Hung V.-T. Nguyen

Hung V.-T. Nguyen is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at the Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College. His research focuses on developing polymer-based platforms for drug delivery and nanomedicine, with applications in cancer therapy and biomedical engineering. Prior to Dartmouth, he earned his PhD in Chemistry from MIT (2019) and co-founded Window Therapeutics, a startup focused on drug delivery technologies.

• Education:
• Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013
• PhD in Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019

Research interests include molecular engineering of polymers for targeted drug delivery, design of prodrugs with controlled release kinetics, and development of imaging agents for real-time therapeutic monitoring. His work integrates polymer chemistry with biological systems to address challenges in cancer treatment and regenerative medicine.

Key achievements include pioneering bottlebrush prodrugs for combination cancer therapies and developing pro-organic radical contrast agents (pro-ORCAs) for MRI imaging. His team’s innovations have led to patents in drug delivery systems and polymer architectures.

• Awards: Mentorship Spotlight Award (2021), IUPAC-Solvay International Award (2020), NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2014–2019)

Nguyen advises graduate and undergraduate students in the Nguyen Group, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration. He teaches ENGS 25: Introduction to Thermodynamics at Dartmouth and has launched a research lab focused on translating engineering advancements into clinical applications.