Dr. Pham Tien Duc currently works at the Faculty of Chemistry, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. Dr. Pham does research in Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Surface Chemistry. Also, surfactants and polymers are topics of interest. The current project is "Study on adsorption characteristics, mechanisms of ionic surfactants, polyelectrolyte onto metal oxides and laterite soil with different charged surfaces and their applications for the removal of organic pollutants".