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Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Chinedu Echi Paul
Unknown
2
Konstantinos Tsirintanis
University of the Aegean
3
Thomas D. Lewin
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica
4
Konstantinos V. Arsenopoulos
University of Nicosia
5
Ryota Hasegawa
University of Otago
6
Adam Z. Hasik
University of Edinburgh
7
Rawhat Un Nisa
Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University
8
Toby Landeryou
Scotland's Rural College
9
Marina Papaiakovou
Natural History Museum
10
Cyril Hammoud
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

Papers

1
Publication in Nature Reviews Biodiversity (2025) [12 citations, W4409717409]
Nature Reviews Biodiversity|2025
12 cit.
2
Publication in Journal of Animal Ecology (2024) [9 citations, W4402381088]
Journal of Animal Ecology|2024
9 cit.
3
Publication in ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE (2024) [7 citations, W4390628269]
ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE|2024
7 cit.
4
Extensive Countrywide Molecular Identification and High Genetic Diversity of Haemonchus spp. in Domestic Ruminants in Greece
Pathogens|2024
7 cit.
5
Publication in Functional Ecology (2025) [7 citations, W4406855239]
Functional Ecology|2025
7 cit.
6
Publication in Parasitology (2025) [7 citations, W4412413752]
Parasitology|2025
7 cit.
7
Publication in Nature Communications (2025) [6 citations, W4410235013]
Nature Communications|2025
6 cit.
8
Publication in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2025) [4 citations, W4410979382]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2025
4 cit.
9
Publication in Freshwater Biology (2024) [3 citations, W4404862345]
Freshwater Biology|2024
3 cit.
10
Publication in Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (2025) [3 citations, W4417497238]
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society|2025
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Jennifer M. Sunday
McGill University
2
Patrick C. Hanington
University of Alberta
3
Chelsea L. Wood
Dartmouth College
4
Kevin R. Burgio
Foster-Miller (United States)
5
Eric R. Dougherty
Coalition Against Trafficking Women
6
Richard K. Wilson
James S. McDonnell Foundation
7
Hudson Alves Pinto
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
8
Jingquan Dong
Kanion Pharmaceutical (China)
9
David I. Hernández-Mena
Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México
10
Olena Kudlai
Nature Research Centre

Papers

1
A reconstruction of parasite burden reveals one century of climate-associated parasite decline
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2023
75 cit.
2
Scutellarin prevents acute alcohol-induced liver injury via inhibiting oxidative stress by regulating the Nrf2/HO-1 pathway and inhibiting inflammation by regulating the AKT, p38 MAPK/NF-κB pathways
Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B|2023
70 cit.
3
Avermectin induces carp neurotoxicity by mediating blood-brain barrier dysfunction, oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis through PI3K/Akt and NF-κB pathways
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety|2022
59 cit.
4
Liensinine pretreatment reduces inflammation, oxidative stress, apoptosis, and autophagy to alleviate sepsis acute kidney injury
International Immunopharmacology|2023
58 cit.
5
Difenoconazole causes spleen tissue damage and immune dysfunction of carp through oxidative stress and apoptosis
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety|2022
55 cit.
6
Difenoconazole disrupts the blood-brain barrier and results in neurotoxicity in carp by inhibiting the Nrf2 pathway mediated ROS accumulation
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety|2022
41 cit.
7
Is the world wormier than it used to be? We'll never know without natural history collections
Journal of Animal Ecology|2022
39 cit.
8
Temperate species underfill their tropical thermal potentials on land
Nature Ecology & Evolution|2023
37 cit.
9
Malvidin protects against lipopolysaccharide-induced acute liver injury in mice via regulating Nrf2 and NLRP3 pathways and suppressing apoptosis and autophagy
European Journal of Pharmacology|2022
36 cit.
10
Abamectin causes toxicity to the carp respiratory system by triggering oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis and inhibiting autophagy
Environmental Science and Pollution Research|2023
36 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Robert Poulin
University of Otago
2
Donald P. McManus
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
3
Robin B. Gasser
The University of Melbourne
4
Armand M. Kuris
University of California, Santa Barbara
5
Eric S. Loker
Emory University
6
Santiago Mas‐Coma
Universitat de València
7
D. Timothy J. Littlewood
Natural History Museum
8
Sergé Morand
Kasetsart University
9
Matthew Berriman
Wellcome Sanger Institute
10
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

Papers

1
Phytozome: a comparative platform for green plant genomics
Nucleic Acids Research|2011
5.8k cit.
2
The Genome of Black Cottonwood, <i>Populus trichocarpa</i> (Torr. &amp; Gray)
Science|2006
4.5k cit.
3
Species Richness of Parasite Assemblages: Evolution and Patterns
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics|1997
3.5k cit.
4
The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses
Nature|2009
3.2k cit.
5
The Genome of the Diatom <i>Thalassiosira Pseudonana</i> : Ecology, Evolution, and Metabolism
Science|2004
2k cit.
6
The Genome of the African Trypanosome <i>Trypanosoma brucei</i>
Science|2005
1.7k cit.
7
The Draft Genome of <i>Ciona intestinalis</i> : Insights into Chordate and Vertebrate Origins
Science|2002
1.7k cit.
8
The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype
Nature|2008
1.6k cit.
9
The Dynamics of Arthropod Predator-Prey Systems
Journal of Parasitology|1979
1.6k cit.
10
Sea Anemone Genome Reveals Ancestral Eumetazoan Gene Repertoire and Genomic Organization
Science|2007
1.6k cit.

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