Biophysics · Tissue Mechanics · Computational Modeling

Anh Q. Nguyen

PhD candidate in the Bi Group at Northeastern University, working at the intersection of theoretical biophysics, computation, and soft matter.

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Anh Q. Nguyen

About

I am a postdoc researcher in the Bi Group at Northeastern University. I am interested in tissue mechanics, rheology, and plasticity. My research focuses on using theoretical and computational models to understand how biological tissues respond to external stimuli — conditions commonly encountered in various physiological processes — as well as to internal changes arising from cell-cell interactions.

Vertex Model Simulation Tissue Mechanics Jamming Transitions Tissue Rheology Statistical Mechanics Collective Migration

Selected Publications

Nguyen, A.Q., Bera, P.K., Notbohm, J. & Bi, D.

Cell-cell adhesion as a double-edged sword in tissue fluidity

Physical Review E 114, 034410 (2026)

↗ doi.org/10.1103/f6mt-tkgl

Bera, P.K., Nguyen, A.Q., McCord, M., Bi, D. & Notbohm, J.

Shape-independent fluidity in epithelial cell monolayers

Nature Communications (2026)

↗ doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76793-w

Nguyen, A.Q., Huang, J. & Bi, D.

Origin of yield stress and mechanical plasticity in model biological tissues

Nature Communications 16, 3260 (2025)

↗ doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58526-7

Yang, H., Roy, G., Nguyen, A.Q., et al.

Multicell: geometric learning in multicellular development

Nature Methods pp. 1–9 (2025)

↗ doi.org/10.1038/s41592-025-02983-x

Kayal, S., Nguyen, A.Q. & Bi, D.

The Rheology of Living Tissues: From Cells to Organismal Mechanics

Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics vol. 17 (2025)

↗ doi.org/10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-071125-054711
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Education

2026

Ph.D., Biophysics

Northeastern University

2019

B.S., Physics & Mathematics

Centre College