Thuc-Quyen Nguyen Explained

Thuc-Quyen Nguyen is Director and Professor at the Center for Polymers and Organic Solids (CPOS),[1] and a professor of the Chemistry & Biochemistry department at the University of California Santa Barbara.[2] Her research focuses on organic electronic devices, using optical, electrical, and structural techniques to understand materials and devices such as photovoltaics, LEDs, photodiodes, and field-effect transistors.

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Early life and education

Professor Nguyen was born in Ban Me thuot Vietnam.[3] [4] She was curious from an early age, always trying to understand how things work. Her mother was a math teacher so she was inspired from an early age to become a teacher. There are four generations of teachers in her family, and as a young child, she went along to her mother's classes as there was no daycare to attend. These experiences sparked interest in being an effective teacher.

In 1991, when she was 21, she moved with her family to the United States, arriving with very little knowledge of English. To try to improve her language skills and progress through school, she attended three schools at once, going to morning, afternoon, and evening classes. Her first term at Santa Monica College, she took four ESL courses at the same time, and after a year, was able to begin normal coursework.

After graduating from Santa Monica College in 1995 with an A.S., she began working toward a bachelor's degree at UCLA, while also work in the library in evenings to help pay for University.[5] She also began working in a plant physiology lab, beginning by washing glassware. She asked for a research internship in the same lab during the summer but the lab manager turned her down. She also asked several labs at UCLA but they also turned her down. One professor said "research is not for everyone" and she should focus on learning English.[6]

Research and career

Professor Nguyen completed her masters in 1998, and PhD in 2001, both from UCLA.[7]   In her PhD, she processed and studied conducting polymers using ultrafast spectroscopy under the supervision of Professor Benjamin Schwartz.[8]

After her PhD, Professor Nguyen worked as a research associate at Columbia University, with Professor Louis Brus. She also worked for some time after her PhD at the IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center.[9] In 2004, Nguyen joined UCSB Chemistry and Biochemistry department as an assistant professor, and received appointment to full professor in 2011. She collaborated with Guillermo Bazan and Alan Heeger at UCSB for many years [4].

Professor Nguyen's current research focuses on organic electronic devices. She studies how chemical structure influence performance and function of organic devices like PVs, OLEDs, OFETs, and OPDs. She is interested in improving organic solar cells as well as developing flexible electronics.

Awards

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References

  1. Web site: Members Center for Polymers and Organic Solids UC Santa Barbara. www.cpos.ucsb.edu. 2019-11-27.
  2. Web site: Thuc-Quyen Nguyen Department of Chemistry - UC Santa Barbara. www.chem.ucsb.edu. 2019-11-27.
  3. Web site: Hall of Fame Highlight: Thuc-Quyen Nguyen. Shi. Lu. 2019-06-12. Advanced Science News. en-US. 2019-11-27.
  4. Web site: Nguyễn Thục Quyên: Khoa học gia trong top quyền lực của thế giới. Người Đô Thị. vi. 2019-11-27.
  5. Web site: Here Comes the Sun. The UCSB Current. en. 2019-11-27.
  6. Web site: Đóa Thục Quyên Việt 'nở' trên đất Mỹ. 2008-01-20. Báo điện tử Tiền Phong. 2019-11-27.
  7. Web site: Thuc-Quyen Nguyen Nguyen Research Group - UC Santa Barbara. nguyen.chem.ucsb.edu. 2019-11-27.
  8. Web site: Thuc-Quyen Nguyen. www.techconnectworld.com. 2019-11-27.
  9. Web site: Introducing Materials Horizons Scientific Editor Thuc Quyen Nguyen – Materials Horizons Blog. en-US. 2019-11-27.
  10. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award#0547639 - CAREER: Structure-Function-Property Relationships in Charged Conjugated Polymers. www.nsf.gov. 2019-11-27.
  11. Web site: 93106: Biochemist Nguyen Takes Home the Plous Award. www.ia.ucsb.edu. 2019-11-27.
  12. Web site: Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program. Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation. 27 November 2019.
  13. Web site: Past Fellows. sloan.org. 2019-11-27.
  14. Web site: Thuc-Quyen Nguyen receives 2010 American Competitiveness and Innovation Fellowship award Division of Mathematical Life and Physical Sciences - UC Santa Barbara. www.science.ucsb.edu. 2019-11-27.
  15. Web site: DMR 2010 ACI Fellows. NSF. 27 November 2019.
  16. News: The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds 2015. December 2015. Thomson Reuters. 27 November 2019.
  17. Web site: 5 Vietnamese scientists honored among world's most influential. 2016-11-24. VOV - VOV Online Newspaper. 2019-11-27.
  18. Web site: Materials Professors Rank Among World's Most Influential Scientific Minds. 2018-11-27. UCSB College of Engineering. en. 2019-11-27.
  19. Web site: Clarivate Analytics names 4 Materials Department Scientists to its 2019 list of highly cited researchers. 2019-11-21. www.materials.ucsb.edu. en. 2019-11-27.

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