Nguyen, Van Hiep received his Bachelor’s degree in Polymer Materials from Hanoi University of Science and Technology. He subsequently obtained both his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), where his research focused on the development of polymer electrolytes, graphene, and covalent triazine frameworks for use in ionic actuators. Currently, he is a postdoctoral researcher at KAIST. His research interests encompass the development of advanced materials, including polymer electrolytes, graphene, covalent organic frameworks, metal organic frameworks, MXenes, and bioinspired nanomaterials, and their applications in energy devices such as actuators, batteries, supercapacitors, and soft robotics.