Dr Phong Tran
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Research field
Biomedical Engineering, Other Physical Sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD in Physics (Brown University)
Professional memberships and associations
Vice-Chair, IEEE Queensland Young Professionals Program
Committee Member, IEEE Queensland Engineering Medicine Biology Society Chapter
Teaching
2021: EGH438 (Biomaterials) – Lecturing the topics of Biophysics of Biomaterial and Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery.
Notable achievement: Designed and implemented, for the first time, a practical session for students to use mobile phones to measure contact angles on surfaces of different roughness and critically analyze how the results fit with different theoretical models.
2020, 2019: EGH438 (Biomaterials) – Lecturing the topics of Biophysics of Biomaterial and Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery.
Notable achievement: Designed and implemented an on-class demonstration/experiment of Brownian diffusion using play balls.
2019, 2018, 2017: PVB204 (Electromagnetism) - Lecturing the topics in Electrodynamics (Maxwell's equations, light)
2013: Biocellular Systems Engineering (University of Melbourne)
University teaching training:
2018: ExPREP (Expert peer review in education practice) Certificate, Queensland University of Technology
2013: Graduate Certificate in University Teaching, the University of Melbourne
Focus: curriculum design, assessment and feedback strategies, e-learning, class planning
2010: University Teaching Certificate, Brown University (USA)
Focus: course design, constructive alignment, effective communication
Publications
- Tran, H., Tran, M. & Tran, P. (2020). Antibiotic resistance of S. aureus on a ‘bifunctional’ surface: An in vitro coculture study. Materials Letters, 280. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/204145
- Lahr, C., Landgraf, M., Sanchez Herrero, A., Dang, H., Wagner, F., Bas, O., Bray, L., Tran, P., Holzapfel, B., Shafiee, A., Mcgovern, J. & Hutmacher, D. (2020). A 3D-printed biomaterials-based platform to advance established therapy avenues against primary bone cancers. Acta Biomaterialia, 118, 69–82. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/205729
- Murari, G., Bock, N., Zhou, H., Yang, L., Liew, T., Fox, K. & Tran, P. (2020). Effects of polydopamine coatings on nucleation modes of surface mineralization from simulated body fluid. Scientific Reports, 10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/205340
- Dang, H., Shafiee, A., Lahr, C., Dargaville, T. & Tran, P. (2020). Local doxorubicin delivery via 3D-printed porous scaffolds reduces systemic cytotoxicity and breast cancer recurrence in mice. Advanced Therapeutics, 3(9). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206245
- Bock, N., Pham, T., Nguyen, T., Nguyen, T., Tran, H. & Tran, P. (2020). Polydopamine coating of uncrosslinked chitosan as an acellular scaffold for full thickness skin grafts. Carbohydrate Polymers, 245. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/204661
- Dang, H., Vaquette, C., Shabab, T., Pérez, R., Yang, Y., Dargaville, T., Shafiee, A. & Tran, P. (2020). Porous 3D printed scaffolds for guided bone regeneration in a rat calvarial defect model. Applied Materials Today, 20. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/201200
- Dang, H., Shabab, T., Shafiee, A., Peiffer, Q., Fox, K., Tran, N., Dargaville, T., Hutmacher, D. & Tran, P. (2019). 3D printed dual macro-, microscale porous network as a tissue engineering scaffold with drug delivering function. Biofabrication, 11(3), 1–16. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/128280
- Shokoohmand, A., Ren, E., Baldwin, J., Atack, A., Shafiee, A., Theodoropoulos, C., Wille, M., Tran, P., Bray, L., Smith, D., Chetty, N., Pollock, P., Hutmacher, D., Clements, J., Williams, E. & Bock, N. (2019). Microenvironment engineering of osteoblastic bone metastases reveals osteomimicry of patient-derived prostate cancer xenografts. Biomaterials, 220, 1–17. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/132503
- Visscher, L., Dang, H., Knackstedt, M., Hutmacher, D. & Tran, P. (2018). 3D printed Polycaprolactone scaffolds with dual macro-microporosity for applications in local delivery of antibiotics. Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications, 87, 78–89. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/116445
- Tran, P., Zhang, L. & Webster, T. (2009). Carbon nanofibers and carbon nanotubes in regenerative medicine. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 61(12), 1097–1114. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/109307
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- 2018-2023 ARC Training Centre for Multiscale 3D Imaging, Modelling and Manufacturing $AUD 3.9M (Chief Investigator)
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Mid-career Advance Queensland Research Fellowship
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Global Connection Fund (Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, Australia) 2017 "Advanced Surface Treatment for Orthopaedic Implants";(Lead Chief Investigator)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- CASS Foundation Science and Medicine Grant 2016-2017 "3D printed diamond implants: Investigations into a new hybrid material" (Chief Investigator)
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Vice Chancellor's Research Fellowship, Queensland University of Technology 2015-2018
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Australian Dental Research Foundation 2015-2016 "Developing versatile nanoparticle decoration technologies for antimicrobial barrier membranes in guided tissue regeneration applications" ; (Lead Chief Investigator)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- CASS Foundation Science and Medicine Grant 2014 (Australia) "Superbullets for Superbugs: Toward Solutions for Antibiotic Resistance and Bacterial Infections"; (Lead Chief Investigator)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Defence Health Foundation Establishment Grant 2014 "Developing Nanocomposite Material Processing Technologies for Anti-infective Medical Devices"; (Chief Investigator)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Interdisciplinary Seed Funding, Melbourne Materials Institute and Bio21 Institute 2012 (Australia), "Developing Nanocomposites for Soft Tissue Regeneration"; (Lead Chief Investigator)
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- McKenzie Fellowship, University of Melbourne 2011-2014
Selected research projects
- Title
- ARC Training Centre for (M3D) Multiscale 3D Imaging, Modelling and Manufacturing
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- IC180100008
- Start year
- 2019
- Keywords
- Title
- ARC ITTC M3D - Subproject with Stryker 2.3 - Nano-texture surfaces
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- IC180100008
- Start year
- 2020
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Fabrication and Characterization of 3D Printed Poly (Caprolactone) Scaffolds with Bimodal Porosity for Local Drug Delivery and Tissue Reconstruction Applications (2020)
- Antibacterial, macroporous chitosan hydrogels for soft tissue engineering applications (2018)
- Magnetic manipulation of cells for soft tissue engineering (2017)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
Supervision topics
- Race for the surface: helping implants to win the race
- Bacteria - mammalian cell interactions in implant-associated infections
- Understanding and manipulating bacterial motility for infection control (PhD)
- ‘race for the surface’: designing the next generation antimicrobial biomaterials
- Understanding and manipulating bacterial motility for infection control