Stacy Nguyen

Professor of the Practice of Biology
Biological, Chemical, and Environmental Sciences Department

Publications

Peer-reviewed Research Publications

  1. Nguyen, S.V., *Lanni, D., *Xu, Y., McMenamin, S.K. 3D dynamics of the zebrafish skeleton during postembryonic development. Frontiers in Physiology. 2022 May 26. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.875866
  2. Keer, S., Storch, J., Nguyen, S., Prado, M., *Singh, R., Hernandez, L.P., McMenamin, S. Thyroid hormone shapes craniofacial bones during post-embryonic zebrafish development. Evolution & Development. 2022 March 25. doi: 10.1111/ede.12399
  3. Fath, M., Nguyen, S., *Donahue, J., McMenamin, S.K., Tytell, E. Static Stability and Swim Bladder Volume in the Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus). Integrative Organismal Biology. 2023 Feb 15. doi: 10.1093/iob/obad005
  4. *Parikh P, Nguyen S, McMenamin SK, Kenaley CP. Thyroid ablation alters passive stiffness and swimming kinematics in zebrafish. Revisions in progress at Journal of Experimental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.09.507357
  5. Harper, M., Hu, Y., *Acosta, B., *Donahue, J., *Bui, H., *Lee, H., Nguyen, S., McMenamin, S. Thyroid hormone regulates proximodistal identity in the fin skeleton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2219770120.
  6. Bagwell, J., Norman, J., Ellis, K., Peskin, B., Hwang, J., Ge, X., Nguyen, S.V., McMenamin, S.K., Stanier, D., Bagnat, M. Notochord vacuoles absorb compressive bone growth during zebrafish spine formation. Elife. 2020 Jan 29;9:e51221. doi: 10.7554/eLife.51221

Pre-Prints

  1. Nguyen, S., *Lee, R.S., *Mohlmann, E., *Petrullo, G., *Blythe, J., *Ranieri, I., McMenamin, S. Craniofacial diversity across Danionins and the effects of TH status on craniofacial morphology of two Danio species. bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2023.08.09.552728

*indicates mentored undergraduate student researcher co-author

Teaching Interests

Recent Courses Taught:

  • BIO200 Research Experience in Biology
  • BIO202 Science Communication in Biology
  • BIO203 Human Anatomy & Physiology I
  • BIO211 Genetics
  • BIO221 Microbiology
  • BIO241 Biological Data Analysis
  • BIO398 Topics in Developmental Biology

Department(s)

Biology

Program(s)

Office

Mars Science Center 2116

Hours

Spring 2025 Student Hours:
Tuesday 11am - 1pm
Thursday 11am - 1pm