About Me

I am interested in using mathematical model to understand ecological dynamics and evolutionary processes in different biological systems. I am currently studying the mechanisms underlying cyanobacteria bloom in fresh lake water in Switzerland. In addition, I am also interested in the symbiotic dynamics (including both parasitism and mutualism). On a side project with Dr. Chaitanya Gokhale (University of Wurzburg), I study the evolutionary outcomes of host manipulation in trophically transmitted parasites.

Affiliation

Postdoctoral researcher
Theoretical Ecology and Evolution Group (Rudolf Rohr)
University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Chemin du Musée 15
CH-1700 Fribourg
Switzerland

Projects

2021 – present: Toxic bloom of cyanobacteria in fresh lake water
2019 – present: Host manipulation in trophically transmitted parasite with multiple infections
2015 – 2019: Evolutionary transition from free-living organism to obligate symbiosis

Publications

PL Nguyen and CS Gokhale. On multiple infections by parasites with complex life cycles. bioRxiv 2023.10.13.562184
PL Nguyen, M Costa, and N Loeuille. Implications of drift and rapid evolution on negative niche construction. bioRxiv 2021.04.26.441094
PL Nguyen, M van Baalen. On the difficult evolutionary transition from free-living lifestyle to obligate symbiosis. 2020. PloS one,15(7)
PL Nguyen, A Vantaux, DF Hien, KR Dabire, BK Yameogo, LC Gouagna, D Fontenille, F Renaud, F Simard, C Costantini, F Thomas, A Cohuet, T Lefevre. No evidence for manipulation of Anopheles gambiae, An. coluzzii and An. arabiensis host preference by Plasmodium falciparum (2017). Scientific Reports, 7(1).
PL Nguyen, N Galtier, B Nabholz. Gene expression, chromosome heterogeneity and the fast-X effect in mammals. 2015. Biology Letters, 11, 20150010.