Thao Tran Dominy, an assistant professor within the Clemson College Division of Chemistry, has been named a 2025 Kavli Fellow by the Nationwide Academy of Sciences (NAS).
A NAS committee selects Kavli Fellows from amongst early profession scientists who’ve already made acknowledged contributions to science, together with recipients of main fellowships and awards.
Tran Dominy was amongst 88 scientists from business, academia and authorities chosen this yr. She was honored on the Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia held on the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Middle of the Nationwide Academies of Sciences and Engineering in Irvine, California, March 6-8.
“Being named a NAS Kavli Fellow is a satisfying acknowledgment of the impactful scientific contributions made by my analysis group. This recognition from the NAS additional fuels my dedication to advancing science and mentoring younger scientists. Thanks to all of the superb graduate, undergraduate and postdoc group members who made this doable,” she mentioned.
Greater than 6,800 scientists have attended the Frontiers of Science symposia since their inception in 1989. 300 fifty-four have later been elected to the NAS and 20 have obtained the Nobel Prize.
Tran Dominy introduced work entitled “Chemical Bonding in Quantum Supplies: Easy, Progressive Options for Future Info and Vitality Know-how.” The analysis is the most recent to return out of her lab and was performed by Clemson graduate researchers Dasuni Rathnaweera and Uchenna Chinaegbomkpa, postdoctoral fellows Xudong Huai and Ramesh Kumar, and collaborators throughout america and the world. The analysis was sponsored by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Basis and the Nationwide Science Basis.
Stage not often seen
“Dr. Tran Dominy is acting at a stage not often seen in a younger scientist, and we’re very pleased with her analysis accomplishments and of the truth that she is a wonderful instructor, advisor to her college students and an awesome citizen of our division, school and college,” mentioned William Pennington, chair of the chemistry division.
The 2025 Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium coated a wide selection of subjects, together with weight problems, batteries, quantum, house, biology, reproductive justice, seeing the world via completely different lenses and wildfire administration.
“The huge variety of subjects makes it exceptionally distinctive and supplies a particular alternative to follow the ability of speaking successfully to a non-expert viewers,” Tran Dominy mentioned. “I had a number of enjoyable studying the most recent developments introduced by different Kavli Fellows and got here away feeling fully recharged about my work, the present state of scientific analysis and its potential impression on humanity.”
Earlier awards
Tran Dominy’s analysis group focuses on quantum supplies. She obtained a prestigious Beckman Young Investigators Award from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Basis in 2023. She was the primary recipient of the award from Clemson College and the primary from a school or college in South Carolina.
The Beckman Younger Investigators Program helps the nation’s most promising younger school members within the early levels of their educational careers within the chemical and life sciences, notably to foster the invention of strategies, devices and supplies that can open new avenues of analysis in science.
In 2024, Tran Dominy obtained a Nationwide Science Basis CAREER Award specializing in a selected class of magnetic compounds that lack inversion symmetry within the construction. Her analysis group is researching how chemical bonding in these supplies determines their bodily properties.
Tran Dominy joined the Clemson school in 2019 and was named Clemson College Junior Researcher of the Yr in 2024.
She holds a bachelor’s diploma in chemistry from Vietnam Nationwide College. She earned her Ph.D. on the College of Houston. Previous to coming to Clemson, she accomplished a place as a postdoctoral analysis affiliate at Johns Hopkins College, Institute of Quantum Matter.
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