, Nanomanufacturing, Microsystem Technologies, Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Separation and Purification Technology, Biomass Conversion & Biorefinery, IntechOpen, etc.
Symposium/Workshop/Meeting
Numerous International Conferences as an invited speaker in USA, France, Canada, Australia, Germany, China, South Korea, India, Taiwan, VN.
Research Projects that Attended
I have joined the Projects (total funded grants 2,340,000 USD) sponsored by National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Taiwan, Samsung, POSCO, Korea Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Samsung Electronics Corp., KAIST, Yonsei University, Korea University, Sungkyunkwan University, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), South Korea, Zhejiang University, China, National Natural Science Funding of China (NSFC), Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology.
Professional Activities
Executive Committee of Taiwan Physical Society Conference (TPS), 2025
Member, Taiwan Carbon Society
Member, The Physical Society of Taiwan (TPS)
Member, Vietnam Theoretical Physics Society
Member, Material Research Society of Vietnam (V-MRS)
Member, American Association for The Advancement of Science (AAAS), (No.: 41722496)
Member, American Chemical Society (ACS), USA (No.: 31438829)
Member, American Physical Society (APS), USA
Member, European Materials Research Society (EMRS)
PhD in Nanoscience: SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea (THE Ranking: 87)
Job Description
Description 2:
3. Demonstration of computational methods in low-dimensional materials for obtaining high-performance electronics and optoelectronics.
4. Carrying out the Predictable Simulation on 2D Materials Dynamics and Growth Kinetics.
Preferred Intern Educational Level
Preferred for the candidates who are presently as graduate students (MS or PhD) in foreign countries.
Skill sets or Qualities
Requirements from the graduate candidates should presently be PhD student in a foreign country:
1. Good hands-on skill experience in materials science, material chemistry, surface physics, nanoengineering, and nanomaterial synthesis (1D, 2D).
2. Good communication skills in English, particularly speaking and writing.
3. Good experience in writing the scientific journals (SCI, SCIE).
4. Or Good experience in Simulation like MD, DFT, FDTD, COMSOL, Device Software on Low-Dimensional Materials, and growth kinetics.
Anyone who is interested in this position, please get in touch with me via email: phuongpham@mail.nsysu.edu.tw for the interview.
Internship-related fee required by the school/institution
Interns who conduct their internship on campus must apply as visiting students at least 1 month before their arrival. They are required to pay the fees listed on this page
<https://oia.nsysu.edu.tw/p/412-1308-20683.php?Lang=en>
and complete registration/leaving procedures. Please note that NSYSU does not provide on-campus housing for visiting students. Interns will have to look for off-campus housing by themselves. Off-campus housing resources can be found on this page
<https://oia.nsysu.edu.tw/p/412-1308-20683.php?Lang=en>
Job Description
3. Demonstration of computational methods in low-dimensional materials for obtaining high-performance electronics and optoelectronics.
4. Carrying out the Predictable Simulation on 2D Materials Dynamics and Growth Kinetics.
Preferred Intern Educational Level
Preferred for the candidates who are presently as graduate students (PhD) in foreign countries.
Skill sets or Qualities
Requirements from the graduate candidates should presently be PhD student in a foreign country:
1. Good hands-on skill experience in materials science, material chemistry, surface physics, nanoengineering, and nanomaterial synthesis (1D, 2D).
2. Good communication skills in English, particularly speaking and writing.
3. Good experience in writing the scientific journals (SCI, SCIE).
4. Or Good experience in Simulation like MD, DFT, FDTD, COMSOL, Device Software on Low-Dimensional Materials, and growth kinetics.
Internship-related fee required by the school/institution
Interns who conduct their internship on campus must apply as visiting students at least 1 month before their arrival. They are required to pay the fees listed on this page
<https://oia.nsysu.edu.tw/p/412-1308-20683.php?Lang=en>
and complete registration/leaving procedures. Please note that NSYSU does not provide on-campus housing for visiting students. Interns will have to look for off-campus housing by themselves. Off-campus housing resources can be found on this page
<https://oia.nsysu.edu.tw/p/412-1308-20683.php?Lang=en>