Cathy Ngọc Hân Trần

Cathy Ngọc Hân Trần (she/her) is a doctoral candidate in the Archaeology Department, Vanier Scholar, and Trudeau Foundation Scholar. She is co-supervised by Dr. Hugo Cardoso and Dr. Dongya Yang. Born to an immigrant mother and refugee father, Cathy’s life journey is built upon the legacy of her fractured Vietnamese community, whom she carries into her work. Drawing from the legacy of the war in Vietnam, she aims to support victim identification efforts through her research, which explores the recovery of human DNA from grave sediments as a non-destructive and culturally respectful method for victim identification.