About

Brittany Trinh is a Vietnamese-American website designer and chemist. She helps enterprising scientists, science communicators, and academic entrepreneurs create a website that integrates your creativity and expertise. When your website reflects the awesome things you do within and beyond STEM, it helps you forge your own path.

Brittany hosts the Beyond Your Science podcast, where she talks about integrating science, entrepreneurship, and creativity within and beyond STEM, from her own experiences and interviews with other scientists and small-business owners. She also speaks virtually on podcasts and to graduate student groups about building a personal academic website.

You can contact Brittany at hello@brittanytrinh.com or connect with Brittany on LinkedIn.

Science & Leadership

Brittany is a PhD candidate in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on synthesizing high-impact polymers in a more eco-friendly way and leveraging their tough mechanical properties into industrial applications. She received her BS in Chemistry with a minor in Psychology from the University of Houston. Follow her research on Google Scholar.

In addition to her scientific research, she writes about her experience as a scientist and the chemistry of food.

Brittany is a member of 2025 cohort of the CAS Future Leaders Top 100, where she was selected out of over 1000 applicants for demonstrating growth of science leadership among early-career scientists.

She currently serves as the career development chair in the UW-Madison Chemistry department. She leads a biweekly career development accountability group called the Career Support Circle and hosts professional development events related to preparing for life after the PhD.

Life

Outside of the lab and podcast, you will most likely find Brittany playing piano, going to orchestra rehearsal (she plays violin), attempting to read multiple library books simultaneously, or perfecting her Vietnamese cooking technique.