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Vandon T.Duong
Doctoral Degree
Principal at Computational Biotechnology Investments at DCVC

Started college at 14 years old in the U.S.

Holds two bachelor’s degrees: Physics & Biomedical Engineering (University of Minnesota)

Ph.D. & M.S. from Stanford University (Ranked Top 2 globally), awarded the prestigious fully funded Stanford Graduate Fellowship.

Co-authored research published in Science, Cancer Cell, Circulation, and more

Co-developed a transcriptional scoring tool for measuring T cell exhaustion — relevant in cancer & autoimmune therapy

Currently a Principal at DCVC, a top-tier Silicon Valley VC fund with $4 billion AUM

Bach Nguyen
Bach Nguyen
Doctoral Degree
Ph.D. Student in Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, NC, USA

Currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at MIT– the world’s #1 institution for science and technology.

In 2026, at the age of 27, he received four postdoctoral offers from Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, and Rockefeller University.

Full scholarship for PhD programs from universities: Harvard, Cornell, Oxford, and British Columbia, despite not having a Master's degree.

PhD Candidate in Biochemistry at Duke University (ranked in the top 17 globally in the field of Medicine).

Received a research award worth $67,388 (1.7 billion VND) from the largest non-governmental organization for cardiovascular research in the United States, the American Heart Association's.

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