Ferguson Faculty Fellow Cong Trinh’s research combines a wide range of math, science, and computing with the goal to reduce lag times in identifying and responding to diseases.

Ferguson Fellow and Associate Professor Cong Trinh is developing a method to improve the time involved in both identification and removal of pathogens through the concept of a Virulent Pathogen Resistance program, or ViPaRe.

Ferguson Faculty Fellow Cong Trinh received the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award for 2017 for his research ViPaRe.

Cong Trinh was selected as the recipient of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Educators Southeast New Researcher Award.

The National Science Foundation selected Associate Professor Cong Trinh for a prestigious NSF CAREER award, given to promising young faculty members as a way to support their research.