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Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Yao Du
First Affiliated Hospital of GuangXi Medical University
2
Xuehuan Feng
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
3
Silvan Gantenbein
ETH Zurich
4
Minwen Jiang
Ministry of Education
5
Tim P. Rieseberg
University of Göttingen
6
A.R.G. Mason
The University of Adelaide
7
Yanpeng Bi
Xi'an University of Technology
8
Lumei Xiao
Chengdu Institute of Biology
9
Margaret Mukami Gitau
HUN-REN Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpont
10
Greta Canelli
ETH Zurich

Papers

1
Publication in Nature Genetics (2024) [97 citations, W4396553809]
Nature Genetics|2024
97 cit.
2
Publication in Nature Communications (2025) [25 citations, W4407725267]
Nature Communications|2025
25 cit.
3
Response of wheat to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation and biochar application: Implications for soil carbon sequestration
Soil Biology and Biochemistry|2024
12 cit.
4
Publication in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2024) [7 citations, W4402958057]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2024
7 cit.
5
Publication in The Science of The Total Environment (2025) [7 citations, W4409411223]
The Science of The Total Environment|2025
7 cit.
6
Publication in Scientific Reports (2025) [1 citation, W4416149326]
Scientific Reports|2025
1 cit.
7
Publication in Geoderma (2025) [W4416031563]
Geoderma|2025
0 cit.
8
Publication in Plant and Soil (2026) [W7160769723]
Plant and Soil|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Júlio César Polonio
Universidade Estadual de Maringá
2
Miguel Berdugo
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
3
Daniel Stec
Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals
4
Roberta Masin
University of Padua
5
Hanyue Yang
Hainan University
6
Asmaa Atallah El-Sawah
Mansoura University Hospital
7
Hakuto Kageyama
Meijo University
8
Zhaojiang Zuo
Zhejiang A & F University
9
Shimaa R. Dalal
Mansoura University
10
Milena Roszkowska
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Papers

1
Soil salinization in agriculture: Mitigation and adaptation strategies combining nature-based solutions and bioengineering
iScience|2024
375 cit.
2
Prevalence and drivers of abrupt vegetation shifts in global drylands
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2022
165 cit.
3
Effects of the salinity-temperature interaction on seed germination and early seedling development: a comparative study of crop and weed species
BMC Plant Biology|2023
61 cit.
4
Process optimization for gold nanoparticles biosynthesis by Streptomyces albogriseolus using artificial neural network, characterization and antitumor activities
Scientific Reports|2024
38 cit.
5
How long can tardigrades survive in the anhydrobiotic state? A search for tardigrade anhydrobiosis patterns
PLoS ONE|2023
25 cit.
6
The uppermost monoterpenes improving Cinnamomum camphora thermotolerance by serving signaling functions
Frontiers in Plant Science|2022
21 cit.
7
Biosynthesis of sustainable biodegradable bioplastics using alginate extracted from Padina pavonica, optimization and characterization
Algal Research|2023
21 cit.
8
Solvent effects on terpenoid compositions and antioxidant activities of Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J. Presl extracts and the main antioxidant agent evaluation through in vitro and in vivo assay
Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture|2024
19 cit.
9
Reaching the Monophyly: Re-Evaluation of the Enigmatic Species Tenuibiotus hyperonyx (Maucci, 1983) and the Genus Tenuibiotus (Eutardigrada)
Animals|2022
18 cit.
10
Toxic mechanism of two cyanobacterial volatiles β-cyclocitral and β-ionone on the photosynthesis in duckweed by altering gene expression
Environmental Pollution|2022
17 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Jayne Belnap
United States Geological Survey
2
Ferrán García‐Pichel
Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine
3
Brett A. Neilan
Australian Research Council
4
Richard W. Castenholz
University of Oregon
5
Donald E. Ingber
Inspire
6
Kaarina Sivonen
University of Helsinki
7
Łukasz Michalczyk
Jagiellonian University
8
Bettina Weber
Graz University of Technology
9
Yongding Liu
Chinese Academy of Sciences
10
João Alencar Pamphile
Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Papers

1
Geometric Control of Cell Life and Death
Science|1997
4.7k cit.
2
Reconstituting Organ-Level Lung Functions on a Chip
Science|2010
4.1k cit.
3
Microfluidic organs-on-chips
Nature Biotechnology|2014
3.2k cit.
4
Mechanotransduction Across the Cell Surface and Through the Cytoskeleton
Science|1993
3k cit.
5
Human gut-on-a-chip inhabited by microbial flora that experiences intestinal peristalsis-like motions and flow
Lab on a Chip|2012
1.7k cit.
6
Demonstration of mechanical connections between integrins, cytoskeletal filaments, and nucleoplasm that stabilize nuclear structure
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1997
1.6k cit.
7
TENSEGRITY: THE ARCHITECTURAL BASIS OF CELLULAR MECHANOTRANSDUCTION
Annual Review of Physiology|1997
1.6k cit.
8
Engineering Cell Shape and Function
Science|1994
1.4k cit.
9
Synthetic analogues of fumagillin that inhibit angiogenesis and suppress tumour growth
Nature|1990
1.3k cit.
10
Structural organization of microcystin biosynthesis in Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806: an integrated peptide–polyketide synthetase system
Chemistry & Biology|2000
997 cit.

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