Professor Nguyễn T K Thanh
University College London
Biography
Professor Nguyễn Thị Kim Thanh held a prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2005-2014). She was appointed a Full Professor in Nanomaterials in 2013 at University College London. She leads a dynamic group conducting cutting-edge interdisciplinary and innovative research on the design and synthesis of magnetic and plasmonic nanomaterials mainly for biomedical applications.
In 2019, she was honoured for her achievements in the field of nanomaterials and was awarded the highly prestigious Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Medal. She was the RSC Interdisciplinary Prize winner in 2022. She was awarded the SCI/RSC Colloids Groups 2023 Graham Prize Lectureship to recognise an outstanding mid-career researcher in colloid and interface science.
Professor Thanh is one of only twelve recipients globally of the 2023 Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Awards, bestowed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
She is Editor-in-chief of the Royal Society of Chemistry book series, 'Nanoscience and Nanotechnology' and is the sole editor of two seminal books on 'Magnetic Nanoparticles from Fabrication to Clinical Applications' and 'Clinical Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles'.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, Nanoscale Advances