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Name: Manh Cuong Nguyen

Date of Birth: Dec 31^st 1981

Major: Condensed Matter Theory

Education:

* Ph.D. in Physics, Seoul National University (2010) (Supervised by Prof. Jisoon Ihm)
    Dissertation: "First-principles Study of Hydrogen Storage in Functionalized Nanomaterials"

* B.S. in Physics, Hanoi National University of Education (2003) (Supervised by Prof. Ai Viet Nguyen)
    Thesis: "Electronic and Optical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes"

Experience:

* Professor Assistant in the Faculty of Physics at Hanoi National University of Education (2003 ~ 2005)

Honors and Awards:

* "Kawazoe Best Poster Award" in Recognition of Outstanding Poster Paper in The 5th Conference of The Asian Consortium on Computational Materials Science (ACCMS-5) (2009)

* "Rencontres du Vietnam" scholarship for excellent researchers (2004)

* Excellent Valedictorian Medal (2003)

* Excellent degree for B.S degree from Hanoi National University of Education (2003)

* 1^st Prize Team in The National Physical Olympiad for Students (2001)

* "Rencontres du Vietnam" scholarship for excellent students (2000)

* Scholarship for excellent students in High quality class system (1999 ~ 2003)

* Excellent degree for high school graduation (1999)

* Encouraging prize in The National Competition on Physics for high school students (1999)

Research Interests:

* First-principles approach to hydrogen storage

* Transport properties of nanoscale materials

* General physics problems

Publications:

* Manh Cuong Nguyen, Xin Zhao, Min Ji, Cai-Zhuang Wang, Bruce Harmon and Kai-Ming Ho
    "Atomic Structure and Magnetic Properties of Fe_1-xCo_x Alloys"
    Journal of Applied Physics, accepted

* Moon-Hyun Cha, Manh Cuong Nguyen, Keunsu Choi, Minsung Kim and Jisoon Ihm
    "Simultaneous description of strong and weak H2 adsorption sites coexisting in MOFS"
    Nano (2011) [Link]

* Manh Cuong Nguyen, Moon-Hyun Cha, Jaehyun Bae, Youngkuk Kim, Minsung Kim and Jisoon Ihm
    "Calcium-doped, hydroxylated single-walled carbon nanotubes for hydrogen storage: a first-principle study"
    ChemPhysChem, 12, 777 (2011) [Link]

* Moon-Hyun Cha, Manh Cuong Nguyen, Yealee Lee, Jino Im and Jisoon Ihm
    "Iron-Decorated, Functionalized Metal Organic Framework for High-Capacity Hydrogen Storage: First-Principles Calculations"
    J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 14276 (2010) [Link]

* Xiaolong Zou, Moon-Hyun Cha, Seungchul Kim, Manh Cuong Nguyen, Gang Zhou, Weihui Duan and Jisoon Ihm
    "Hydrogen storage in Ca-decorated, B-substituted metal organic framework"
    International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35, 198-203 (2009) [Link]

* Manh Cuong Nguyen, Moon-Hyun Cha, Keunsu Choi, Yealee Lee and Jisoon Ihm
    "Calcium-hydroxyl group complex for potential hydrogen storage media: A density functional theory study"
    Phys. Rev. B 79, 233408 (2009) [Link]
    selected for Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, Volume 18, Issue 1 [Link]

* Manh Cuong Nguyen, Hoonkyung Lee and Jisoon Ihm
    "Hydrogen storage using functionalized saturated hydrocarbons"
    Solid State Communications 147, 419-422 (2008) [Link]

* Hoonkyung Lee, Manh Cuong Nguyen and Jisoon Ihm
    "Titanium-functional group complexes for high-capacity hydrogen storage materials"
    Solid State Communications 146, 431-434 (2008) [Link]

* Hoonkyung Lee, Woon Ih Choi, Manh Cuong Nguyen, Moon-Hyun Cha, Eungook Moon and Jisoon Ihm
    "Ab initio study of dihydrogen binding in metal-decorated polyacetylene for hydrogen storage"
    Phys. Rev. B 73, 195110 (2007) [Link]

* Nguyen Manh Cuong and Nguyen Ai Viet
    "The binding energy of exciton in semiconductor carbon nanotubes"
    Communication in Physics, Vol. 14, No. 4, p. 197-201 (2004) [Link]

Presentations:

* Manh Cuong Nguyen, Moon-hyun Cha and Jisoon Ihm, Hydroxyl group-Calcium complex for hydrogen storage media, APS March Meeting, Portland, Oregon Mar 15-19 2010

* Manh Cuong Nguyen and Jisoon Ihm, Ab-initio study of hydrogen storage of Titanium-decorated organic systems with hydroxyl groups, APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mar 16-20 2009

* Manh Cuong Nguyen and Ai Viet Nguyen, The binding energy of exiton in semiconductor carbon nanotubes (k.p method), The 9th Asia Pacific Physics Conference, Hanoi Oct 25-31 2004

On the News:

* My hometown newspaper (2007)

Others:

* Mixed doubles winner in badminton at Vietnamese Students' Association in Korea Sport Festival III (2010)

* Men doubles runner-up in badminton at Vietnamese Students' Association in Korea Sport Festival III (2010)

* Executive Board Member of Vietnamese Students' Association in Korea 2007-2008

* The Champion of "Table Soccer Festival" in Sungkyungkwan University 2006

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