Nhan obtained a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in the Republic of Korea in 2023. His doctoral research primarily focused on developing devices for the collection, detection, and quantification of airborne particles.

He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at both VinUniversity (VinUni, Vietnam) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, USA), where he is working on the development of a novel airborne virus collection device called a bioaerosol sampler. Additionally, he is expanding his research on the toxicological effects of PM2.5 on human health at UIUC.