3/2016-present: Researcher and Lecturer, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Viet Nam
7/2013-12/2015: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Utah, USA
1/2013-7/2013: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California at Berkeley, USA
2012: Ph.D., University of Utah, USA
2006: B.S., Ha Noi University of Science, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
12. Khiem V. Nguyen, Shelley D. Minteer, “DNA redox hydrogels: Improving mediated enzymatic bioelectrocatalysis”., ACS Catalysis, 2015, 6, 2603-2607
11. Khiem V. Nguyen, Shelley D. Minteer, “Investigating DNA hydrogels as a new biomaterial for enzyme immobilization in biobatteries”, Chem.Comm., 2015,51, 13071-13073 . (Featured on the front cover of the issue)
10. Yuyuan Zhang, Jordan Dood, Ashley Beckstead, Xi-Bo Li, Khiem V. Nguyen, Cynthia J.Burrows, Roberto Improta, and Bern Kohler.; “Photoinduced Electron Transfer in DNA: Charge Shift Dynamics Between 8-Oxo-Guanine Anion and Adenine”, J. Phys. Chem B., 2015, 119 , 7491–7502.
9. Khiem V. Nguyen, Shelley D. Minteer, “DNA-Functionalized Pt nanoparticles as catalyst for chemically powered micromotor: Toward signal-on motion-based DNA biosensor”, Chem. Comm., 2015, 51, 4782-4784.
8. Nguyen, K.V.; Giroud, F.; Minteer, S.D.; “Improved bioelectrocatalytic oxidation of sucrose in a biofuel cell with an enzyme cascade assembled on a DNA scaffold”., J. Electrochem. Soc., 2014, 161, H930-H933.
7. Yuyuan Zhang, Jordan Dood, Ashley Beckstead, Xi-Bo Li, Khiem V. Nguyen, Cynthia J.Burrows, Roberto Improta, and Bern Kohler.; "Efficient UV-induced charge separation and recombination in an 8-oxoguanine-containing dinucleotide", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 2014, 111, 11612-11617.
6. Nguyen, K.V.; Burrows, C.J.; “Whence flavins? Redox-active ribonucleotides link metabolism and genome repair to the RNA world”, Acc. Chem. Res., 2012, 45, 2151-2159. (Contribution to the Special Issue “Origins of Chemical Evolution).
5. Nguyen, K.V.; Burrows, C.J.; “Photorepair of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers by 8-oxopurine nucleosides”, J. Phys. Org. Chem., 2012, 25, 574-577. (Contribution to the Special Issue “New Directions in Physical Organic Chemistry”, part of the issue front cover).
4. Nguyen, K.V.; Burrows, C.J.; “A prebiotic role for 8-oxoguanosine as a flavin mimic in pyrimidine dimer photorepair”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 14586-14589 (This article was featured in C&E News, 2011, 38, 7).
3. Nguyen, K.V.; Muller, J.G.; Burrows, C.J.; “Oxidation of 9-β-D-ribofuranosyl uric acid by one-electron oxidants versus singlet oxygen and its implications for the oxidation of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanosine”, Tetrahedron Letters, 2011, 52, 2176-2180
2. Victor, X.V.; Nguyen, T.K.; Ethirajan, M.; Tran, V.M.; Nguyen, K.V.; Kuberan, B.; “Investigating the elusive mechanism of glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis”, J. Biol. Chem.,2009, 284, 25842-53.
1. Kuberan, B.; Ethirajan, M.; Victor, X.V.; Tran, V.M.; Nguyen, K.V.; Do, A.;"Click" xylosides initiate glycosamino-glycan biosynthesis in a mammalian cell line”, ChemBioChem., 2008, 9, 198-200.
1. David P. Hickey, Ross D. Milton, Michelle Rasmussen, Sofiene Abdellaoui, Khiem Nguyen, Shelley D. Minteer.; “Fundamentals and Applications of Bioelectrocatalysis”., Electrochemistry: Volume 13, 2015, 13, 97-132., RSC publisher.
1. Kuberan, B.; Ethirajan, M.; Victor, X.V.; Tran, V.M.; Nguyen, K.V.; “Synthesis of novel xylosides and potential uses thereof”, US Patent, US20100143980 A1.
4. “DNA as a structural scaffold for self-assembly of an enzyme cascade to enhance bioelectrocatalytic activity for fuel cell and battery applications”., Khiem V. Nguyen, Shelley D. Minteer, FNANO 2015, Snowbird, UT, USA, April 13-16, 2015.
3. “A prebiotic role for oxidized purine nucleosides as mimics of flavins in cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer repair”, Khiem V. Nguyen, Cynthia J. Burrows., Albany 2011: The 17th conversation, Albany, NY, USA., June 14-18, 2011 (poster).
2. “Redox chemistry of 8-oxopurine nucleosides and their potential role in mitigating photochemical damage in DNA”, Khiem V. Nguyen, James G. Muller, Cynthia J. Burrows., Annual Bioscience Symposium, University of Utah, UT, USA, September 28, 2010 (Best poster award).
1. “Redox chemistry of 8-oxopurine nucleosides and their potential role in mitigating photochemical damage in DNA”, Khiem V. Nguyen, James G. Muller, Cynthia J. Burrows., ACS National meeting, Boston, MA, USA, August 25-28, 2010 (poster).
