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Phuong Le, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ph.D. Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S. Biological Systems Engineering, University of California, Davis
B.S. Biological Systems Engineering, University of California, Davis

Email: ple9@illinois.edu

Research interests: quantitative analysis and single molecule imaging using quantum dots to understand cancer heterogeneity and tumor microenvironments.

Personal interests: table tennis, chess, and hiking

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Honors and awards:

  • IETP Fellowship (2016)

  • NSF CMMB-IGERT fellowship (2014 - 2016)

  • First Place Poster Award, NSF IGERT-CMMB and NIH/NCI M-CNTC Symposium at UIUC (2015)

  • UC Davis Biological Systems Engineering department citation award (2012)

  • Henry A. Jastro Graduate Research Scholarship Award for excellent research proposal (2012 and 2013)

  • University of California, Davis Graduate School Fellowship, (2012)

  • Howard R. Murphy scholarship, UC Davis (2010 - 2011)

  • University of California, Davis Integrated Studies Honor Program (2008 - 2012)