Dr. Ngo Thi Thanh Hien is a senior R&D professional with three years of post-doctoral experience on multidisciplinary projects in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences. She has more than 11 years of experience working in biosafety level 2 and 3 laboratories.

Hien holds a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the Department of Oriental Medicine Biotechnology at Kyung Hee University (KHU), South Korea. Her research interests include phytomedicine and the identification of molecular mechanisms of diseases, particularly premature aging and dermatitis. During her 8 years of work in South Korea, she has implemented projects with leading cosmetic and oriental medicine companies.

From 2020 to 2021, Hien was employed as a postdoctoral researcher in understanding the pathogenesis and persistence of HIV-1 in the Q Research Group at the Department of Clinical Medicine and the Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University, Denmark.