Vietnam's youngest associate professor

The State Council for Professor Titles has decided to recognize the titles of professor and associate professor for 552 educators, including 52 who were recognized as professors and 470 as associate professors.

Young scientist and lecturer, Dr. Ho Khac Hieu of Duy Tan University (Da Nang), became the youngest associate professor in Vietnam in 2015, having just turned 31 years old.

Associate Professor Ho Khac Hieu's research field is solid-state theory, including research directions related to the mechanical and thermodynamic properties of material systems at high pressure, such as melting point, phase transition temperature, thermodynamic and elastic quantities, etc.

Associate Professor Dr. Ho Khac Hieu - Photo: NH

In his research activities, to date, Associate Professor Dr. Ho Khac Hieu has published 22 articles in domestic and international journals, including 12 international articles listed in the SCI index. Associate Professor Dr. Ho Khac Hieu has also just completed a Nafosted project and is currently leading a second Nafosted project.

According to Ho Khac Hieu: “The success I have achieved today is largely due to the professional working environment of the Institute for High Technology Research and Development at Duy Tan University - where many excellent PhDs who graduated from abroad work, and at the same time, the school's leadership always creates favorable conditions for me to focus on research and teaching. Receiving the decision recognizing me as having met the standards for the title of Associate Professor, I feel very honored and proud, but also feel some pressure to try even harder to be worthy of this title.”

According to Thanh Nien Online