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Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

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Professor at University of California, Santa Barbara, Scientist “Do what you love”

California, USA
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Thuc-Quyen Nguyen
2 years
With the “Voice of Generation” - Christina Aguilera - after the VinFuture Prize Award Ceremony. Thank you @Xtina for joining us in Vietnam to celebrate “Science for Humanity” @xtina @vinfutureprize #Beautiful #AMillionDreams #Thevoicewithin #prize #vinfuture
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I am so happy to hear the wonderful news that my postdoc advisor Louis Brus is one of the 2023 Chemistry Nobel laureates. Big congratulations to this year winners! @NobelPrize @Columbia @MIT #Brus #Bawendi #Ekimov
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2 years
It is a great honor to be elected to 2023 @theNAEng . I can’t do this alone. Big thank to my former and current group members, to UCSB, to my collaborators, to my mentees, and to many friends, colleagues, and mentors who have supported me over the years.
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2 years
Catching up with my dear colleague Alan Heeger who will turn 87 in less than 2 months. He still exercises every day and goes ski often @NobelPrize @BanerjiNatalie @ucsantabarbara @UCSBengineering
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I am truly honored to receive the 2023 Exner Medal from Austria. I am grateful for the support of my family & good friends especially Luisa Torsi and Wolfgang Knoll. Big thank to my research team, collabrators and UCSB. The Exner Medal has been awarded since 1921. #medal #prize
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3 years
Semitransparent OPV window from NEXT ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
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1 year
I am extremely honored and grateful for the recognition from the Royal Society of Chemistry. Many thanks to my research team, collaborators, friends, colleagues and #UCSB . It would not be possible without them.
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Thuc-Quyen Nguyen
2 months
US National Academy of Inventors induction with @PSWnano @MollyShoichet #RigobertoAdvincula . I am grateful to my group. I’d not be able to do it without them. Many thanks to the nominator and the supporters. @AcadofInventors
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3 years
The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at UCSB has an opening for Assistant Professor in Materials/Biomaterial. More information is in the link below
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2 years
12 flights and 8 hotels in 2.5 weeks: met the President and Minister of Science and Technology of Vietnam, gave 3 talks at 2 conferences, visited 3 universities, gave a seminar and 3 workshops, led the VinFuture Prize Pre-Screening meeting, and had some other meetings. Exhausted!
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3 years
Our work in collaboration with Alex Gillet, Richard Friend, David Beljonne and others finally got published
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1 year
When two Nobel Laureates met: Alan Heeger (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2000) and Karl Barry Sharpless (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2001 and 2022). #nobellaureate #NobelPrize #UCSB #CHEMISTRY
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11 months
Spent the past few days to learn about the long history and function of the US National Academy of Engineering. I am honored to be elected and to serve. @theNAEng @UCSBengineering @ucsantabarbara #womeninSTEM
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4 months
Emotional remarks by #Alan Heeger @NobelPrize “when solar cell was discovered, LED was discovered, I thought conducting polymer was done. But I learned today that conducting polymer was really important. I’m more surprised and really delighted. Thank you all for that.”
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2 years
UCLA PhD class of 2001 reunion
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2 years
@Melterialsgal I know the feeling. I was once worked day and night to collect 90% of data and was asked to be a second author and a white male postdoc who helped collect 10% of data to be the first author. It took me 3 days to have a courage to speak up as a 2nd year PhD student.
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6 months
Catching up with my dear friend Alan Heeger ( #Nobel Laureate) and a former CPOS member Prof. S. Park from Korea. Alan is doing well and loves to hear updates in the field and news from people whom he knows. @NobelPrize @ucsb #cpos
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2 years
Meeting with the President of Vietnam-Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Professor Tran Thanh Van, 2007 Peace Nobel Laureate Mohan Munasinche, President International Union of Pure and Applied Physics-Michel Spiro, and French Ambassador in Vietnam.
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1 year
What a great evening with my dear friend Alan Heeger (2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry), Karl Barry Sharpless (2001 and 2022 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry), and wonderful UCSB colleagues #nobelprize #chemistry #nobellaureate #ucsb
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3 years
Big thank to the excellent team at the VinFuture Prize Foundation who worked super hard to make the event week and the 1st Ceremony possible.
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2 years
Please join us for the 2022 VinFuture Prize Award Ceremony on December 20, 2022 at 8pm Hanoi, Vietnam @vinfutureprize #prize #science #technology #innovation
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3 months
Had an amazing time @SwanseaUni as part of @RoySocChem Lecture tour. Many thanks to my host @ryanlabswansea and his colleagues for a great hospitality. Got to see impressive semiconductor and printed PV facilities @CISM_Swansea @j_durrant @EmrysLab @franmartinm @MattCarnie
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After all these years, @GordonConf is still my favorite. Thanks @RumblesG and Gitti for organizing an excellent meeting. Look forward to co-organizing the next one in 2026 with @vaynzof @_iainmcculloch @DeryaBaranB Please save the date!
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My first #ICSM was in 2000. After 24 years, there are changes but the biggest change was the number of female participants. Many thanks to Karl Leo and his team for an excellent conference and great hospitality @tudresden_de @StingelinN @luisa_torsi
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11 months
Big congratulations to the 2021 VinFuture Grand Prize Laureates @kkariko and Drew Weissman for winning 2023 Nobel Medicine Prize! @NobelPrize @vinfutureprize #mRNA #CovidVaccine
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3 months
Thanks the @RoySocChem Prizes for organizing my #Ireland and #UK Award Lecture Tour. Had a great visit to @ucddublin . Many thanks to @MorganGroupUCD for hosting my visit.
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2 years
Had a great day discussing science with researchers at Mitsubishi Chemical Yokohama R&D Center.
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1 year
This is my meditation: the Sea and Me #SantaBarbara #California #calm #beach
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2 years
Sunny day in Cambridge! It is good to be back here after 3.5 years.
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Thuc-Quyen Nguyen
1 month
I hope everyone enjoy the summer. If you are a MRS member, please log in and vote for our beloved @DeryaBaranB who is willing to serve the community by running for the MRS Board of Directors. Thanks @Materials_MRS #WomenInLeadership
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1 year
Congratulations to Dr. Nora Schopp who successfully defended her PhD thesis today. PhD #26 from the Nguyen scientific family. Nora will join First Solar next month.
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8 months
Time to go home for Christmas. Did a trip around the world: Santa Barbara-Osaka-Kyoto-Hanoi-Paris-Los Angeles-Santa Barbara.
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We are looking for a postdoc who has experience in organic photodetector device physics. Please send me your CV via email. #organicphotodetector #SWIRphotodetector #postdoc
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Thuc-Quyen Nguyen
2 years
So great to catch up with my dear friend @StingelinN at the @innoLAE conference
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Thuc-Quyen Nguyen
4 months
Another amazing day at the #CPOS - #COPE workshop. Fred Wudl’s closing remarks “Solomon said there is nothing new under the sun and you proved him wrong”. @StingelinN @EleniStavrin @OanaJurchescu @luscombe_OIST @santorof14 @HaraldAde @HadziioannouG @GeorgeMalliaras @GroupHeeney
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2 years
ICSM Cup was handed over to #ICSM2024 Chair Karl Leo by @icsm2022 Chair @SkabaraP . Our big appreciation to @SkabaraP @JoSkabara and Ifor for bringing us together. so nice to see many friends/ colleagues @StingelinN @luisa_torsi @cmrisko @_iainmcculloch @HaraldAde @BanerjiNatalie
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2 years
With my dear friend and colleague Richard Friend, Chair of the VinFuture Prize Council at the Award Ceremony. @vinfutureprize #science #technology #innovation
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2 years
Snow storm in Osaka, United canceled the flight, the bridge from the airport to the city is also closed, there is an airport hotel but it is full so I am stuck at the airport but I made some new friends. Stranded passengers are quite creative.
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1 year
Nobel Symposium SN191 with @JNelsonGroup @ellen_moons @BanerjiNatalie #Richard Friend #Martin Green #Henry Snaith #Rene Jansen #Christoph Brabec #Michael Gratzel #Ted Sargent #David Mitzi #Eli Yablonovitch #Prasat Kamat #David Cahen and others
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2 years
Some who heard my life story were curious about how I could survive and being so positive. This is how I survive real life and academic life and still love both.
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2 years
Excellent talk on n-type OECTs for biosensors by @InalSahika @Materials_MRS
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2 years
Please join us in Spain for the GRC meeting:
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1 year
If you are interested in conjugated polyelectrolytes, materials check out our recent paper. #OECTs #OrganicElectronics
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1 year
Catching the sunset with @Dr_curieosity after work! It is nice to discuss science, mentoring, teaching, etc. Thanks for visiting us. #WomenInSTEM #ucsb
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2 years
Beach party to celebrate the end of the 2021-2022 academic year and kick off the summer.
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1 year
We have an opening for a lecture position in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSB. Come and join us in paradise! #lecturer #chemistry #biochemtry #faculty #university #UCSB
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2 years
VinFuture Prize event - Journey of a Female Scientist: Challenge and Success @vinfutureprize
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1 year
Let the fun begin - 16th ICOE. Thank you Prof. Nazario Martin and his team for organizing this conference @StingelinN @A_Sastre_Santos @vaynzof @JNelsonGroup
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10 months
Day 2 @wlaforum Have a great time with brilliant scientists: two-time Nobel Laureate in Chemistry - Barry Sharpless, Michael Gratzel, Nobel laureate in Medicine- May-Britt Moser @freitag_marina @DeryaBaranB @NobelPrize @NobelWomen
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5 months
Congratulations Dr. Sangcheol Yoon who successfully defended his PhD thesis and will start working at #LG Korea next month. PhD #27 from the Nguyen scientific family. #PhD #Science #solarenergy #OPV #UCSB
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3 months
What special about the photo below? 👇 Thanks @jovana_v_milic and @brunoehrler for organizing such a fantastic #HOPV24 You did an amazing job and set a very high bar. @StingelinN @GiuliaGrancini @freitag_marina @miliba01 @sascha_feldmann @jpcorreabaena @Frances16767007
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2 years
Snowing up in the hill and mountains in Santa Barbara…and some people don’t believe in global warming.
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2 years
Thank you for starting this @luisa_torsi Here is one with a group of beautiful and talented ladies @hybridLinn @StingelinN @A_Sastre_Santos @La_Elichola @vaynzof
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10 months
Learning so much about Future Labs and how robots, AI, Machine Learning, Data Science, etc. can help advance science. #AI #Robot #MachineLearning #science #Engineering @UCSBengineering @XtlStruc
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10 months
This is by far the most efficient trip ever: one talk, 3 panels, and one media interview in 3.5 days. What a great event! Learned a lot and met wonderful people @wlaforum @DeryaBaranB @freitag_marina @santorof14
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1 year
@HaraldAde Thank you so much @HaraldAde @OanaJurchescu @WeiYouResearch Kim and all the volunteers for a fantastic conference @Fpi15conf with many excellent talks, gender balance, and delicious food @StingelinN @ePlants_at_LiU @BanerjiNatalie @Chem_Diva @_iainmcculloch
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#VinFuture Sci-Tech week with Richard Friend, Albert Pisano, Vivian Yam, Sadas Shankar, Soumitra Dutta, Akihisa Kakimoto, Kostya Novoselov, Daniel Kammen, Teck-Seng Low. #Science #technology #semiconductor #energy #GreenTransition #transportation
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2 years
We have an open rank faculty position. Come join us in sunny Santa Barbara.
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2 years
Looking forward to see friends and colleagues at the Fall 2022 MRS meeting in Boston!
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VinFuture Prize event: conversation with members of Prize Council and Pre-Screening Committee
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1 year
Come and join us in Seattle for the Spring MRS 2024. Abstract submission is open Friday September 15, 2023. ⁦ @Materials_MRS #S24MRS #conference #energy #OPVs #solarenergy
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Opening of the Symposium SB 06 by the chairs @StingelinN @RDemadrille @N_Leclerc_Org #Material_MRS
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2 years
If you are an MRS member, please vote. It is time to increase the diversity of the MRS Governance: Takao Someya for Vice President (most past MRS presidents are from the US institution) and Alberto Salleo @asalleo for Board of Directors
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1 year
Super proud of my two students, Sangmin Chae and Hiba Wakidi, for receiving the poster awards @Fpi15conf
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3 years
Our paper on biomaterial as solid state electrolyte for OECTs is finally out after the long delay due to the pandemic
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7 months
An intense week in Brussels and the rain finally stopped for a stroll around the city! #Brussels #Belgium
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2 years
First conference with policy makers, delegates from UNESCO, United Nations, and IPU to discuss science, education, pandemic, and ethics.
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1 year
It was wonderful to see friends and colleagues @AmerChemSociety Spring meeting. Layover in Denver airport.
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2 years
Amazing conference: Humboldt meets Leibniz - Connecting Talents across Generations. Hope to see more meetings like this one.
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2022 VinFuture Grand Prize Laureates: brilliant minds and wonderful people. @vinfutureprize
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10 months
Excellent discussion on Science Education for the Future from leading scientists @wlaforum #scientists #science #education
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2 years
Excellent opportunity to network and see unpublished results ⁦ @GordonConf ⁩ organized by Ana Claudia Arias and Carlos Silva.
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1 year
Christine Luscombe We have another excellent and the only female candidate ⁦ @luscombe_OIST ⁩ for the #MRS Board of Directors. The vote is now opened. #voting #MRS #womeninstem
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Congratulations to Dr. Zhifang Du! PhD #25 from the Nguyen scientific family. He will start his job at @UbiquitousEnrgy #OPVs #solarenergy #GreenEnergy
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3 years
VinFuture Prize Sci-Tech Week’s Events: Future of Energy
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5 months
Thanks @luscombe_OIST and Ram Seshadri @XtlStruc for organizing the OIST-UCSB workshop @OISTedu Excellent talks, great discussion. #science #Engineering #okinawa #Japan
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Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin Luginbuhl! PhD #24 from the Nguyen scientific family. Ben successfully defended his PhD on semitransparent organic solar cells.
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2 years
If you are fed up with online conferences, please join us in Spain. We have an amazing list of speakers.
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2 years
First trip of 2023: RIKEN, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation R&D Center, and IPEROP conference @nanoGe_Conf
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7 months
My flight took off before Santa Barbara airport got flooded and shutdown #SantaBarbara #LosAngeles #Californiastorm #California #flood
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3 years
Excellent talks given by @luisa_torsi @DrSeeProctor @EleniStavrin @ePlants_at_LiU @RDemadrille @luscombe_OIST Joann Olivier, Manju Reddy, Steve Barlow, and others @Pacifichem Thanks for participating in Symposium #296 .
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VinFuture Prize Sci-Tech Week’s Events: Future of Global Health
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3 years
Please Join us on January 20, 2022 for the 1st VinFuture Prize Ceremony
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2 years
Excellent opening talk by Dieter Neher to kick off the BRIGHT symposium @nanoGe_Conf in Barcelona
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