Trang successfully completed his doctoral program at Ghent University in 2021, focusing on investigating the modes of action of Streptomyces strains against fungal phytopathogens. Subsequently, he served as a postdoctoral researcher at INRAE in France, where his research aimed to unravel the antifungal and antimycotoxin mechanisms of stilbenoids against Fusarium Head Blight, utilizing multi-omics approaches. Currently, Trang Tran holds the position of an FWO postdoctoral researcher at UGent and KULeuven. In this role, he is dedicated to exploring fructan metabolizing microbes and developing sweet immunity-mediated synthetic microbial communities (SWEETiCOM). The combination of fructans as prebiotics and SWEETiCOM has the potential to promote plant growth and enhance plant tolerance to both biotic and abiotic stresses.
