My full name is Lê Mạnh Linh, and the order it goes in English should be Linh Manh Le. I am currently a second-year (G2) Ph.D. student in the Department of Applied Physics at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, working with Professor Zachary Schiffer on nitrogen electrochemistry.

Education

I spent my K-12 education in Vietnam, mostly at the Hanoi Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, where I was member of the English 1 (Anh 1) class for my high school. I competed in the National English Academic Competition for two years, organized Ngay Hoi Anh Tai 2015-2016, Ams Got Talent IX, and our graduation ceremony Made in 12, and was the president of our Model UN team.

In 2018, I received admissions from Yale University, and spent my most culturally enhancing education so far studying Chemical Engineering and Global Affairs. I was also member of the Energy Studies Multidisciplinary Academic Program.

Some of the most transformative courses I had at Yale, with somewhat a descending order of impact, include Water Quality Control, First-Year Organic Chemistry, Approaches to International Development, Transport Phenomena II, Foucault and the Sexual Self, and Neural Networks and Learning Systems.

At Yale, I had the chance to work with the Yale International Relations Organization as the Secretary on its Board of Directors and organizing team member in its various constituent conferences. I danced with Yale Movement, served as an Ambassador for the First-Generation Low-Income Community Initiative, and mentored in multifarious courses across Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, and Vietnamese departments at the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning.

Research

Kim Group at Yale

I conducted research on (1) electrochemical nitrate reduction in wastewater treatment and (2) in situ OH radical generation under the supervision of Dr. Reza Nazemi and Professor Jaehong Kim at the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale.

I was involved with the National Alliance for Water Innovation. Here is a research paper that I co-authored.

Zhong Group at Yale

I conducted research on (1) tacticity control in polymer synthesis using Lewis acids and (2) multi-component graft block copolymer as basis for synthesis of polymer compatibilizer under the supervision of Professor Mingjiang Zhong at the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale.

World Health Organization SDG3 Global Action Plan

My capstone project in the Global Affairs major allowed me, along with six other graduating seniors, to consult the World Health Organization (WHO) Innovation Hub on its pioneering work within the Sustainable Develop Goal 3 Global Action Plan. Our final report can be found here, featured on their 2022 Annual Report.

Prometheus Fuels

I spent two years in scenic Northern California working in both R&D and manufacturing towards building a large-scale electrolyzer system for sustainable e-fuels synthesis.

Outreach

At the moment, I am focusing my outreach efforts on Harvard’s campus. I am involved with Harvard Advising Programs Office as a Pre-Concentration Advisor, Harvard SEAS InTouch as a Peer Staffer, and with an up-and-coming program/concentration for Harvard undergraduates. I am a frequent contributor to the Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper, and previously did the same to the Clean Energy Finance Forum. Before starting my Ph.D., I worked in various mentoring capacities for five Vietnamese peer networks, taught at Yale Splash, and worked in miscellaneous energy advocacy groups on Yale’s campus.

Contact

Feel free to contact me through email at manhlinhle < dot > 00 < at > gmail < dot > com, or at my Twitter. I am free to chat most of the times.