Dr. Pham Anh Tuan is currently the Director General of Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC) of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Hanoi, Vietnam. He also served as Chairman of Project Management Unit of Vietnam Space Center Project which is one of the most important national projects for the Research and Development of Space science and Technology in Vietnam, as Co-Dean of the Space and Aeronautics Faculty of University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, as Secretary General of Vietnam Mechatronics Association.

Since 2013 he is member of International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), member contact of Committee on Earth Observation Satellite (CEOS) and principle alternate of Group on Earth Observations (GEO) in 2014.

Pham Anh Tuan is a key contributor in the cooperation of Vietnam with JAXA, NASA and ESA. He has been involved in Pico satellite programs, MICRO satellite and in LOTUSat satellite, making him a key person for small satellite projects in his country.

Receiving Dipl.-Ing. in 1984 at Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany where he also received Dr.-Ing. in 1986, Pham Anh Tuan is an international expert in mechatronics, satellite technology and records an impressive list of contribution to national and international scientific meetings. He is the Author of 40 publications and 1 patent.