- Co-Principle Investigator -
- Exploring local indigenous knowledge of plant diversity among ethnic
communities for biocultural conservation and sustainable development in central
Vietnam.
- Funded by the National
Geographic Society
- In collaboration with: the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (Hanoi,
Vietnam) and the Missouri Botanical Garden
- Co-Principle Investigator -
- Ethnobotany: Segues to Science.
- Funded by the National Science Foundation Grant Award Number DUE06-18690
- In collaboration with: the Conservation
Ethnobiology Working Group at the University
of Hawai‘i
at Mānoa
Email at Google mail
Research Interests

- Ethnobotany
- East and Southeast Asian Food
and Medicinal Plants
- Diaspora and Evolution of Cultural Plant Use
- Science Curriculum and
Education
- Vietnamese Culture and
Ethnobotany
Educational Background
Affiliations
Selected Publications
Nguyen, M.T. 2008. Use and potential of Colocasia
gigantea (Blume) Hook. f. Pgs. 381-392 in K.V. Peter, Ed. Underutilized and Underexploited
Horticultural Crops, Vol. 3. New Delhi:
New India Publishing Agency.
- Nguyen, M.T. 2008. Secretory anatomy of medicinal herbs and
spices. Pgs. 2-5 in G. Wagner, Ed. Teaching
Tips (for ethnobotany). Compiled for
the Society for Economic Botany.
- Nguyen, M.T., J.
Wieting, and K.L. Doherty. 2008. Vegetation analysis of urban ethnic markets
shows mainstream market generalists and Chinatown
ethnic-specialist vendors. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 6:63-85.
- Nguyen, M.T. 2007. Community dynamics and functional stability: A recipe for cultural
adaptation and continuity. Economic Botany 61(4):337-346.
- Nguyen, M.T. 2006. Insertions and deletions: Evolution in
the assemblage of Vietnamese food plants. Ethnobotany Research and Applications
4:176-201.
- Nguyen, M.T. 2006.
Ethnobotany on a Roll: Access to Vietnam. The Review of Disability Studies 2(2):37-46.
- Nguyen, M.T. 2005.
Community dynamics and functional stability: a recipe for cultural
continuity in the Vietnamese
diaspora. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of
Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
- Nguyen, M.T. 2005.
Colocasia gigantea, Eryngium foetidum and Limnophila chinensis sbsp. aromatica
in a cultural food context. Plants and People. Society for Economic
Botany Newsletter
19(Fall):14-15.
- Nguyen, M.T. 2005.
Bạc hà (Colocasia
gigantea (Blume)
Hook. f.), in the culinary history of Vietnamese-Americans. Economic
Botany 59(2):185-190.
- Nguyen, M.T. 2005. Cultivated
plant collections from market places. Ethnobotany Research and
Applications 3(1): 5-15.
- Nguyen, M.T. 2004. Report on
the experience of conducting research in Viet Nam as a person with a
physical disability. Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of
Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
- Nguyen, M.T. 2003. Comparison of food plant knowledge between Vietnamese living in
Vietnam and Hawai‘i. Economic Botany
57(4):472-480.
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Gibson, S.L.,
M.L.
Nguyen, J.J. Havens, A.
Barbarin, and R. Hilf.
1999. Relationship of δ-aminolaevulinic
acid-induced protoporphyrin IX levels to
mitochondrial content in neoplastic cells in
vitro. Biochemistry and Biophysics Research Communications
265(2):315-21.
- Gibson, S.L., J.J. Havens, M.L.
Nguyen, and R. Hilf. 1999. Delta-aminolaevulinic
acid-induced photodynamic therapy inhibits
Protoporphyrin IX biosynthesis and reduces subsequent treatment
efficacy in vitro. British Journal of Cancer 80(7):998-1004.
- Gibson, S.L., D.J.
Cupriks, J.J. Havens,
M.L. Nguyen, and R.
Hilf. 1998. A regulatory role for
Porphobilinogen deaminase
(PBGD) in δ-aminolaevulinic acid (δ-ALA)-induced
photosensitization? British Journal of Cancer 77(2):235-43.
- Gibson, S.L., M.L. Nguyen, T.H.
Foster, G. White, and R. Hilf. 1995. Efficacy of
photodynamic therapy on original and recurrent rat mammary tumors.
Photochemistry and Photobiology 61(2):196-9.
- Lawrence, D.S., S.L. Gibson,
M.L. Nguyen, K.R. Whittemore, D.G. Whitten, and R.
Hilf. 1995. Photosensitization and tissue
distribution studies of the picket fence porphyrin,
3,1-TPro, a candidate for photodynamic therapy. Photochemistry and Photobiology 61(1):90-8.
Personal
Interests

Family

- Family (from left to
right - brother Linh, Mom, My Lien, cousin Huong) Vietnam, 1973
- Born in Bien Hoa, Vietnam, 1970
- Resettled in United States,
1975
- Raised in Rochester, New
York
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Family in
Bien Hoa, Viet Nam, 2000)
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