Jeffrey D. Silberman
Researcher
Also affiliated: Dalhousie University (2004–2010); Planetary Science Institute (2000); Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (2001); Marine Biological Laboratory (1996–2002); University of Miami (1994); University of California, Los Angeles (2000–2004); Czech Academy of Sciences (2025); Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (2022–2026); NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center (1992); Institute of Parasitology (2022–2026); Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre (2022–2026); University of California, Berkeley (2001)
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Jeffrey D. Silberman's research centers on the molecular evolution and phylogenetics of microbial eukaryotes, with a particular emphasis on protists. His work investigates the deep evolutionary relationships within diverse groups, including Heterolobosea and diplomonads, utilizing extensive gene and taxon sampling to reconstruct evolutionary histories. Silberman has published research on the genetic codes and cryptic life stages of these organisms, as well as the evolutionary transitions of their organelles, such as the development of hydrogenosomes and mitosomes.
His recent publications explore the unexpected diversity of free-living protists, the phylogenetic placement of commensal organisms like *Lophomonas blattarum*, and the isolation of new species such as *Naegleria lustrarea* from amphibian hosts. Silberman's research also examines the evolutionary trajectories of anaerobic mitochondria in protists and the validation of taxonomic classifications, such as the genus *Pocheina*. With an h-index of 38 and over 4,000 citations, his work is recognized for its impact in the field.
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- h-index: 38
- Publications: 65
- Citations: 4,190
Selected Publications
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Divergent Trajectories for Anaerobic Mitochondrial Evolution in Breviate Protists (2026)
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DIVERGENT TRAJECTORIES FOR ANAEROBIC MITOCHONDRIAL EVOLUTION IN BREVIATE PROTISTS (2026)
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Validating the Genus <i>Pocheina</i> (Acrasidae, Heterolobosea, Discoba) Leads to the Recognition of Three Major Lineages Within Acrasidae (2025)
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Expanded gene and taxon sampling of diplomonads shows multiple switches to parasitic and free-living lifestyle (2024)
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Isolation of <i>Naegleria lustrarea</i> n. sp. (Excavata, Discoba, Heterolobosea) from the feces of <i>Ambystoma annulatum</i> (Ringed Salamander) in Northwest Arkansas (2024)
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True molecular phylogenetic position of the cockroach gut commensal <i>Lophomonas blattarum</i> (Lophomonadida, Parabasalia) (2023)
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Evidence for an Independent Hydrogenosome-to-Mitosome Transition in the CL3 Lineage of Fornicates (2022)
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Free-living Trichomonads are Unexpectedly Diverse (2022)
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Phylogeny and Classification of Novel Diversity in Sainouroidea (Cercozoa, Rhizaria) Sheds Light on a Highly Diverse and Divergent Clade (2018)
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Variation in the SSUrDNA of the Genus <i>Protostelium</i> Leads to a New Phylogenetic Understanding of the Genus and of the Species Concept for <i>Protostelium mycophaga</i> (Protosteliida, Amoebozoa) (2017)
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Between a Pod and a Hard Test: The Deep Evolution of Amoebae (2017)
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Organelles that illuminate the origins of Trichomonas hydrogenosomes and Giardia mitosomes (2017)
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The Earliest Stages of Mitochondrial Adaptation to Low Oxygen Revealed in a Novel Rhizarian (2016)
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<i>Sorodiplophrys stercorea</i>: Another Novel Lineage of Sorocarpic Multicellularity (2016)
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Coprophilic amoebae and flagellates, including Guttulinopsis, Rosculus and Helkesimastix, characterise a divergent and diverse rhizarian radiation and contribute to a large diversity of faecal‐associated protists (2016)
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Top Collaborators
- Free-living Trichomonads are Unexpectedly Diverse
- Evidence for an Independent Hydrogenosome-to-Mitosome Transition in the CL3 Lineage of Fornicates
- Expanded gene and taxon sampling of diplomonads shows multiple switches to parasitic and free-living lifestyle
- Isolation of <i>Naegleria lustrarea</i> n. sp. (Excavata, Discoba, Heterolobosea) from the feces of <i>Ambystoma annulatum</i> (Ringed Salamander) in Northwest Arkansas
- Validating the Genus <i>Pocheina</i> (Acrasidae, Heterolobosea, Discoba) Leads to the Recognition of Three Major Lineages Within Acrasidae
- DIVERGENT TRAJECTORIES FOR ANAEROBIC MITOCHONDRIAL EVOLUTION IN BREVIATE PROTISTS
- Divergent Trajectories for Anaerobic Mitochondrial Evolution in Breviate Protists
- DIVERGENT TRAJECTORIES FOR ANAEROBIC MITOCHONDRIAL EVOLUTION IN BREVIATE PROTISTS
- Divergent Trajectories for Anaerobic Mitochondrial Evolution in Breviate Protists
- DIVERGENT TRAJECTORIES FOR ANAEROBIC MITOCHONDRIAL EVOLUTION IN BREVIATE PROTISTS
- Divergent Trajectories for Anaerobic Mitochondrial Evolution in Breviate Protists
- DIVERGENT TRAJECTORIES FOR ANAEROBIC MITOCHONDRIAL EVOLUTION IN BREVIATE PROTISTS
- Divergent Trajectories for Anaerobic Mitochondrial Evolution in Breviate Protists
- DIVERGENT TRAJECTORIES FOR ANAEROBIC MITOCHONDRIAL EVOLUTION IN BREVIATE PROTISTS
- Divergent Trajectories for Anaerobic Mitochondrial Evolution in Breviate Protists
- DIVERGENT TRAJECTORIES FOR ANAEROBIC MITOCHONDRIAL EVOLUTION IN BREVIATE PROTISTS
- Divergent Trajectories for Anaerobic Mitochondrial Evolution in Breviate Protists
- DIVERGENT TRAJECTORIES FOR ANAEROBIC MITOCHONDRIAL EVOLUTION IN BREVIATE PROTISTS
- Divergent Trajectories for Anaerobic Mitochondrial Evolution in Breviate Protists
- Free-living Trichomonads are Unexpectedly Diverse
- Free-living Trichomonads are Unexpectedly Diverse
- Free-living Trichomonads are Unexpectedly Diverse
- Free-living Trichomonads are Unexpectedly Diverse
- Free-living Trichomonads are Unexpectedly Diverse
- Evidence for an Independent Hydrogenosome-to-Mitosome Transition in the CL3 Lineage of Fornicates
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