Toan holds an MSc from Hongik University and a BSc in Computer Science from Can Tho University of Technology. Before joining RC Trust - TU Dortmund University, he worked as a researcher at University of Technology Sydney for two years. He also completed an internship at Yuan Ze University through the Taiwanese government-funded IIPP program and was selected as a fellow of the Bridging Divides Future Leaders Fellowship at Toronto Metropolitan University. His achievements were further recognized through the Potential Researcher Award under the Australia–Vietnam Strategic Technologies Scholarship, supported by the Australian Government, Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, and Nokia.
His research interests include Brain–Computer Interfaces (BCI), physiological computing, EEG signal processing, and human–computer interaction. His work focuses on neural signal acquisition and analysis, as well as artificial intelligence using physiological sensors and their applications in healthcare, education, robotics, and adaptive human–computer interaction systems.