Dr Phong Tran
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Mech., Medical & Process Engineering
Biography
Dr Phong Tran is an Advance Queensland Research Fellow (mid-career level) and Leader of the Interface Science and Materials Engineering Group at the Queensland University of Technology. His group focuses on the development and study of biomaterials for medical devices and tissue repairing or regeneration. His research is highly multidisciplinary and combines fundamental and translational studies at the interface between chemistry, material science, and biology.Dr Tran has authored more than 85 refereed publications, his articles were published in some of the top journals in his field, including Advanced Drug Delivery Review, Biomaterials, Applied Materials Today, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Biofabrication, Advanced Therapeutics. He has more than 1900 citations and an h-index of 23 (Google scholar 4/2020). Dr Tran has attracted 5.4M in research funding as a Chief Investigator, including 1.4M as a Sole Chief Investigator. He is an Associate Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Nanomedicine.
Dr Tran was the recipient of the Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship (2005) for his PhD studies at Brown University - one of the 8 Ivy League universities in the USA, Brown University's Dissertation Fellowship (2009), Stein-Bellet's Postdoctoral Fellowship (2010, Rhode Island Hospital - USA), McKenzie Research Fellowship (2011, the University of Melbourne - Australia), Vice Chancellor's Research Fellowship (2015, Queensland University of Technology - Australia) and Advance Queensland Research Fellowship (2017, Queensland Government - Australia). Dr Tran was honoured with multiple recognitions and awards including STAR travel award (Society for Biomaterials, USA), Golden Young Innovator award (Vietnam Fatherland Front, oversea category), Robert Beyer Award (Brown University), Travel Awards (Vietnam Education Foundation), and the Fellowship of the Institution of Engineers Australia.
Personal details
Positions
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Mech., Medical & Process Engineering
Discipline
Biomedical Engineering, Other Physical Sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD in Physics (Brown University)
Professional memberships and associations
Fellow of The Institution of Engineers Australia (EA)
Vice-Chair, IEEE Queensland Young Professionals Program
Committee Member, IEEE Queensland Engineering Medicine Biology Society Chapter
Vice-Chair, IEEE Queensland Young Professionals Program
Committee Member, IEEE Queensland Engineering Medicine Biology Society Chapter
Teaching
Dr Tran is passionate about teaching and training the next generation of thinkers/engineers/scientists. His approach to teaching and learning is student-centred and a combination of practical and theoretical inquiries. He is teaching at the Queensland University of Technology (2017-present as a Lecturer) and before at the University of Melbourne (2013, as a Lecturer) and Brown University - USA (2009, as a Teaching Assistant).
2021: EGH438 (Biomaterials) – Lecturing the topics of Biophysics of Biomaterial and Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery.
Notable achievement: Designed and implemented, for the first time, a practical session for students to use mobile phones to measure contact angles on surfaces of different roughness and critically analyze how the results fit with different theoretical models.
2020, 2019: EGH438 (Biomaterials) – Lecturing the topics of Biophysics of Biomaterial and Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery.
Notable achievement: Designed and implemented an on-class demonstration/experiment of Brownian diffusion using play balls.
2019, 2018, 2017: PVB204 (Electromagnetism) - Lecturing the topics in Electrodynamics (Maxwell's equations, light)
2013: Biocellular Systems Engineering (University of Melbourne)
University teaching training:
2018: ExPREP (Expert peer review in education practice) Certificate, Queensland University of Technology
2013: Graduate Certificate in University Teaching, the University of Melbourne
Focus: curriculum design, assessment and feedback strategies, e-learning, class planning
2010: University Teaching Certificate, Brown University (USA)
Focus: course design, constructive alignment, effective communication
2021: EGH438 (Biomaterials) – Lecturing the topics of Biophysics of Biomaterial and Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery.
Notable achievement: Designed and implemented, for the first time, a practical session for students to use mobile phones to measure contact angles on surfaces of different roughness and critically analyze how the results fit with different theoretical models.
2020, 2019: EGH438 (Biomaterials) – Lecturing the topics of Biophysics of Biomaterial and Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery.
Notable achievement: Designed and implemented an on-class demonstration/experiment of Brownian diffusion using play balls.
2019, 2018, 2017: PVB204 (Electromagnetism) - Lecturing the topics in Electrodynamics (Maxwell's equations, light)
2013: Biocellular Systems Engineering (University of Melbourne)
University teaching training:
2018: ExPREP (Expert peer review in education practice) Certificate, Queensland University of Technology
2013: Graduate Certificate in University Teaching, the University of Melbourne
Focus: curriculum design, assessment and feedback strategies, e-learning, class planning
2010: University Teaching Certificate, Brown University (USA)
Focus: course design, constructive alignment, effective communication
Publications
- Tran H, Tran M, Tran P, (2020) Antibiotic resistance of S. aureus on a ‘bifunctional’ surface: An in vitro coculture study, Materials Letters, 280 () p
- Lahr C, Landgraf M, Sanchez Herrero A, Dang H, Wagner F, Bas O, Bray L, Tran P, Holzapfel B, Shafiee A, Mcgovern J, Hutmacher D, (2020) A 3D-printed biomaterials-based platform to advance established therapy avenues against primary bone cancers, Acta Biomaterialia, 118 () p69
- Murari G, Bock N, Zhou H, Yang L, Liew T, Fox K, Tran P, (2020) Effects of polydopamine coatings on nucleation modes of surface mineralization from simulated body fluid, Scientific Reports, 10 () p
- Dang H, Shafiee A, Lahr C, Dargaville T, Tran P, (2020) Local doxorubicin delivery via 3D-printed porous scaffolds reduces systemic cytotoxicity and breast cancer recurrence in mice, Advanced Therapeutics, 3 (9) p
- Bock N, Pham T, Nguyen T, Nguyen T, Tran H, Tran P, (2020) Polydopamine coating of uncrosslinked chitosan as an acellular scaffold for full thickness skin grafts, Carbohydrate Polymers, 245 () p
- Dang H, Vaquette C, Shabab T, Pérez R, Yang Y, Dargaville T, Shafiee A, Tran P, (2020) Porous 3D printed scaffolds for guided bone regeneration in a rat calvarial defect model, Applied Materials Today, 20 () p
- Dang H, Shabab T, Shafiee A, Peiffer Q, Fox K, Tran N, Dargaville T, Hutmacher D, Tran P, (2019) 3D printed dual macro-, microscale porous network as a tissue engineering scaffold with drug delivering function, Biofabrication, 11 (3) p1
- Shokoohmand A, Ren E, Baldwin J, Atack A, Shafiee A, Theodoropoulos C, Wille M, Tran P, Bray L, Smith D, Chetty N, Pollock P, Hutmacher D, Clements J, Williams E, Bock N, (2019) Microenvironment engineering of osteoblastic bone metastases reveals osteomimicry of patient-derived prostate cancer xenografts, Biomaterials, 220 () p1
- Visscher L, Dang H, Knackstedt M, Hutmacher D, Tran P, (2018) Novel 3D printed Polycaprolactone scaffolds with dual macro-microporosity for applications in local delivery of antibiotics, Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications, 87 () p78
- Tran P, Zhang L, Webster T, (2009) Carbon nanofibers and carbon nanotubes in regenerative medicine, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 61 (12) p1097
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- 2018-2023 ARC Training Centre for Multiscale 3D Imaging, Modelling and Manufacturing $AUD 3.9M (Chief Investigator)
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Mid-career Advance Queensland Research Fellowship
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Global Connection Fund (Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, Australia) 2017 "Advanced Surface Treatment for Orthopaedic Implants";(Lead Chief Investigator)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- CASS Foundation Science and Medicine Grant 2016-2017 "3D printed diamond implants: Investigations into a new hybrid material" (Chief Investigator)
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Vice Chancellor's Research Fellowship, Queensland University of Technology 2015-2018
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Australian Dental Research Foundation 2015-2016 "Developing versatile nanoparticle decoration technologies for antimicrobial barrier membranes in guided tissue regeneration applications" ; (Lead Chief Investigator)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- CASS Foundation Science and Medicine Grant 2014 (Australia) "Superbullets for Superbugs: Toward Solutions for Antibiotic Resistance and Bacterial Infections"; (Lead Chief Investigator)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Defence Health Foundation Establishment Grant 2014 "Developing Nanocomposite Material Processing Technologies for Anti-infective Medical Devices"; (Chief Investigator)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Interdisciplinary Seed Funding, Melbourne Materials Institute and Bio21 Institute 2012 (Australia), "Developing Nanocomposites for Soft Tissue Regeneration"; (Lead Chief Investigator)
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- McKenzie Fellowship, University of Melbourne 2011-2014
Research projects
- Title
- ARC Training Centre for (M3D) Multiscale 3D Imaging, Modelling and Manufacturing
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- IC180100008
- Start year
- 2019
- Keywords
- Title
- ARC ITTC M3D - Subproject with Stryker 2.3 - Nano-texture surfaces
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- IC180100008
- Start year
- 2020
- Keywords
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Using three-dimensional (3D) dynamic cell co-culture platform with hive porous-sphere structure to study the interactions between mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) and macrophages
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Yin Xiao, Professor Ross Crawford, Dr Yinghong Zhou - Gelatin-Methacryloyl-Chitosan (GelMA-CS) Hydrogel: a Novel Orthopaedic Bioadhesive
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Travis Klein, Dr Karsten Schrobback - Enhancing the Functionality of Hydrogels Using Molecular Polymer Brushes
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Travis Klein
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Fabrication and Characterization of 3D Printed Poly (Caprolactone) Scaffolds with Bimodal Porosity for Local Drug Delivery and Tissue Reconstruction Applications (2020)
- Antibacterial, macroporous chitosan hydrogels for soft tissue engineering applications (2018)
- Magnetic manipulation of cells for soft tissue engineering (2017)