honors

Welcome to my Honors page, where I highlight my professional achievements and meaningful contributions to the engineering, scientific and local communities.

Honored to receive the Engineering Award from Engineers Nova Scotia and share my gratitude for this recognition.

Awards and Recognitions

  • 2023 Engineering Award, Engineers Nova Scotia
  • Multiple Best Poster and Oral Presentation Awards for work in optical devices and nanophotonics
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Visiting Fellowship (pre-approved applicant), 2016
  • SPIE Photonics Europe Conference Travel Award, Brussels, Belgium, 2014
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in ASPIRE/NSERC (Applied Science in Photonics and Innovative Research in Engineering) program, Dalhousie University, Canada, 2013-2017
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, 2014
  • National Science Council of Taiwan Travel Grant, 2011
  • PhD Fellowship, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan, 2008
  • PhD Fellowship, National Cheng Kung University, 2008
  • PhD Fellowship (declined), Ministry of Education of Taiwan, 2008
  • Erasmus Mundus Master Scholarship, Education & Culture of European Commission, 2005

Professional Memberships

  • Licensed Professional Engineer, Engineers Nova Scotia
  • Senior Member of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)
  • Senior Member of Optical Society of America (OPTICA)
  • Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Volunteer Leadership and Service

  • Chair of IEEE Student Activities Committee and Vice-chair of IEEE SMC chapter (2025-)
  • Research Ethics Board (REB) Member, Cape Breton University (2025-)
  • Associate Editor, Applied Nanoscience, Nature Springer (2022-)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Nanophotonics, SPIE (2020-2023)
  • Topic Editor of MDPI Photonics, Switzerland (2020-2022)
  • Panel Judge, 8th Annual Engineering Capstone Conference at Dalhousie University
  • International Technical Committee Member, 1st Colloquium on Optics Fiber Devices and Sensing Applications (12th IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks & DigitaL Signal Progressing), July 2020 at Porto, Portugal
  • Mentor of Engineers-in-Training, Engineers Nova Scotia (2018-)
  • Board of Examiners Member and CPD Committee Member, Engineers Nova Scotia (2016-)
  • Conference Chair (ASPIRE and Engineers Nova Scotia Annual Meeting)
  • Committee Member, SPIE Scholarship Program (awarded scholarships of USD 11,000 and USD 10,000)
  • Committee member, OSA Ivan P. Kaminow Outstanding Young Professional Prize
  • Committee member, OSA Student Chapter Excellent Prize
  • Founder and Principal: Vietnamese School Society in Halifax (2021-)
  • Journal reviewer: Optics Express, Nanotechnology, SPIE Journal of Nanophotonics, Optics Communications, IEEE Photonics, IEEE Sensors, Energies, Nanomaterials, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Physica Scripta, JOSA A, Infrared Physics and Technology, Physics D: Applied Physics, Optics Letters, JOSA B, Applied Physics Letters, Optical Materials Express, Journal of Optics, SPIE Optical Engineering, Applied Optics and Scientific Reports Nature