1. Full name: Changyoung Lee;                          2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: 25/10/1979;                               4. Place of birth: South Korea

5. Admission decision number: No 679/QĐ-ĐHKHTN, dated on 25/3/2016 by Rector of VNU University of Science.

6. Changes in academic process:

- Extension Decision No 4746/QD-DHKHTN dated on 28/12/2018 and 1699/QD-DHKHTN dated on 23/6/2020 by Rector of VNU University of Science.

- Decision No 2804/QD-DHKHTN dated on 20/10/2021 by Rector of VNU University of Science that sending PhD. student back to office.

7. Official thesis title: "Ethnobotanical study on the traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve, Quang Tri province, Vietnam".

8. Major: Botany;                                               9. Code: 9420101.11

10. Supervisors:

- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Trung Thanh

- Dr. Sangho Choi

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

[1]. First-ever study to document the traditional medicinal knowledge of the Van Kieu ethnic people from Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve, Vietnam.

[2]. Eight medicinal plants used by Van Kieu ethnic people have not been previously reported in Vietnam medicinal plants.

[3]. Provide detailed information to illuminate the complete chloroplast genome structure of Dalbergia tonkinensis and clarify the phylogenetic relationships within Papilionoideae.

[4]. Adding new data on the potential treatment of anticancer, antiinflammation and antioxidant of some species.

12. Paratical applicability, if any:

The results suggested that ethnomedicinal plants from Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve in Vietnam have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticancer agents. The present results suggest that ethnomedicinal plants from Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve in Vietnam have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticancer agents.  It can be suggested for future perspectives that several other methods should be applied to evaluate the same as it requires more investigation on the isolation and identification of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticancer compounds, and also in vivo studies for a better understanding of their mechanism of action.

The study attempted to document the traditional medicinal knowledge left in the community. Further, the data generated from this study will provide a basis for phytochemical and pharmaceutical studies and conservation of important medicinal plants including the endangered species in the study area.

13. Further research directions, if any:

- Ethnobotany aims to conserve and sustainably develop the knowledge of ethnic minority communities as well as medicinal plant resources in Vietnam.

- Screening for biologically active substances from medicinal plants in ethnic minority communities to detect values for community health care.

14. Thesis related publications:

[1]. Do Van Hai, Changyoung Lee, Ha Minh Tam (2017), “Morphological Characters and Taxonomy of Rhinacanthus (Acanthaceae) in the Flora of Vietnam”, Proceedings of the 7th National Scientific Conference on Ecology and Biological Resources, ISBN: 978- 604-913-615-3, pp. 140-144.

[2]. Lee C., Kim S.Y., Eum S., Paik J.H., Bach T.T., Darshetkar A.M., Choudhary R.K., Hai D.V., Quang B.H., Choi S., Thanh N.T. (2019), “Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by local Van Kieu ethnic people of Bac Huong Hoa nature reserve, Vietnam”, J. Ethnopharmacol  231, pp. 283-294. (SCI)

[3]. Lee C, Kim Y.I., Kim S.Y., Bach T.T., Eum S., Thanh N.T., Choi S. (2019), “The complete chloroplast genome sequence of a vulnerable legume species Dalbergia tonkinensis Prain in Vietnam”,  Mitochondrial DNA Part B  4(2), pp. 2604-2605. (SCIE).

[4]. Changyoung Lee, Tran The Bach, Do Van Hai, Bui Hong Quang, Bui Thu Ha, Nguyen Trung Thanh (2019), “Assesment of Bioactivity of Some Plant Species in Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve and its near Places of Quang Tri Province”, VNU J. Science, Vietnam  Vol. 35(1), pp. 119-126.