Nguyen Thi Ai Van, PhD. Principal lecturer, Department of Food Science & Technology, IUH 4th Floor, F Building, 12 Nguyen Van Bao St, ward 4, Go Vap District, HCMC, Vietnam Hand phone: (084) 909458139 Email: nguyenthiaivan@iuh.edu.vn

Title

• Principal lecturer

Training

• B.Eng: Food Science, Nha Trang University, Graduated: 2004.
• Bachelor: English Linguistic and and Literature, University of social sciences and humanities,Graduated: 2006.
• Master: Food Science, University of Technology, Graduated: 2007.
• PhD.Food Science, University of Technology, Graduated: 2020

Working

• 2004 – Now: Lecterer, Department of Food Science & Technology, IUH

Training courses

• Specialized English in Food Science & Technology.
• Food science Processing.
• Practical of Food science Processing.

Main research direction

• Natural compounds
• Natural antibacterial compounds
• Enzyme lipase and fatty oil
• Food waste treatment

Topics/projects done

• Co-chair of the topic Scientific research topic at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology. January 1, 2015 – December 12, 2015. Project: “Research on hydrolysis of coconut oil with some lipase enzymes”.
• Chair, Research project at ministerial level – Ministry of Industry and Trade. January 1, 2016 – December 12, 2016. Project: “Research on obtaining antibacterial activity from virgin coconut oil hydrolyzed by enzyme Lipase”.  

Published articles/conferences

1. VTA Nguyen. Metabolism Capacity of Medium Chain Fatty Acids from Virgin Coconut Oil: an In Vivo Study, Philipp J Sci, 2024
2. VTA Nguyen, VD Nguyen, LPT Quoc. INFLUENCE OF CHICKEN EGGSHELL POWDER AS AN ALTERNATIVE COAGULANT ON THE YIELD AND TEXTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TOFU, Jurnal Teknologi, 2023
3. VTA Nguyen, T Diep. Efficacy of Enriched Medium-chain Fatty Acids in Virgin Coconut Oil in Their Antibacterial Activity against Food Pathogens, Philipp J Sci, 2022
4. VTA Nguyen, GB Tran, TD Le, UTX Phan. THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT FREE FATTY ACID FRACTIONS FROM HYDROLYZED VIRGIN COCONUT OIL ON CHANGES OF LIPID PROFILE AND LIVER MORPHOLOGY INDUCED BY HIGH FAT DIET: AN IN VIVO STUDY, Jurnal Teknologi, 2022
5. VTA. Nguyen, Le, T.D., Phan, H.N., Tran B.L, 2018. Hydrolysis Activity of Virgin Coconut Oil Using Lipase from Different Sources, Scientifica, 2018
6. VTA Nguyen, TD Le, HN Phan, LB Tran. Isolating free fatty acids from virgin coconut oil using lipases from different sources, Jurnal Teknologi, 2018
7. VTA Nguyen, TD Le, HN Phan, LB Tran. Antibacterial Activity of Free Fatty Acids from Hydrolyzed Virgin Coconut Oil Using Lipase from Candida rugosa, Journal of Lipids, 2017
8. Nguyen Thi Ai Van, Phan Ngọc Hoa, Tran Bich Lam, 2017. Hydrolysis of virgin coconut oil using free and immobilized lipases from Aspergillus Oryzae and testing their antibacterial activity”, Proceeding of The Second International Conference on Coconut Oil (ICCO2017).
9. Nguyen Thi Ai Van, Pham Minh Tuan, Truong Hoang Duy, Phan Ngoc Hoa, Tran Bich Lam, 2016. Antibacterial Activity of Hydrolyzed Virgin Coconut Oil by Immobilzed Lipase, Journal of Science and Technology, 54 (4A), 227 – 233.
10. Nguyen Thi Ai Van, Phan Ngoc Hoa, Tran Bich Lam, Chau Tran Diem Ai, 2016. Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Coconut Oil using Free and Immobilized porcine pancreas Lipase, Journal of Science & Technology Development, Vol 19 (No. K3), 66 – 73.
11. Nguyen Thi Ai Van, Phan Ngoc Hoa, Tran Bich Lam, 2016. Enzymatic hydrolysis virgin coconut oil using free and immobilized lipase from aspergillus oryzae, Proceeding of the International Conference ICATSD 2016, 1188 – 1193.
12. Nguyen Thi Ai Van, Phan Ngoc Hoa, Chau Tran Diem Ai, 2015. Enzymatic hydrolysis of coconut oil using lipase from Candida rugosa and porcine pancreas, The 2nd International Conference on Chemical Engineering, Food and Biotechnology ICCFB 2015, 42 – 47.