Nhu Nguyen

My previous work had been in the yeasts that live in the gut of beetles and other insects with Dr. Meredith Blackwell. I worked mainly with Neuropterans (lacewings, fishflies, dobsonflies) and found interesting groups of yeasts that reside within their guts, including novel species.

I also have an interest in plants and spent a rotation period doing research on the phylogeny of the genus Allium in the Specht Lab. My other interests range widely with overlapping fields. There is much to learn about the natural world and we must utilize our time most efficiently. Therefore, I am always open to collaborations with fellow graduate students or anyone who wants to collaborate on projects that could potentially lead to publications.

I really enjoy outdoors/nature related stuff like hiking, camping, and roadtrips. While in the outdoors settings, I always have a camera on hand for nature photography. I love photography and treat each new photograph as as if it was a rare new item to add to my collection. I also like a good mix of indoors stuff and that include cooking, guitar, and painting. Ahhh...FOOD...I also really enjoy collecting insects and had been working on a collection since my sophomore year in high school. On occasions when time permits, I also really enjoy writing websites.

Bruns TD, Peay KG, Boynton PJ, Grubisha LC, Hynson NA, Nguyen NH, Rosenstock NP. 2008. Inoculum potential of Rhizopogon spores increases with time over the first four years of a 99-year spore burial experiment. New Phytologist 181:463-470.

Bidartondo MI et al. 2008. Preserving Accuracy in GenBank. Science 21 March 2008:1616.

Nguyen NH, Driscoll HE & Specht CD. 2008. A molecular phylogeny of the wild onions (Allium; Alliaceae) with a focus on the Western North American center of diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 47:1157-1172.

Suh S-O, Nguyen NH & Blackwell M. 2008. Yeasts isolated from plant-associated beetles and other insects: seven novel Candida species near Candida albicans. FEMS Yeast Research, 8:88-102.

Nguyen NH, Suh S-O & Blackwell M. 2007. Five novel yeast species associated with Neuroptera and other insects. Mycologia, 99:842–858.

Suh S-O, Nguyen NH & Blackwell M. 2006. A yeast clade near Candida kruisii uncovered: nine novel Candida species associated with basidioma-feeding beetles. Mycological Research 110:1379-1394.

Nguyen NH, Suh S-O, Marshall C & Blackwell M. 2006. Morphological and ecological similarities: wood-boring beetles associated with novel xylose-fermenting yeasts, Spathaspora passalidarum gen. nov., sp. nov. and Candida jeffriesii sp. nov. Mycological Research 110:1232-1241.

Nguyen NH, Suh S-O, Erbil CK & Blackwell M. 2006. Metschnikowia noctiluminum sp. nov., Metschnikowia corniflorae sp. nov., and Candida chrysomelidae sp. nov., isolated from green lacewings, and beetles. Mycological Research 110:346-356.

Nardi JB, Bee CM, Miller LA, Nguyen NH, Suh S-O & Blackwell M. 2006. Communities of Microbes that Inhabit the Changing Hind Gut Landscape of a Subsocial Beetle. Arthropod Structure and Development 35:57-68.

Suh S-O, Nguyen NH & Blackwell M. 2005. Nine new Candida species near Candida membranifaciens isolated from insects. Mycological Research 109:261-265.

Suh S-O, White MM, Nguyen NH & Blackwell M. 2004. The identification of Enteroramus dimorphus: a xylose-fermenting yeast attached to the gut of beetles. Mycologia 96:756-760.

----BOOK CHAPTER---

Nguyen NH, Suh S-O, Blackwell M. Spathaspora Nguyen, Suh & Blackwell. In: The Yeasts, a taxonomic study, 6th ed. Kurtzman, C.P., J. Fell, and T. Boekhout. Elsevier, Amsterdam. In press.

----OTHER PUBLICATIONS----

Nguyen NH. 2007. Featured Research: Yeasty Guts of Beetles. ATBI Quarterly. 8:7.