Dr. Minh Canh Vu

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Education

PhD.    RMIT University, Australia (12/2021)

M.E.     Gachon University, South Korea (08/2016)

B.E.      Industrial University of Hochiminh city, Vietnam (08/2014)

Work Experience

  • 02/2024 – present     |   Research Fellow  |   Griffith University, Australia
  • 02/2023 – 02/2024  |   Postdoctoral Fellow  |   The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Australia
  • 02/2022 – 01/2023  |   Postdoctoral Fellow  |   RMIT University, Australia
  • 01/2022 – 02/2022  |   ACNS Researcher  |   Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Australia
  • 03/2020 – 02/2021  |   Visiting Fellow  |   Monash University, Australia
  • 02/2018 – 01/2020  |   Honorary Researcher  |   St Vincent Hospital Melbourne, Australia

Teaching

Teaching at RMIT University. 
     PROC2084 – Engineering Experimental Investigations
     PROC2093 – Interfacial Engineering
     PROC2095 – Polymer Engineering

Teaching and supervision at Griffith University. 
     6002ENG – Industry Affiliates Program 
     Supervisor of 3 PhD, 2 Masters, and 1 Bachelor (Honours) students

Fundings

  • 2025, Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Fellowship, $10,000.
  • 2024, Griffith Sciences Equipment Grant, $66,000.
  • 2024, Fellowship Accelerator Application Scheme (FAAS), $1,500.
  • 2023, Griffith University Postdoctoral Fellowship (GUPF), $292,984.
  • 2022, National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), $113,300
  • 2020, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), $70,875.

Awards

  • Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Fellowship, 2025.
  • Griffith University Fellowship Accelerator, 2024
  • Griffith University Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2023.
  • Best Poster, Materials Horizons, The Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom, 2022.
  • Best Oral Presentation, Graphene Workshop 2020, Monash University, Australia, 2020.
  • HDR Publication Award, RMIT University, Australia, 2018.
  • SGR Scholarship, RMIT University, Australia, 2018.
  • Adelaide Postgraduate Research Scholarship, The University of Adelaide, Australia, 2017.
  • Best Oral Presentation, ACVYS 2016 Conference, Chung-Ang University, Australia, 2016.
  • Gachon Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Gachon University, South Korea, 2014.
  • ASEAN Scholarship, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 2014.

Professional Services

  • Organising Committee at the 27th World Micromachine Summit (MMS2024). 
  • EMCR member of The Australian Academy of Science.
  • Completed the Beginning to Teach program at UNSW (professional development of teaching capabilities for ECRs).
  • Volunteer Organiser at the GASC 2023 Conference (Australia). 
  • Volunteer Organiser at the Bio4Apps 2023 Conference (Australia). 
  • Reviewer/review editor at various scientific journals: Materials, Nanomaterials, Batteries, Coatings, Energies, Polymers, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, and New Journal of Chemistry…

Patents

TS Tran, NK Dutta, NR Chouhury, “Water-Redispersible Graphene Powder”,  US20230012274.

A new technology to mass produce graphene from common carbon sources in water solution, which not only offers a low-cost and environmentally friendly process for manufacturing, but also provides a ready-to-use graphene ink that can be directly used for next-generation energy devices.

Book Chapters

  • TS Tran, DV Dao, “Sensing applications of non-layered 2D materials”. In IH Abidi (Ed.), Semiconductors and Semimetals, 2023, vol. 113, pp. 217-251, Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/bs.semsem.2023.10.007 
  • TS Tran*, TT Tung, “MOFs and their derivatives for supercapacitors”. In D Dubal, HD Pham, and SG Krishnan (Ed.), Supercapacitors: Materials, Design, and Commercialization, 2024, pp. 167-191, Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-15478-2.00007-3

Conferences

Oral/Keynote Presentation:

  • TS Tran, DV Dao, “Integrated Semiconductor Heterojunctions for Ultrasensitive Optomechanical Sensors”, ICONN 2026, Sydney, Australia.
  • TS Tran, NK Dutta, NR Choudhury, “Printable graphene for bioelectronics and sensing applications”, Bio4Apps 2023, Gold Coast, Australia (Invited Speaker).
  • TS Tran, NK Dutta, NR Choudhury, “Interfacially engineered graphene inks for energy storage and conversion”, GASC 2023, Cairns, Australia.
  • TS Tran, NK Dutta, NR Choudhury, “3D printed graphene aerogels for energy storage and conversion”, Materials Oceania 2022, Gold Coast, Australia.
  • TS Tran, NK Dutta, NR Choudhury, “Interfacial engineering, exfoliation and functionalisation of multi-functional graphene dispersions”, GHW2020, Melbourne, Australia. (Best Oral Presentation)
  • TS Tran, NK Dutta, NR Choudhury, “Engineering of graphene dispersions into three-dimensional macrostructures”, ICNASA 2020, Melbourne, Australia. (Keynote Speaker)
  • TS Tran, TY Kim, “Self-assembly of Graphene Oxide and DNA bases into 3D structured hydrogels”, ACVYS 2016, Seoul, South Korea. (Best Oral Presentation)

Poster:

  • SJ Park, TS Tran, TY Kim, “Shear flow exfoliation of graphite into few-layer graphene”, ICAE 2015, Jeju, South Korea.
  • TS Tran, NK Dutta, NR Choudhury, “3D printed graphene aerogels for clean energy applications”, GASC 2023, Cairns, Australia. 
  • TS Tran, NK Dutta, NR Choudhury, “Nanoengineering of printable graphene electrocatalyst for sustainable fuel cells”, Materials Oceania 2022, Gold Coast, Australia. (Best Poster)

Journal Articles

  • TB Ton, TS Tran*, DK Tran, VT Dau, DV Dao, “Progress in Strain Engineering of 2D-Integrated Heterostructures for Ultrasensitive Sensors“, Advanced Science, 2026, e75506. [DOI: 10.1002/advs.75506]. *Coresponding author.
  • TS Tran, TB Ton, MT Ansar, C Nguyen, TA Truong, DK Tran, EW Streed, VT Dau, NT Nguyen, DV Dao, “Self-powered Ultrasensitive Photodetector based on 3C-SiC/Si Heterojunction with Electron-confined Architecture“, ChemRxiv, 2026. [DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.10001790/v1]
  • MT Ansar, TS Tran, TB Ton, K Le, EW Streed, S Dimitrijev, VT Dau, DV Dao, “Ultrasensitive Self-Powered UV Photodetector Based on a Ti/n-4H-SiC/n++-4H-SiC Double Junction“, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2026, 18, 3, 5485–5494. [DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c22790]
  • TS Tran, L Xu, PB Zetterlund, V Agarwal, “Solution-Processable Polymer Nanocomposites for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding“, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2025, 2500225. [DOI: 10.1002/admi.202500225]
  • MT Ansar, TS Tran, R Raees, VT Dau, and DV Dao, “Piezo-pyro-phototronics: A propitious pathway for ultrasensitive sensing and self-power applications“, Nano Energy, 2025, 110831. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.110831]
  • QT Trinh, N Golio, Y Cheng, H Cha, KU Tai, L Ouyang, J Zhao, TS Tran, TK Nguyen, J Zhang, H An, Z Wei, F Jerome, PN Amaniampong, NT Nguyen, “Sonochemistry and Sonocatalysis: Current Progress, Existing Limitations, and Future Opportunities in Sustainable Chemistry“, Green Chemistry, 2025,  27, 4926-4958. [DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01098E]
  • HV Tran, TT Dang, NH Nguyen, TS Tran, TK Nguyen, NT Nguyen, and QT Trinh, “Methanol Activation: Strategies for Utilization of Methanol as C1 Building Block in Sustainable Organic Synthesis“, ChemSusChem, 2024, e202401974. [DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202401974]
  • TTV Tran, TT Dang, ND Lam, QD Nguyen, TS Tran, and TVL Nguyen, “Application of Antioxidant‐and Antimicrobial‐Rich Extracts From Hass Avocado Pulp in the Development of Chitosan/Gelatin‐Based Active Packaging Films for Raw Meat Preservation“, Journal of Food Safety, 2024, 44 (5), e13162. [DOI: 10.1111/jfs.13162]
  • R Balu, TS Tran, J Mata, L de Campo, NK Dutta, and NR Choudhury, “A SANS investigation of silk-stabilized aqueous poly(3-hexylthiophene): phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester nanoparticle dispersions”, Next Nanotechnology, 2024, 5, 100066. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nxnano.2024.100066]
  • TS Tran, R Balu, J Mata, NK Dutta, and NR Choudhury, “3D Printed Graphene Aerogels Using Conductive Nanofibrillar Network Formulation”, Nano Trends, 2023, 3, 100011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nwnano.2023.100011]
  • TS Tran, R Balu, CK Nguyen, J Mata, VK Truong, NK Dutta, and NR Choudhury, “Graphene Nanosheets Stabilized by P3HT Nanoparticles for Printable Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction”, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2023, 6, 908–917. [DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.2c04306]
  • TS Tran, R Balu, L de Campo, NK Dutta, and NR Choudhury, “Sulfonated polythiophene-interfaced graphene for water-redispersible graphene powder with high conductivity and electrocatalytic activity”, Energy Advances*, 2023, 2, 365-374. [DOI: 10.1039/d2ya00298a] 
  • *Selected paper for front cover art. [DOI: 10.1039/d3ya90010j]
  • TS Tran, R Balu, S Mettu, NR Choudhury, and NK Dutta, “4D Printing of Hydrogels: Innovation in Material Design and Emerging Smart Systems for Drug Delivery”, Pharmaceuticals, 2022, 15, 1282. [DOI: 10.3390/ph15101282]
  • TS Tran, “Interfacial Engineering, Exfoliation and Functionalisation of Printable Graphene Inks for Energy Applications”. PhD Thesis, RMIT University.
  • SS Athukorala, TS Tran, R Balu, VK Truong, J Chapman, and NR Choudhury, “3D Printable Electrically Conductive Hydrogel Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications”, Polymers, 2021, 13, 474. [DOI: 10.3390/polym13030474]
  • TS Tran, NK Dutta, and NR Choudhury, “Poly(ionic liquid)-stabilised graphene nanoinks for scalable 3D printing of graphene aerogels”, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2020, 3, 11608–11619. [DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.0c02781]
  • MC Vu, QV Bach, DD Nguyen, TS Tran, and M Goodarzi, “3D interconnected structure of poly (methyl methacrylate) microbeads coated with copper nanoparticles for highly thermal conductive epoxy composites”, Composites Part B: Engineering, 2019, 175, 107105. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.107105]
  • TS Tran, NK Dutta, and NR Choudhury, “Graphene-based inks for printing of planar micro-supercapacitors”, Materials, 2019, 12, 978. [DOI: 10.3390/ma12060978]
  • TS Tran, NK Dutta, and NR Choudhury, “Graphene inks for printed flexible electronics: graphene dispersions, ink formulations, printing techniques and applications”, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2018, 261, 41-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2018.09.003]
  • MC Vu, TS Tran, YH Bae, MJ Yu, VC Doan, JH Lee, TK An, and SR Kim, “Self-assembly of carbon nanotubes and boron nitride via electrostatic interaction for epoxy composites of high thermal conductivity and electrical resistivity”, Macromolecular Research, 2018, 26, 521-528. [DOI: 10.1007/s13233-018-6076-2] 
  • TS Tran, KM Tripathi, BN Kim, YH Han, and TY Kim, “Three-dimensional assembled graphene/α-MnO2 hybrid hydrogels for high-performance supercapacitors”, Materials Research Bulletin, 2017, 96, 395-404. [DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2017.04.012]
  • KM Tripathi, TS Tran, YJ Kim, and TY Kim, “Green fluorescent onion-like carbon nanoparticles from flaxseed oil for visible light-induced photocatalytic applications and label-free detection of Al(III) Ions”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5, 3982–3992. [DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b03182]
  • KM Tripathi, TS Tran, TT Tung, D Losic, and TY Kim, “Water soluble fluorescent carbon nanodots from bio-source for cells imaging”, Journal of Nanomaterials, 2017, 7029731. [DOI: 10.1155/2017/7029731]
  • TS Tran, “Shear flow exfoliation of graphite into few-layer graphene”. Master Thesis, Gachon University.        
  • TS Tran, SJ Park, TR Lee, and TY Kim, “High shear-induced exfoliation of graphite into high quality graphene by Taylor–Couette flow”, RSC Advances, 2016, 6 , 12003-12008. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra22273g]

Journal Articles