VinUniversity Assistant Professorships (VAP) – Awardees 2025
VinUniversity Assistant Professorship 2025 Awardees
VinUniversity Assistant Professorships (VAP) is a prestigious early-career award designed to attract exceptional young researchers and scholars from around the world to join VinUniversity. The program aims to build a strong pipeline of faculty capable of producing high-quality, high-impact research that contributes to VinUniversity’s academic excellence and global reputation.
Kumar Vikrant, PhD
Materials Science / Environmental Chemical Engineeringg
Recognized among Elsevier’s world’s top 2% scientists in Earth & Environmental Sciences and Chemical Engineering, Dr. Kumar Vikrant is advancing functional materials and catalytic technologies for environmental remediation and sustainable energy applications.
Pham Thanh Tung, MD, PhD
Epidemiology / Global Health / Public Health
Trained at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dr. Pham Thanh Tung advances research in cancer epidemiology, biostatistics, and prevention science, with a focus on gene–environment interactions, cancer risk, and data-driven strategies for cancer prevention in diverse population settings.
