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Manh-Huong Phan is Professor of Physics at the University of South Florida, and Director of the Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Sensors. He is a leading expert in the development of advanced magnetic materials and smart sensor technologies for a wide range of applications in spintronics, spin-caloritronics, energy-efficient magnetic refrigeration, magnetic hyperthermia, and nanomedicine.



Education and Research
Professor Phan received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Physics from Vietnam National University, Hanoi in 2000, Chungbuk National University - South Korea in 2003, and Bristol University - United Kingdom in 2006, respectively.

After his PhD, Professor Phan worked as a research fellow at Bristol University for one year (2006-2007) before moving to the United States to join the Department of Physics at University of South Florida as a senior research associate in 2008. He was then appointed as a research faculty at the same university, with Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor titles achieved in 2010, 2015, and 2019, respectively.

Professor Phan's current research focuses on low-dimensional quantum materials, including two-dimensional van der Waals materials and dilute magnetic semiconductors. He studies how dimensionality reduction can create novel functionalities and exotic phenomena in these materials at the atomic level. Following his previous discoveries of the strong room temperature ferromagnetism in a metallic transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayer and the giant spin Seebeck effect through an interface organic semiconductor, the recent discoveries of the tunable and light-controlled ferromagnetism at room temperature in semiconducting V-doped TMD monolayers , , have potential to revolutionize spintronics, opto-spin-caloritronics, and quantum information technology.

Awards, Honors and Distinctions

 * USF Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Awards (2017, 2019, 2021) ,
 * VNU-HN Honorary Doctoral Degree Award (2021)
 * USF Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award (HM, 2019)
 * Vietnam National University Metal (2018) ,
 * Featured in the list of the Wolrd's Top 2 Percent Scientists, 2020
 * Featured on USF news, 2020
 * Managing Editor & Founding Member, Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices (2016-present)
 * Symposium Co-chair, The 2019 Hanoi International Symposium on Advanced Materials and Devices, January 10 - 12, 2019, Hanoi, Vietnam
 * Conference Chair, The 8th Energy Materials Nanotechnology (EMN) Fall Meeting, November 22 - 25, 2014, Orlando, USA

Other Activities

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