DrVien Huynh

BEng, MSc, PhD(UNSW)

Dr Vien Huynh is a Senior Research Fellow at Key Centre for Polymers and Colloids (KCPC), School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney. He currently works on a Syngenta Crop Protection funded project focussing on polymer coating of active ingredients (agrochemicals). He also works on or involves in other industry-funded projects with various roles ranging from writing proposals, carrying out proof-of-concepts, optimising processes toward transferring technology and scaling up. His research addresses solutions for hard-to-solved problems in agrochemicals, drug delivery, energy, and recycling materials.

Dr Huynh studied chemical and food engineering at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam. He received his Master of Science at The University of Queensland. He was then awarded a highly competitive Endeavour Postgraduate Scholarship to undertake his PhD in polymer chemistry at Centre of Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD), School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales. Since 2012, he has joined the Hawkett group at KCPC as a Research Fellow to undertake the Syngenta funded project.

• BEng, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam, 2002
• MSc, The University of Queensland, Australia, 2007
• PhD, The University of New South Wales, Australia, 2012
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Sydney, Australia, 2012-