Dr. Nguyen Van Thinh is an Assistant Professor at Hiroshima University. He completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in environmental science from Kyushu University (KU), Japan. Subsequently, he served as a JSPS postdoctoral fellow before assuming the role of academic researcher at the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research, KU. His research focuses on investigating biochemical processes associated with environmental contaminants, including plastics and toxic elements.