Basic info

First Name	Ngoc Quang
Last Name	Nguyễn
User name	ngocquang-nguyen
Country	Vietnam
Gender	Male
Full name	Nguyễn Ngọc Quang
Working languages	English, Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt), Korean (한국인)

Bio

About	Material Science Researcher – RICBS – 2-year experience participating Social Business Creation – ~ 10 projects as coach/mentor in past Social Business Creation edition (2022, 2023) Former Professor Assistant – Hanyang University Business School. 2-year experiences – Editor-in-chief Assistant at 2 scientific journals: APJIE – Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and MRIJ – Management Review: International Journal. He was fascinated by social entrepreneurs’ work and thus focused his research on social entrepreneurship. – Participated in more than 25 competitions and won several awards in many startup contests/designation/challenge/pitching contests…. as a student participant – 6 years Experiences in mentoring and advising as a mentor in global competitions
Education	– Ph.D. – Physical Chemistry – Hanyang Univ., Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2023 – M.Sc.- Polymer Physical Chemistry – Hanyang Univ., Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2020 – Bachelor of Science – Chemistry – Hanyang Univ., Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2018
Significant achievements	– SBC Impactful Educator Award 2023 – Link – Runner-up project coach in business track 2023 – eJOY English – Runner-up project coach in start-up track 2023 – Forest Foods Tay Giang – CTI-CFF Youth Ambassador 2023 – https://coraltriangleinitiative.org/youth-ambassador-program – Asia Pacific Environmental Innovation Challenge 2021 – 1st Prize Award https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM9B0FbhSis
Certifications	– Social Innovation Generation Expert Level – Social Business Implementation Expert level

Business

Business	Looking for business partners, Looking for investment opportunities, Open to new collaborations
Current employment	Researcher – RICBS
Expertise	Chemical Engineering, Material Science, Chemistry
Motivation for social impact creation	Sustainable Development Goals, Youth Empowerment
Contributions to the SBC community	– SBC Impactful Educator 2023 Award
Sustainable Development Goals	GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, GOAL 13: Climate Action, GOAL 14: Life Below Water

Research

Research	Looking for collaborators
Research interests	Highly welcome for other sectors but not limited to: – SDG 6 – Clean water and sanitation – SDG 7 – Affordable and clean energy – SDG 9 – Industry, innovation and infrastructure – SDG 13 – Climate action – SDG 14 – Life below water Open for collaboration of writing business cases and interdisciplinary studies
Current research projects	Highly encouraging to coach/mentor project/team relating to innovation in environment sectors: – sustainable materials, sustainability – CO2 capturing, storage and absorption – green infrastructure, carbon credit, green economy outputs Other interest if applicable: – software/technology/application/e-commerce platforms
Selected publications	– Facile synthesis of sulphur-doped carbon dots (S-CDs) using a hydrothermal method for the selective sensing of Cr6+ and Fe3+ ions: application to environmental water sample analysis 10.1039/D3RA07545A – Enhanced magnetic halloysite nanotubes for dye removal at different pH conditions 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2023.132631 -Characteristics of ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid treatment on iron(III)-induced modified catechol chitosan hydrogels under different pH conditions 10.1038/s41428-023-00827-z – Thorny trunk-like structure of reduced graphene oxide/HKUST-1 MOF for enhanced EMI shielding capability 10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.12.149 – Grafting mechanism of poly(acrylic acid) from silica particles during the gelation process 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.124270 -Characteristics of self-healable laponite-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels prepared by γ-ray irradiation 10.1016/j.polymer.2020.123365

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