Cong Vu

I was one of the first Scientia PhD scholar of UNSW in 2017- the most prestigious scholarship for PhD candidates at this time. My research was about delivering anticancer drug to cancer cells using nanoparticles. When I finished my PhD in 2021, I worked as a part-time research associate (3 days a week) at the school of Chemistry. Also in 2021 I founded the start-up NanoSoils Bio (using nanoparticle to deliver pesticide more precisely).
Due to the flexible nature of my current job as the founder of the start-up, and my research experience and diverse from chemistry, medical engierring, enterprenour, to agriculture I believe I am the best candidate for the Research Officer position.

• Certificate of Completion the Business Sustainability Management, University of Cambridge,2020
• Certificate of Completion of the Advanced Biotechnology by Michigan State University,2010.

• 1. Cong, V. T.; Houng, J. L.; Kavallaris, M.; Chen, X.; Tilley, R. D.; Gooding, J. J., How can we use the endocytosis pathways to design nanoparticle drug-delivery vehicles to target cancer cells over healthy cells? Chem Soc Rev2022,51 (17),7531-7559.
• 2. Cong, V. T.; Tilley, R. D.; Sharbeen, G.; Phillips, P. A.; Gaus, K.; Gooding, J. J., How to exploit different endocytosis pathways to allow selective delivery of anticancer drugs to cancer cells over healthy cells. Chemical Science,2021,12,15407–15417.
• 3. Cong, V. T.; Wang, W.; Tilley, R. D.; Sharbeen, G.; Phillips, P. A.; Gaus, K.; Gooding, J. J., Can the Shape of Nanoparticles Enable the Targeting to Cancer Cells over Healthy Cells? Advanced Functional Materials2021,31,2007880
• 4. Cong, V. T.; Gaus, K.; Tilley, R. D.; Gooding, J. J., Rod-shaped mesoporous silica nanoparticles for nanomedicine: recent progress and perspectives. Expert Opin Drug Deliv2018,1-12.
• 5. Cong, V. T.; Ly, N. H.; Son, S. J.; Min, J.; Joo, S. W., Silica-encapsulated gold nanoparticle dimers for organelle-targeted cellular delivery. Chem Commun2017.53,5009—5012.
• 6. Cong, V. T.; Ganbold, E. O.; Saha, J. K.; Jang, J.; Min, J.; Choo, J.; Kim, S.; Song, N. W.; Son, S. J.; Lee, S. B.; Joo, S. W., Gold nanoparticle silica nanopeapods. Journal of the American Chemical Society2014,136 (10),3833-41.

• 2021-2022: Lead a Science Extension program for high school students based at UNSW.
• SciX@UNSW Science Extension Program | Science - UNSW Sydney

• Https://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=58206.php
• Https://evokeag.com/power-good-advice-australian-agtech-startups-mentorship/
• Start-up NanoSoils incubated by the GATE, Department of Primary Industries: https://www.thegate.org.au/project/incubation/nanosoils