Nguyen TK Thanh

Thanh grew up in Vietnam. She studied chemistry at the Vietnam National University, Hanoi, which she graduated in 1992. She was selected for the Netherlands organisation for international cooperation in higher education (NUFFIC) scheme and moved to the University of Amsterdam to begin a Master's program in chemistry. Thanh completed her master's degree in 1994, before being selected for a PhD program in biochemistry at the University of East London.{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University of East London|url=https://copac.jisc.ac.uk/id/25582824?style=html|title=Renal lipid changes in response to chemical insults|first= Nguyen Thi Kim|last=Thanh|date=1998|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.246194}}|website=copac.jisc.ac.uk|oclc=556918620}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/physics-astronomy/people/professor-thanh-nguyen|title=Professor Thanh Nguyen|last=UCL|date=2018-04-25|website=UCL Department of Physics and Astronomy|language=en|access-date=2019-07-18}} During her PhD she developed new techniques to study the renal toxicity of N-Phenylanthranilic acid. To do this, she studied various types of lipids in rat kidneys and demonstrated that lipids are a viable non-invasive method to study renal papillary necrosis.

After her PhD, Thanh was a postdoctoral researcher at Aston University, where she worked on medicinal chemistry. She developed a technique that could be used to synthesise cell membrane permeable fluorescent versions of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP).

Thanh moved to the University of New Orleans in 2001, where she began to work with nanotechnology. Here she developed nanoparticle sensors for biological assays. In particular, Thanh used gold nanoparticles combined with fluorescent sensors. She moved to the University of Liverpool in 2003, where she worked in the Centre for Nanoscience. Here she worked with glycosaminoglycan and tissue engineering. She was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship and appointed a lecturer in 2005. She took part in the Royal Society parliamentary pairing scheme in 2007, and was paired with Andrew Miller, then Chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee.{{Cite web|url=https://globalyoungacademy.net/nguyen-tk-thanh/|title=Nguyen TK Thanh|website=globalyoungacademy.net|publisher=Global Young Academy|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-18}}

In 2009 Thanh joined University College London as an associate professor of nanotechnology, where she is based in the Davy Faraday Laboratory.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucaptt0/|title=Thanh Lab|website=ucl.ac.uk|access-date=2019-07-18}} She studies nanomaterials and their applications in biomedicine, and has continued to investigate colloidal gold.{{Citation|last=UCL Minds Lunch Hour Lectures|title=Lunch Hour Lecture - Nanomaterials tackling the global health challenges - Professor Thanh|date=2019-01-21|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW8umR0Psmc|access-date=2019-07-18}} She is particularly interested in magnetic nanoparticles and how they can be used to treat cancer.{{Citation|author=Anon|publisher=Royal Society|website=youtube.com|title=Science stories - Small|date=2015-09-29|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5W72kHB36Q|access-date=2019-07-18}}

In 2010 she presented her work in nanoscience at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition.{{Cite web|url=http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1348677/|title=Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition: Nanoscale Science a Giant Leap for Mankind|last1=Thanh|first1=N. T. K.|last2=Pankhurst|first2=Q.|date=2012-06-03|website=London, UK. 25 June 2010 - 04 July 2010.|access-date=2019-07-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2010/summer-science/nanoscale-science/|title=Nanoscale science: a giant leap for mankind {{!}} Royal Society|website=royalsociety.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-07-18}} The project was selected by the New Scientist as one of the highlights of the show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19088-nanoscale-science-a-giant-leap-for-mankind/|title=Nanoscale science: a giant leap for mankind|website=newscientist.com|access-date=2019-07-18}} Thanh is involved with the London Centre for Nanotechnology and was a co-founding member of the Global Young Academy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.london-nano.com/our-people/our-people-bios/nguyen-tk-thanh|title=LCN - Nguyen TK Thanh|website=london-nano.com|publisher=London Centre for Nanotechnology|access-date=2019-07-18}} She has presented at the World Economic Forum, the Vietnam Young Academy and the European Commission. She was awarded the 2019 Rosalind Franklin Award from the Royal Society.{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/rosalind-franklin-award/|title=Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture {{!}} Royal Society|website=royalsociety.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-07-18}}

She is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP), the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB) and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM).

Her publications include:

• Magnetic Nanoparticles: From Fabrication to Clinical Applications{{Cite book|title=Magnetic Nanoparticles: From Fabrication to Clinical Applications|last=Thanh|first=Nguyen TK|publisher=CRC Press|year=2012|isbn=978-1439869338}}
• Clinical Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles: From Fabrication to Clinical Applications{{Cite book|title=Clinical applications of magnetic nanoparticles : design to diagnosis manufacturing to medicine|others=Thanh, Nguyen T. K. (Thi Kim)|isbn=9781315168258|location=Boca Raton|oclc=1023861572}}
• Determination of Size and Concentration of Gold Nanoparticles from UV−Vis Spectra{{cite journal|last1=Haiss|first1=Wolfgang|last2=Thanh|first2=Nguyen T. K.|last3=Aveyard|first3=Jenny|last4=Fernig|first4=David G.|title=Determination of Size and Concentration of Gold Nanoparticles from UV−Vis Spectra|journal=Analytical Chemistry|volume=79|issue=11|year=2007|pages=4215–4221|issn=0003-2700|doi=10.1021/ac0702084|pmid=17458937}}
• Progress in applications of magnetic nanoparticles in biomedicine{{cite journal|last1=Pankhurst|first1=Q A|last2=Thanh|first2=N T K|last3=Jones|first3=S K|last4=Dobson|first4=J|title=Progress in applications of magnetic nanoparticles in biomedicine|journal=Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics|volume=42|issue=22|year=2009|pages=224001|issn=0022-3727|doi=10.1088/0022-3727/42/22/224001|bibcode=2009JPhD...42v4001P|s2cid=31479655 }}

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