1. EDUCATION

• 1959 – 1970: Primary and Secondary Schools in Quang Nam, Vietnam.
• 1970 – 1971: Baccalaureate in Saigon, Vietnam.
• December 1971 – July 1975: Licence en Sciences Chimiques, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
• October 1975 – March 1980: Doctorat en Sciences Chimiques, Laboratoire de Chimie Quantique, Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
• October 1985: Degree of Doctor of Science (D. Sc. Degree), University College, Dublin, National University of Ireland.

2. WORK EXPERIENCE/PROFESSORSHIP

• 1971 – 1975: Holder of an undergraduate scholarship of the Vietnamese Government.
• 1975 – 1980: Holder of a specialization doctoral fellowship of the Belgian Government, March 1980-April 1981: Post-doctoral Fellow, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
• May 1981-June 1983: Post-doctoral Fellow, Afdeling Kwantumchemie, Departement Scheikunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
• July 1983 – November 1983: Visiting Scientist, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH-Zürich, Switzerland.
• December 1983 – March 1986: Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Ireland 2.
• March 1986 – November 1987: Research Fellow, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
• January 1988-September 1989: Hoofddocent (Associate Professor), Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
• October 1989 – September 1993: Bevoegdverklaard Navorser (Research Associate), National Fund for Scientific Research, NFWO-Belgium.
• October 1993 – September 1997: Onderzoeksleider (Research Leader), FWO-Vlaanderen.
• October 1996 – September 2000: Hoofddocent (Associate Professor), Department Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
• October 1997 – September 2000: Onderzoeksdirecteur (Research Director), FWO-Vlaanderen.
• October 2000 – September 2007: Hoogleraar (Professor), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
• October 2007 – September 2019: Gewoon Hoogleraar (Chair Professor), KU Leuven, Department of Chemistry, Division of Quantum Chemistry and Physical Chemistry.
• October 2019: Emeritus Professor KU Leuven.
• May 2009 – now: Institute for Computational Science and Technology at Ho Chi Minh City (ICST), Head of Laboratory for Molecular Science and Nanomaterials.
• June 2015 – 2021: Adjunct Professor, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Head of Computational Chemistry Research Group.
• March 2018 – now: Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech), Taipei, Taiwan.
• 09/2022 – now: Researcher, Institute for Computational Science & Artificial Intelligence (COSARI), Van Lang University, Vietnam.