Nhut Truong Eötvös Loránd University Email: [email protected]

Positions held and education: - 09/2017- present: postdoctoral researcher at “Lendület Hot Universe” research group, Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary) - 04-07/2017: short-visiting researcher at Theoretical Physics group, Institute For Disciplinary Research in Science and Education (IFIRSE, Vietnam)

- 12/2016: Ph.D. in , University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, .

- 09/2013: Master Degree in Science within the Astromundus Master Program, Cum Laude, University of Padova, Italy.

- 09/2010: Bachelor of Science in theoretical physics, very good, University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Research Interests - Cosmological simulations of large-scale structures. - Neutrinos in . - Future missions in X-ray observations.

Awards and Fellowships - 2013: Fellowship in the Joint Ph.D. Programme in , Astrophysics, and Space Science, organized by University of Rome “La Sapienza”, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, and INAF. - 2011: Erasmus Mundus Fellowship in the Astromundus Master Programme in Astronomy and Astrophysics. - 2011: Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship (VEF, declined). - 2011: ICTP pre-PhD Programme Scholarship (declined). - 2010: CERN Summer School Scholarship.

Recent Contributed Talks and Posters - 06/2019: MPIA Coffee Seminar, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), Heidelberg, . Talk: “Correlations between supermassive black holes, hot atmospheres, and the total masses of early-type .” - 03/2019: Physics of The Intra-cluster Medium Conference, Budapest, Hungary. Talk: “X-ray Scaling Relations in Early-type Galaxies from IllustrisTNG Simulations and X-ray Observations”. - 10/2018: IllustrisTNG Scientific Workshop, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA), Germany. Talk: “Preliminary results on the X-ray Scaling Relations in Early-type Galaxies from IllustrisTNG Simulations”. - 09/2018: ATHENA Science Conference, Palermo, Italy. Poster: “Preliminary results on the X-ray Scaling Relations in Early-type Galaxies from IllustrisTNG Simulations”. - 07/2018: MPIA Galaxy Formation Group meeting, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), Heidelberg, Germany.

Curriculum Vitae Page 1 of 3 Nhut Truong Talk: “Mass-Metallicity Relations from Cosmological Simulations and X-ray Observations of Galaxy Group and Clusters”. - 05/2018: CfA High Energy Astrophysics Group meeting, Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Boston, USA. Talk: “Mass-Metallicity Relations from Cosmological Simulations and X-ray Observations of Galaxy Group and Clusters”. - 03/2018: Snow Cluster Conference, Utah, Us. Talk: “Mass-Metallicity Relations from Cosmological Simulations and X-ray Observations of Galaxy Group and Clusters”. - 01/2018: ATHENA Scientific Workshop, Sesto, Italy. Contributed talk: “Mock X-IFU Observations of Galaxy Clusters Outskirts”.

Collaboration and Visiting - Member of the Athena Topical panel/Working Group SWG1.1: Evolution of galaxy groups and clusters. - Involving in the proposal of the Ultimate XMM Galactic Survey (XXL) II. PI: Marguerite Pierre.

Languages - Vietnamese: mother tongue. - English: advanced. - Italian: basic.

Scientific Skills - High Performance Computing: parallel computing. - Programming Languages: IDL, Python. - Cosmological tools: CAMB, CosmoMC, CLASS. - Experienced in analysing large data sets from cosmological simulations. - Experienced in Bayesian analysis.

Academic References - Prof. Pasquale Mazzotta, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (Ph.D. Supervisor). - Dr. Elena Rasia, Astronomical Observatory of Trieste (Ph.D. Co-Supervisor). - Prof. Stefano Borgani, Astronomical Observatory of Trieste. - Dr. Norbert Werner, MTA-Lendulet Hot Universe Research Group, Eotvos Lorand University.

Publication lists

First & second-author papers:

1. “Correlations between supermassive black holes, hot atmospheres, and the total masses f early- type galaxies”

K. Lakhchaura, N. Truong, N. Werner. MNRAS Letter, 2019.

2. “Mass-Metallicity Relation from Cosmological Simulations and X-ray Observations of Galaxy Clusters”

N. Truong, E. Rasia, V. Biffi, F. Mernier, N. Werner, M. Gaspari, S. Borgani, S. Planelles, D. Fabjan, G. Murante. MNRAS, 2019.

Curriculum Vitae Page 2 of 3 Nhut Truong 3. “Hydrodynamic Simulations of Galaxy Clusters: Scaling Relations and Evolution” N. Truong, E. Rasia, P. Mazzotta, S. Planelles, V. Biffi, D. Fabjan, A. M. Beck, S. Borgani, K. Dolag, G. L. Granato, G. Murante, C. Ragone-Figueroa, L. K. Steinborn. MNRAS, 2018.

Co-authors papers:

1. “Cosmological Bound on Neutrino Statistics”. I proposed the idea and carried out theoretical investigations.

P. F. de Salas, S. Gariazzo, M. Laveder, S. Pastor, O. Pisanti, N. Truong. Journal of Cosmology and (JCAP), 2018.

2. “Mass-invariance of the Iron Enrichment in the Hot Haloes of Massive Ellipticals, Groups, and Clusters of Galaxies”.

F. Mernier, J. de Plaa, N. Werner, J. S. Kaastra, A. J. J. Raassen, L. Gu, J. Mao, I. Urdampilleta, N. Truong, A. Simionescu. MNRAS, 2018.

2. “Pressure of the hot gas in simulations of galaxy clusters” S. Planelles, D. Fabjan, S. Borgani, G. Murante, E. Rasia, V. Biffi, N. Truong, G. L. Granato, C. Ragone-Figueroa, K. Dolag, E. Pierpaoli, A. M. Beck, L. K. Steinborn, M. Gaspari. MNRAS, 2017.

4. “The XXL Survey: First Results and Future”. M.Pierre,[...], N.Truong. Astronomische Nachrichten, 2016.

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