Chau-Minh Phan

MSc, PhD, FAAO

Chau-Minh Phan gained his PhD in Vision Science from the School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of Waterloo in 2016. He won the 3-minute thesis competition in 2013 at The University of Waterloo in its inaugural year. After his PhD, he co-founded two start-up companies, Tricolops Technology and OcuBlink Inc. He is currently a research assistant professor at the Centre for Ocular Research and Education, working to commercialize new ophthalmic technologies. His research interests primarily focus on developing biomaterials for ocular drug delivery, in vitro eye models, and 3D-printing. He has authored over 30 peer-reviewed papers in the field of contact lenses.