Tuan vo dinh biography of rory

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Võ Đình, but is often simplified to Vo Dinh in English-language text.

Tuan vo dinh biography of rory

In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Tuấn.

Tuan Vo-Dinh (Vietnamese: Võ Đình Tuấn) (Nha Trang, 11 April 1948) is R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering and professor of Chemistry and director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics at Duke.

Early years and education

Born in Nha Trang, Vietnam, he earned his doctorate in biophysical chemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich in 1975 and emigrated to the United States in 1975.

He researched at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee as director of Center for Advanced Biomedical Photonics, and was professor at the University of California and the University of Tennessee, (Knoxville), before coming to Duke in March 2006.

Research

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