Phan Luong Cam
| Prof. Phan Luong Cam | |
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Dr. Phan Luong Cam
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| Born | March 5, 1943 Thua Thien-Hue, Vietnam |
| Residence | Vietnam |
| Nationality | Vietnamese |
| Spouse(s) | Vo Van Kiet, Prime Minister of Vietnam |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrochemistry and Corrosion |
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President, The Vietnam Corrosion and Metal Protection Association (1996-2005) Director, The Corrosion and Protection Research Center (1996-2008) - Hanoi University of Technology |
Phan Luong Cam (born March 5, 1943) is a Vietnamese female scientist and academic notable in the fields of Electrochemistry and Corrosion, widow of Prime Minister of Vietnam, Võ Văn Kiệt.
Prof. Dr. Phan Luong Cam was born in Hue City, Thua Thien-Hue Province, Vietnam. In 1965, she worked as an associate professor at the Hanoi University of Technology, Vietnam. In 1968, she arrived in the former Soviet Union and studied at the Moscow State University. There, she was awarded a Ph.D for her thesis in the fields of Electrochemistry and Corrosion. On her return to Vietnam in early 1973, she resumed her academic post at the Hanoi University of Technology.
Over four decades working in the fields of education and research, Prof. Dr. Phan Luong Cam has helped train and advise many graduate, master’s and doctoral students, and led a large number of significant scientific works, including scientific research theses and programs at the national level, international cooperation research project such as VH-8 Project Corrosion in cooperation with the Netherlands from 1980. She has published several books, many journal and conference papers and her works have been cited many times. She is also author of a number of patents, innovations and creative solutions.
Prof. Dr. Phan Luong Cam was a founder and director of the Corrosion and Protection Research Center - Hanoi University of Technology - from 1996 to 2008, the year when she retired.
She was the first woman Professor at the Hanoi University of Technology, She was also one of the co-founders and president of the Vietnam Corrosion and Metal Protection Association (VICORRA) from 1996 to 2005, and now she is its honorary president. It was the first time a woman ever served as president of an association under the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA).
She was president of the Asian Pacific Materials and Corrosion Association from 1999 to 2001; Chairwoman of the 11th Asian Pacific Corrosion Control Conference (APCCC-11) held in Ho Chi Minh City in 1999 and member of the International Advisory Board for many other Asian Pacific Corrosion Control Conferences.
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