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Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Rachel L. Moran
University of Chicago
2
Jesús A. Ballesteros
George Washington University
3
Andrew Z. Ontano
University of Georgia
4
Guilherme Gainett
University of Wisconsin–Madison
5
Tingru Mao
Guangxi University
6
Ilaria Vaccarelli
Water Research Institute
7
Katya L. Mack
University of Kansas
8
Pau Balart‐García
Charles University
9
Jaya Krishnan
National Institutes of Health
10
Shaolei Xiong
University of Illinois Chicago

Rising Stars Papers

1
Facial emotion recognition through artificial intelligence
Frontiers in Computer Science|2024
42 cit.
2
Vestigial organs alter fossil placements in an ancient group of terrestrial chelicerates
Current Biology|2024
37 cit.
3
Highly dynamic evolution of the chemosensory system driven by gene gain and loss across subterranean beetles
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|2024
10 cit.
4
Caves as Species Pumps: Key Innovations, Isolation and Periodic Introgression Drive the World's Largest Cavefish Radiation in a Dynamic Karstic Landscape
Molecular Ecology|2025
7 cit.
5
Assembly and analysis of sequence from a spring and winter type Camelina sativa by whole genome PacBio HiFi technologies
Industrial Crops and Products|2024
1 cit.
6
Gene-by-environment Interactions and Adaptive Body Size Variation in Mice From the Americas
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2025
1 cit.
7
Resetting the rules: Sex-chromosome turnover as an escape hatch for mitonuclear conflict
Unknown Journal|2025
0 cit.
8
Alternative splicing contributes to plasticity and regulatory divergence in locally adapted house mice from the Americas
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2025
0 cit.
9
Independent centromeric expansions define giant hornet genomes
BMC Genomics|2026
0 cit.
10
<i>Cis</i> -regulatory evolution shapes dehydration response in a desert-adapted house mouse
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Nicolas Rohner
University of Münster
2
Suzanne E. McGaugh
Twin Cities Orthopedics
3
Erik R. Duboué
New York University
4
Stefano Mammola
University of Helsinki
5
Julie Cosmidis
Sorbonne Université
6
Jaime Zaldívar-Rae
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
7
Miguel Medrano
Departamento Nacional de Produção Mineral
8
Stephen Pates
University of Exeter
9
Bryan Raveen Nelson
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
10
Danilo Harms
Murdoch University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Dimension and impact of biases in funding for species and habitat conservation
Biological Conservation|2022
86 cit.
2
Selection-driven trait loss in independently evolved cavefish populations
Nature Communications|2023
84 cit.
3
A protocol for reproducible functional diversity analyses
Ecography|2022
75 cit.
4
Enhanced lipogenesis through Pparγ helps cavefish adapt to food scarcity
Current Biology|2022
65 cit.
5
Why do microbes make minerals?
Comptes Rendus Géoscience|2022
61 cit.
6
A global meta-analysis reveals multilevel and context-dependent effects of climate change on subterranean ecosystems
One Earth|2023
58 cit.
7
Drivers of species knowledge across the tree of life
eLife|2023
45 cit.
8
Genome-wide analysis of cis-regulatory changes underlying metabolic adaptation of cavefish
Nature Genetics|2022
44 cit.
9
The metabolome of Mexican cavefish shows a convergent signature highlighting sugar, antioxidant, and Ageing-Related metabolites
eLife|2022
43 cit.
10
Measuring the influence of non-scientific features on citations
Scientometrics|2022
40 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Gonzalo Giribet
Evolutionary Genomics (United States)
2
William R. Jeffery
University of Maryland, College Park
3
David C. Culver
American University
4
Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira
Universidade Federal de Lavras
5
Koen Martens
Institute of Natural Sciences
6
Clifford J. Tabin
Harvard University
7
William F. Humphreys
Australian Museum
8
Cene Fišer
University of Ljubljana
9
Sylvie Rétaux
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
10
Gregory D. Edgecombe
Natural History Museum

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Regulation of Rate of Cartilage Differentiation by Indian Hedgehog and PTH-Related Protein
Science|1996
2k cit.
2
Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life
Nature|2008
2k cit.
3
Mechanism of activation of a human oncogene
Nature|1982
1.4k cit.
4
Expression of Cre recombinase in the developing mouse limb bud driven by a <i>Prxl</i> enhancer
genesis|2002
1k cit.
5
Evidence for an Expansion-Based Temporal Shh Gradient in Specifying Vertebrate Digit Identities
Cell|2004
1k cit.
6
Analysis of the tendon cell fate using Scleraxis, a specific marker for tendons and ligaments
Development|2001
881 cit.
7
Regional Coexistence of Species and Competition between Rare Species
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1971
869 cit.
8
Biochemical evidence that Patched is the Hedgehog receptor
Nature|1996
858 cit.
9
<i>Bmp4</i> and Morphological Variation of Beaks in Darwin's Finches
Science|2004
779 cit.
10
First molecular evidence for the existence of a Tardigrada + Arthropoda clade
Molecular Biology and Evolution|1996
655 cit.

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