Trung V. Phan
Trung V. Phan is an American–Vietnamese physicist.
Early Life and Education
Born in Vietnam, Trung Phan came to the United States during high school through a cultural exchange program. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Princeton University.[1]
Scientific Career
Phan was a postdoctoral researcher in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at Yale University, followed by chemical and biomolecular engineering at Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute. His current role (starting Fall 2025) is Assistant Professor of Physics at the Claremont Colleges, affiliated with both Pitzer and Scripps.[2]
Trung Phan is also engaged in mentoring the next generation of scientists. He develops educational content, coaches teams for International Physics Olympiads (IPhO and APhO), and supports Vietnamese students in scientific exploration.[3]
Selected Publications
- Phan, T. V., Morris, R., Black, M. E., Do, T. K., Lin, K. C., Nagy, K., Sturm, J. C., Bos, J., & Austin, R. H. (2020). “Bacterial Route Finding and Collective Escape in Mazes and Fractals.” Physical Review X, 10(3), 031017.[4]
- Guo, B.*, Ro, S.*, Shih, A., Phan, T. V., Austin, R. H., Martiniani, S., Levine, D., & Chaikin, P. M. (2022). “Model-free measurement of local entropy production and extractable work in active matter.” Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 220601.[5]
- Wang, G.*, Phan, T. V.*, Li, S., Wombacher, M., Qu, J., Peng, Y., Chen, G., Goldman, D. I., Levin, S., Austin, R. H., & Liu, L. (2021). “Emergent Field-Driven Robot Swarm States.” Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 108002.[6]
- Wang, G.*, Phan, T. V.*, Li, S., Wang, J., Peng, Y., Chen, G., Goldman, D. I., Levin, S. A., Pienta, K., Amend, S., Austin, R. H., & Liu, L. (2022). “Robots as Models of Evolving Systems.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(12), e2120019119.[7]
References
https://trungphan.squarespace.com/
https://www.wired.com/story/these-bacteria-ate-their-way-through-a-really-tricky-maze/
https://physics.aps.org/articles/v14/38?fbclid
https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/online/4906/Evolving-robots-could-optimize-chemotherapy
References
- ↑ "DR. TRUNG V. PHAN". DR. TRUNG V. PHAN. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
- ↑ "DR. TRUNG V. PHAN". DR. TRUNG V. PHAN. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
- ↑ "DR. TRUNG V. PHAN". DR. TRUNG V. PHAN. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
- ↑ Phan, Trung V.; Morris, Ryan; Black, Matthew E.; Do, Tuan K.; Lin, Ke Chih; Nagy, Krisztina; Sturm, James C.; Bos, Julia; Austin, Robert H. (September 2020). "Bacterial Route Finding and Collective Escape in Mazes and Fractals". Physical Review X. 10 (3): 031017. Bibcode:2020PhRvX..10c1017P. doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.10.031017. ISSN 2160-3308.
- ↑ Ro, Sunghan; Guo, Buming; Shih, Aaron; Phan, Trung V.; Austin, Robert H.; Levine, Dov; Chaikin, Paul M.; Martiniani, Stefano (2022-11-21). "Model-Free Measurement of Local Entropy Production and Extractable Work in Active Matter". Physical Review Letters. 129 (22): 220601. arXiv:2105.12707. Bibcode:2022PhRvL.129v0601R. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.220601. PMID 36493452 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Wang, Gao; Phan, Trung V.; Li, Shengkai; Wombacher, Michael; Qu, Junle; Peng, Yan; Chen, Guo; Goldman, Daniel I.; Levin, Simon A.; Austin, Robert H.; Liu, Liyu (2021-03-12). "Emergent Field-Driven Robot Swarm States". Physical Review Letters. 126 (10): 108002. Bibcode:2021PhRvL.126j8002W. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.108002. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 33784150 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Wang, Gao; Phan, Trung V.; Li, Shengkai; Wang, Jing; Peng, Yan; Chen, Guo; Qu, Junle; Goldman, Daniel I.; Levin, Simon A.; Pienta, Kenneth; Amend, Sarah; Austin, Robert H.; Liu, Liyu (2022-03-22). "Robots as models of evolving systems". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119 (12): e2120019119. Bibcode:2022PNAS..11920019W. doi:10.1073/pnas.2120019119. ISSN 1091-6490. PMC 8944266 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 35298335 Check|pmid=value (help).
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