Email: mnguyen[at]mun[dot]ca

Supervisor:
Dr. Carissa Brown

Research Group:
Northern EDGE Lab

Previous Education:
BES Honours (Co-op) in Environment, Resources and Sustainability (major) and Biology (minor), University of Waterloo (2025).
Thesis: Advancing Community-Driven Research Models: Detecting Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Species in Coastal Nunatsiavut using Environmental DNA.
Supervisor: Dr. Andrew Trant

Research Project:
I am broadly interested in understanding how species, ecosystems, and natural processes are responding to climate-induced changes. My MSc research will examine the post-fire recovery and renewal of forests in Newfoundland following the wildfires that occurred in Summer 2025. Fire is the dominant disturbance regime in the boreal forest, and plays a significant role in shaping plant composition. My project will investigate the establishment and recruitment of vegetation species to contribute to a growing knowledge of how fire events affect ecosystems in Newfoundland.

Research Interests:

• Biogeography
• Disturbance ecology
• Global and environmental change 
• Forest ecology