Research Postdoctoral Scholar
Advanced Materials and Devices Theory Group of Prof. Lilia M. Woods
Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Email: dainamle@usf.edu Old email: ledainam@tdtu.edu.vn
Dai-Nam Le is a Vietnamese theoretical and mathematical physicist whose work spans quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics, and mathematical physics. He received his bachelor's degree in Physics Teacher Education from Ho Chi Minh City University of Education in 2015 and completed his Ph.D. in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City in 2023. During his doctoral studies, Le conducted research at Ton Duc Thang University for six years, contributing significantly to the field. In 2021, he joined the research group of Dr. Lilia M. Woods in the Department of Physics at the University of South Florida as an academic visitor and became a postdoctoral researcher in the group in 2023. Le's research focuses on mathematical problems in physics, including supersymmetry quantum mechanics for Dirac materials, the nine-dimensional MICZ-Kepler problem, and two-dimensional atomic systems such as excitons. His current interests include dissipative phenomena in novel materials, encompassing Casimir and van der Waals interactions, near-field radiative heat transfer, and quantum friction. By March 2026, Le had published 42 peer-reviewed articles and had 4 preprints under review in renowned journals, including Physical Review Letters, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Physical Review B, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Communications Materials, Journal of Mathematical Physics, and Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. He is actively involved in the scientific community as a member of the American Physical Society, the American Mathematical Society (Mathematical Reviews), and the Vietnamese Theoretical Physics Society. Le has been recognized with several academic honors, notably a medal at the Vietnam Physics and Mathematics Olympiad. He also serves as a peer reviewer for leading physics journals such as Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. B, Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. Applied, Phys. Rev. Research (American Physical Society), Rep. Prog. Phys., J. Phys. A, Class. Quantum Gravity, EPL (IOP Publishing, UK), J. Math. Phys., J. Appl. Phys. (American Institute of Physics), ACS Photonics, and J. Phys. Chem. C (American Chemical Society), etc, and for funding proposals for the Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development. More information about his research and publications can be found on his homepage.
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