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Teofil Nakov
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Postdoctoral researcher
Also affiliated: Universidad de Costa Rica (2025); Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (2006–2008); The University of Texas at Austin (2008–2015)
21 h-index
65 pubs
1,567 cited
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Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Teofil Nakov's research investigates the evolutionary adaptations of diatoms, a group of phytoplankton, to diverse environmental conditions. His work utilizes genomic and phylogenomic approaches to understand the genetic basis of local adaptation in these organisms. Nakov has published research on how genome-wide changes in metabolic processes contribute to adaptation along complex environmental gradients, such as salinity clines in marine environments like the Baltic Sea.
His publications also explore the spread of invasive species, specifically focusing on the introduction and dissemination of freshwater diatoms in the United States. Nakov's research has been supported by grants and he collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Andrew J. Alverson, Elizabeth C. Ruck, and Eveline Pinseel. He maintains an active lab website to disseminate his work. With an h-index of 20 and over 1,500 citations across 65 publications, Nakov is recognized as a highly cited researcher.
Metrics
- h-index: 21
- Publications: 65
- Citations: 1,567
Positions
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Postdoctoral researcher 2014–presentUniversity of Arkansas Fayetteville Department of Biological Sciences ORCID
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Research/Teaching assistant 2007–2014University of Texas at Austin Plant Biology ORCID
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Research/Teaching Assistant 2004–2007Sts Cyril and Methodius University, Facultu of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Institute of Biology ORCID
Selected Publications
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Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species (2025)
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Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes (2023)
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Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes (2023)
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Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline (2022)
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Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline (2022)
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Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline (2021)
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tinselR—an R Shiny Application for Annotating Phylogenetic Trees (2021)
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Microbial biogeography through the lens of exotic species: the recent introduction and spread of the freshwater diatom Discostella asterocostata in the United States (2021)
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Transcriptional Response of Osmolyte Synthetic Pathways and Membrane Transporters in a Euryhaline Diatom During Long‐term Acclimation to a Salinity Gradient (2020)
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Hot and sick? Impacts of warming and a parasite on the dominant zooplankter of Lake Baikal (2020)
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Data and code for Freshwater diatoms diversify and turn over faster than marine in both planktonic and benthic habitats (2019)
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Data and code for Freshwater diatoms diversify and turn over faster than marine in both planktonic and benthic habitats (2019)
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Diatoms diversify and turn over faster in freshwater than marine environments* (2019)
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Hot and sick: impacts of warming and oomycete parasite infection on endemic dominant zooplankter of Lake Baikal (2019)
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A single loss of photosynthesis in the diatom order Bacillariales (Bacillariophyta) (2019)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Andrew J. Alverson
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
28 shared publications
In database
- Accelerated diversification is related to life history and locomotion in a hyperdiverse lineage of microbial eukaryotes (Diatoms, Bacillariophyta)
- Diatoms diversify and turn over faster in freshwater than marine environments*
- Phylogeny, ecology, morphological evolution, and reclassification of the diatom orders Surirellales and Rhopalodiales
- Insights into global planktonic diatom diversity: The importance of comparisons between phylogenetically equivalent units that account for time
- Phylogenomics reveals an extensive history of genome duplication in diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
Showing 5 of 28 shared publications
Elizabeth C. Ruck
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
22 shared publications
In database
- Phylogeny, ecology, morphological evolution, and reclassification of the diatom orders Surirellales and Rhopalodiales
- Phylogenomics reveals an extensive history of genome duplication in diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Transcriptional Response of Osmolyte Synthetic Pathways and Membrane Transporters in a Euryhaline Diatom During Long‐term Acclimation to a Salinity Gradient
- Recurrent Loss, Horizontal Transfer, and the Obscure Origins of Mitochondrial Introns in Diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
Showing 5 of 22 shared publications
Edward C. Theriot
The University of Texas at Austin (US)
6 shared publications
- Phylogeny, ecology, morphological evolution, and reclassification of the diatom orders Surirellales and Rhopalodiales
- Towards a phylogenetic classification of species belonging to the diatom genus Cyclotella (Bacillariophyceae): Transfer of species formerly placed in Puncticulata, Handmannia, Pliocaenicus and Cyclotella to the genus Lindavia
- Hoarding and horizontal transfer led to an expanded gene and intron repertoire in the plastid genome of the diatom, Toxarium undulatum (Bacillariophyta)
- Microbial biogeography through the lens of exotic species: the recent introduction and spread of the freshwater diatom Discostella asterocostata in the United States
- Hoarding And Horizontal Transfer Led To An Expanded Gene And Intron Repertoire In The Plastid Genome Of The Diatom, Toxarium Undulatum (Bacillariophyta)
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Anastasiia Onyshchenko
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
6 shared publications
- Recurrent Loss, Horizontal Transfer, and the Obscure Origins of Mitochondrial Introns in Diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- A single loss of photosynthesis in the diatom order Bacillariales (Bacillariophyta)
- A single loss of photosynthesis in diatoms
- Supporting Data For Onyshchenko Et Al. 2018 Single Loss Of Photosynthesis In Diatoms
- Supporting Data For Onyshchenko Et Al. 2018 Single Loss Of Photosynthesis In Diatoms
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Eveline Pinseel
Ghent University
6 shared publications
In database
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Olga Kourtchenko
University of Gothenburg (SE)
6 shared publications
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Anke Kremp
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (DE)
6 shared publications
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Conny Sjöqvist
Åbo Akademi University (FI)
6 shared publications
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Mats Töpel
Ghent University (BE)
6 shared publications
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Anna Godhe
University of Gothenburg (SE)
6 shared publications
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Jeremy M. Beaulieu
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
4 shared publications
In database
- Diatoms diversify and turn over faster in freshwater than marine environments*
- Insights into global planktonic diatom diversity: The importance of comparisons between phylogenetically equivalent units that account for time
- Diatoms diversify and turn over faster in freshwater than marine environments
- Insights into global planktonic diatom diversity: Comparisons between phylogenetically meaningful units that account for time
Jeremy M. Beaulieu
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
4 shared publications
In database
- Accelerated diversification is related to life history and locomotion in a hyperdiverse lineage of microbial eukaryotes (Diatoms, Bacillariophyta)
- Models with unequal transition rates favor marine origins of Cyanobacteria and photosynthetic eukaryotes
- Data and code for Freshwater diatoms diversify and turn over faster than marine in both planktonic and benthic habitats
- Data and code for Freshwater diatoms diversify and turn over faster than marine in both planktonic and benthic habitats
Kathryn Judy
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
4 shared publications
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Transcriptional Response of Osmolyte Synthetic Pathways and Membrane Transporters in a Euryhaline Diatom During Long‐term Acclimation to a Salinity Gradient
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Kala M. Downey
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
4 shared publications
In database
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Transcriptional Response of Osmolyte Synthetic Pathways and Membrane Transporters in a Euryhaline Diatom During Long‐term Acclimation to a Salinity Gradient
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Norman J. Wickett
Center for Plant Conservation (US)
3 shared publications
- Phylogenomics reveals an extensive history of genome duplication in diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- Recurrent Loss, Horizontal Transfer, and the Obscure Origins of Mitochondrial Introns in Diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- Phylogenomics reveals an extensive history of genome duplication in diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
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