G'day, I'm
A Vietnamese-Australian computational biologist based in Melbourne. I'm a research scientist at Agriculture Victoria, where I use data science to help the Australian dairy industry, and, in my telling, to help our dairy cows live their best lives.
Decoding DNA
THE FOUR-LETTER ALPHABET I READ
I'm a digital detective in the world of animal genetics, decoding DNA mysteries with cutting-edge technology. Think of me as someone who reads the story of life written in A, T, G and C.
At Agriculture Victoria, I work on dairy cattle genetics using everything from SNP arrays to the latest long-read sequencing, hunting for important genetic variants and mapping complex traits. Before that, I explored aquaculture genomics during a PhD that took me across Australia and Vietnam: lobsters on the Sunshine Coast, molecular genetics in Queensland, and catfish and biotechnology back home in Ho Chi Minh City.
My interests run from ultra-long reads and single-cell transcriptomics to mining big genomic datasets and building the pipelines that make all of it reproducible.
Roles along the way.
From breaking open prawns with undergrads to genotyping dairy cattle at population scale.
Research Scientist in Computational Biology
Research for the benefit of the Australian dairy industry — moving from SNP arrays to long-read sequencing to find important genetic variants and map complex traits.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Aquaculture Genomics
RNA-seq of gene expression in crustacean aquaculture species, and NGS consultation for international research groups.
Research Assistant
Some funny — but genuinely exciting — research on crustaceans and fish.
Teaching Assistant
Taught students how to break open prawns — the hands-on side of marine science.
Education
BSc (Hons), Biotechnology
International University, HCM National University
MSc, Applied Science
Queensland University of Technology
PhD, Comparative Genomics
University of the Sunshine Coast
Talks & recognition
- •Invited speaker at international genomics conferences: PAG (San Diego, 2025), AAABG (Queenstown, 2025) and AGTA (Sydney, 2025).
- •20+ technical presentations to industry partners.
- •Instructor to 100+ researchers in Nextflow and RNA-seq across Melbourne, Barcelona and Ho Chi Minh City.
Beyond the lab
When I'm not decoding genomes, you'll find me gaming, geeking out over tech, or capturing moments through my camera lens. Nerd, gamer, techie, photographer. Always up for a chat about science, tech, or anything in between.