Vu Nguyen

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Vu is currently working under Tropical Futures Institute, James Cook University involving practical genetics and genomic methods for improving fish productivity for Singaporean aquaculture. His background involved multidiscipline aquaculture sciences with an emphasis on genetic research for aquaculture species, especially on enhancing fish productivity and quality via selective breeding.

Over ten years working in the aquaculture research and industry, he has gained invaluable experiences regarding propagation, breeding, nursing, diseases, and selection methodologies in diverse aquaculture species, from fish to prawn and shrimp in the various environments from freshwater to brackish and seawater.

He enjoyed discovering the new area of genomic data inference which attracted his passion. His interest now is expanding skills towards understanding insight into genomics to provide valuable responses to existing industry matters within the selective breeding context.

Qualifications

·        2018 to 2022 – PhD Genetics in Aquaculture, University of the Sunshine Coast (Australia)

·        2011 to 2013 – Master of Aquaculture Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)

·        2001 to 2005 – Biotechnology Engineering, Nong Lam University (Vietnam)

Research Interests

·        Applying genetics/genomics knowledge for selective breeding programs

·        Using genetics/genomics to provide practical answer for the aquaculture industry.