Dr. Tran Dinh Phong obtained his HDR degree in Chemistry at University Grenoble Alpes (France) in 2016 and PhD in Chemistry at University Paris Sud XI (France) in 2008. He joined University of Science and Technology of Hanoi in July 2015 after 03 years experiences as postdoctoral research associate at CEA and CNRS, France (2008-2010) and over 05 years experiences at independent senior research fellow at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.  

Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Chemistry an Principal investigator. He is the founding Director of the Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences.

His current research interests focus on chemistry of molecular catalysts, functional nanomaterials for applications in energy conversion and storage. His research has been funded by several public and private funding organization/ foundation like NAFOSTED, VAST, VINIF. He has published 01 book chapter and over 70 papers in international per-review journals including prestigious journals like Science, Nature Materials, Nature Chemistry, Angewandte Chime, Energy Environmental Sciences, ACS Nano etc. His current citation record is over 5500 and H index is 31. 

He was awarded Ta Quang Buu prize in 2018 for his excellent research contribution.