Phan Thi Phuong Trang received her BSc (1999) and MSc (2003) from the University of Science, Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City. She completed her PhD at the University of Bayreuth – Germany in 2007. After that, she was trained as a post-doc at Max Planck Institue for 4 years. Since 2015, she has received the decision on the appointment of Associate Professor from the government. Thus far, she has been a lecturer at the University of Science, Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City. Her research interest and specialisation are in the area of Molecular biology, Microbiology, Protein biology, and Environmental Microbiology.