Dr. Ngoc Lam graduated from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA in 2018 with a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology. Her research focused on the development of 2D and 3D models to study the behavior of heart valve cells under pathological conditions. Dr. Ngoc Lam also spent a year working as a Postdoctoral researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA  where she used in vitro and in vivo models to identify drug targets for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy-associated cardiomyopathy.

Joining TTU, Dr. Ngoc Lam will serve as a lecturer and a researcher at the School of Biotechnology.