Associate Professor, Dr. Pham-Van Chien is a senior expert in the field of earth science and water resources engineering, with nearly 20 years of experience in teaching, research, and implementing interdisciplinary projects on mathematical models, water resources, environment and natural disaster mitigation.

He holds a Ph.D in Engineering Science from the Institute of Mechanics, Materials, and Engineering, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. His research interests mainly focus on developing numerical models, data-driven models, and artificial intelligence to simulate flow dynamics and tracer transport in land-sea continuums as well as morphological changes. He has authored over 60 research articles in prestigious domestic and international scientific journals.

From 2014 to 2016, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham-Van was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Mechanics, Materials, and Engineering at Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) and at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore (Singapore). He subsequently returned to Thuyloi University (Vietnam), where he was bestowed with the title of Associate Professor in 2020. In addition to his academic roles, he serves as a consultant for various ministries, provincial departments, universities, research institutes, international organizations, and networks in Vietnam.