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Jan 2026 – present: Group Leader, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Oct 2022 − Dec 2025: Posdoctoral Researcher, KIT, Germany
Jan − Apr 2022: Research Intern (part of Ph.D.), DVGW-Technologiezentrum Wasser (TZW), Germany
Apr 2017 − Apr 2018: Research Assistant, KIT, Germany
Sep 2014 – Mar 2017: Researcher, Inst. of Environ. Technol. (IET), Vietnam Acad. of Sci. and Technol. (VAST), Vietnam
May 2018 – Sep 2022: Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) at KIT, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andrea Iris Schäfer
Sep 2014 − Jul 2016: M.Sc. at Uni. of Sci. and Technol. of Hanoi (USTH), Vietnam, joint with National Inst. of Applied Sciences (INSA) Toulouse, France
Sep 2011 – Jul 2014: B.Sc. at University of Durham, United Kingdom
Memberships: European Membrane Soc. (EMS), European Desalination Soc. (EDS), Membrane Soc. of Australasia (MSA)
Scientific Conference Committee: Nanofiltration 2022, Achalm, Germany
Co-supervision: Master students Jinju Zhang (2017−18), Phuong B. Trinh (2018), Rubén Hervás-Martínez (2019), Guillaume Bricault (2025); HiWi student Luiza von Sperling (2017−20)
Teaching involvement (at KIT): Bachelor’s VL 22644 International Concepts of Water Technologies (2017−19) ; Master’s VL 2233120 Membrane Materials & Processes Research Masterclass (2023−25) and VL 2233130 Water – Energy – Environment Nexus in a Circular Economy: Research Proposal Preparation (2025)
M. N. Nguyen, A.I. Schäfer, T. Segal-Peretz: BMFTR−MOST German–Israeli Water Technology Cooperation Program (405k EUR), Enhancing Boron and Micropollutant Removal from Water by Molecular Layer Deposition Membranes (EMPOWERED), 2026 – 2029. Contributions: core technical sections and management.
A.I. Schäfer, B. Corry, DAAD-PPP Personal Exchange between KIT and Australian National University (23.48k EUR), Improving micropollutant and inorganic pollutant removal from water supplies via molecular dissection of their transport in nanofiltration membranes, 2024 – 2025. Contributions: core technical sections and management.
2025: MSA Best Oral Presentation Award, IMSTEC 2025 Conference
2022: M.S./Ph.D. Students Award, Euromembrane 2022 Conference
2022: DAAD Travel Grant, Lake Tahoe Nanofluidics Conference 2022 (Not accepted due to VISA reason)
2019: DAAD Travel Grant, GTSW 2019 Conference
2018 – 2022: DAAD-BMBF Ph.D. Scholarship in Sustainable Water Management
2017: Ph.D. Aspirant Grant, KIT, Germany
2014 – 2016: Scholarships for Excellence, USTH, Vietnam
2010: Advanced Extension Award (Distinction) in Maths
2009: Gold Certificate in UK Senior Mathematical Challenge (highest award for non-native students)
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