Thinh Nguyen, PhD, MSc, BSc - Directory@UAlberta.ca

Contact

ATS Assistant Lecturer, Augustana - Academic Planning

Email: vinhphuc@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Chemistry Biochemistry Program: Chemical and Physical Sciences

About

Thinh obtained his BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Reims Champagne Ardenne (FR) before pursuing a joint Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Florida (US) and AgroParisTech (FR). After graduating in 2021, he held multiple postdoctoral research fellowships at Aalto University (FI) and the University of Alberta (CA). In 2025, he became a sessional instructor in Chemistry at Campus Saint-Jean, University of Alberta, where he has continued to nurture his passion for teaching.

Some of my achievement:
2023 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship Seal of Excellence
2021 - Graduated with two Ph.D.s in Chemistry and Bioprocess Engineering
2016 - Master of Sciences in Chemistry
2014 - Bachelor of Sciences in Chemistry

Courses

AUCHE 250 - Organic Chemistry I

An introduction to bonding and functionality in organic compounds. Mechanistic approach to solving problems will be emphasized. Topics include electron movement arrows, acid/base chemistry, conformations and stereochemistry, simple substitutions, eliminations and additions to alkenes. Infrared spectroscopy will be applied in the lab. Prerequisite: AUCHE 112. Suggested corequisite: AUCHE 230 for students planning to take AUCHE 252.

Fall Term 2025

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Featured Publications

Structure of the ATP-driven methyl-coenzyme M reductase activation complex

Fidel Ramírez-Amador, Sophia Paul, Anuj Kumar, Christian Lorent, Sebastian Keller, Stefan Bohn, Thinh Nguyen, Stefano Lometto, Dennis Vlegels, Jörg Kahnt, Darja Deobald, Frank Abendroth, Olalla Vázquez, Georg Hochberg, Silvan Scheller, Sven T. Stripp, Jan Michael Schuller

Nature. 2025 June; 10.1038/s41586-025-08890-7

Methane and ethane production rates by methyl-coenzyme M reductase in cell extracts from different methanogens

V. P. Thinh Nguyen, Sebastian Keller, Silvan Scheller

2024 January; 10.1101/2024.01.08.574666

A sustainable preparative-scale chemo-enzymatic synthesis of 6-hydroxy-5,7-dimethoxy-2-naphthoic acid (DMNA) from sinapic acid

Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews. 2022 July; 10.1080/17518253.2022.2115317

Optimization of the Recovery of Secondary Metabolites from Defatted Brassica carinata Meal and Its Effects on the Extractability and Functional Properties of Proteins

Foods. 2022 February; 10.3390/foods11030429

Sinapic Acid and Sinapate Esters in Brassica: Innate Accumulation, Biosynthesis, Accessibility via Chemical Synthesis or Recovery From Biomass, and Biological Activities

Frontiers in Chemistry. 2021 May; 10.3389/fchem.2021.664602

Glucosinolates: Natural Occurrence, Biosynthesis, Accessibility, Isolation, Structures, and Biological Activities

V. P. Thinh Nguyen, Jon Stewart, Michel Lopez, Irina Ioannou, Florent Allais

Molecules. 2020 October; 10.3390/molecules25194537

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