Dr. Khanh Ngoc Dinh is an Associate Research Scientist in the Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics and in the Department of Statistics at Columbia University.
From the onset of his academic journey, Khanh had a curiosity in biology. Now, as a computational oncologist at IICD, he has found a way to combine these research interests, collaborating with scientists across disciplines to approach the diverse field of cancer dynamics in innovative ways.
Khanh first began his studies in Vietnam, earning a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Sciences in Ho Chi Minh City. He went on to complete his PhD in Mathematics at the University of Alabama under the mentorship of Dr. Roger Sidje.
His postdoctoral training included research with Dr. Marek Kimmel at Rice University and later with Dr. Simon Tavaré at Columbia University, where he continued to deepen his focus on mathematical approaches to biological questions.
The Khanh N. Dinh Lab group is currently researching chromosomal instability rates and selection coefficients, as well as tumor clonality. Projects like these support the overarching goal of the lab, which is to better understand the evolutionary histories of mutations and to predict how groups of cancer cells will grow and change over time.
Hear about Khanh’s advice for early career scientists, his thoughts on where the field is going, and his hobbies outside of research in his Faces of IICD video feature: https://youtu.be/kWbFOMhNC5I
