BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Mai Tran is an experimental physicist specializing in microscopy, optics, biophysics, and material science. Her current research concentrates on developing a 3-D polarized light microscope for cells and tissue imaging.
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Microscopy, optics, materials science, sensor, biophysics, nanotechnology.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Tran, M.T., and Oldenbourg, R. 2018. Mapping birefringence in three dimensions using polarized light field microscopy: the case of the juvenile clamshell. J. Microsc., 271(3):315-324. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jmi.12721
TEACHING INTERESTS
- Physics I, Physics II, Physics III
- Math for Physicists and Engineers
- Introduction of Optics
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
- Honorable mention for excellent teaching assistant, Brown University: 2012
- Vietnam International Education Development Fellowship: 2008
- Research scholarship at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Orleans: 2007
- DAAD scholarship: 2007
- Certificate of Merit for achieving the Excellent Academic Result: 2006
EDUCATION
- Postdoctoral Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory, Massachusetts, USA, 2017-2019
- PhD, Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 2017
- MSc, Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 2012
- MSc, Engineering Physics, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam, 2008
- BS, Engineering Physics, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Centre for Gifted Education, Vietnam, 2006