Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
Open Access

Biography

I am a neuroscientist working on the roles of the innate immunity on Alzheimer’s disease. I received my BS degree from Hanoi University of Pharmacy in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2009. I then moved to Seoul, South Korea to pursue my doctoral research at the Department of Biochemistry, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University under the mentorship of Professor Kyu-Won Kim, a leading scientist in South Korea and an internationally recognized researcher in Neuro-Vascular Unit (NVU) and Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB). After completing my Ph.D work in 2017, I joined Professor Rudolph E. Tanzi’ laboratory at the Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School as a postdoctoral researcher. My current research focuses on microglia of the innate immunity in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Specifically, I am now investigating the roles of CD33 and Trem2 proteins, which are exclusively expressed on microglia, in Alzheimer's disease.

Research Interest

Molecular neurobiology, Neuroinflammation, and Innate immunity in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.