PhD.    RMIT University, Australia (12/2021)

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

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

02/2024 - present     |   GUPF 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 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

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• 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.

• 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.

• 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...

• 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.

• 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

Oral/Keynote Presentation:

• 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:

• 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)

• SJ Park, TS Tran, TY Kim, “Shear flow exfoliation of graphite into few-layer graphene”, ICAE 2015, Jeju, South Korea.

• 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]

• 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, 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]