Career
He is notable for his work on nerve agent detector, polymerase chain reaction, Micromixer, Droplet-based Microfluidics and Micro Magnetofluidics. He is currently a Professor and Director of Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre at Griffith University. He was a former Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Nam-Trung received his Dip-Ing, Doctor Ing and Doctor Ing Habil degrees from Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, in 1993, 1997 and 2004, respectively.
The habilitation degree (Doctor Ing Habil) is the respected qualification for a full professorship in Germany. During his 10-year stay in Germany, he also worked for Robert Bosch GmbH, the industry leader in micro electromechanical systems (Microelectromechanical Systems) for automotive applications.
He contributed to the development of the Microelectromechanical Systems-based fuel injection systems as well as sensing systems for pressure and mass flow rate. In 1998, he was a postdoctoral research engineer in the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center (University of California at Berkeley, United States of America).
His research is focused on microfluidics, nanofluidics, micro/nanomachining technologies, micro/nanoscale science, and instrumentation for biomedical applications.
He published over 240 journal papers and filed 8 patents, of which 3 were granted. Among the books he has written, the first and second editions of the bestseller “Fundamentals and Applications of Microfluidics” co-authored with South. Wereley were published in 2002 and 2006, respectively. His latest book “Nanofluidics” was published in 2009.
The second edition of the bestselling book "Micromixer" was acquired and published by Elsevier in 2011.
His researcher Idaho with updated publication list and citation metrics is A-4180-2008. According to Inter-Services Intelligence Web of Science and Inter-Services Intelligence Essential Science Indicators, he has a current H-index of 34 and ranks 694th out of 7645 Most Cited Scientists (top 1%) in Engineering.
According to Scopus and Google Scholar, his current H-indices are 36 and 43, respectively.