Teofil Nakov Data-verified

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Postdoctoral researcher

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

postdoc

20 h-index 65 pubs 1,510 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Teofil Nakov's research focuses on the evolutionary and ecological dynamics of diatoms, a group of microalgae. His work utilizes genomic and transcriptomic approaches to investigate local adaptation and adaptation to environmental gradients, such as salinity. Nakov has published on strain-specific transcriptional responses in marine diatoms, exploring how genetic variation influences physiological reactions to environmental conditions. He has also investigated the introduction and spread of invasive diatom species and their impact on microbial biogeography.

His research group has explored phylogenomics to understand the evolutionary history of diatoms. Nakov collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Andrew J. Alverson and Elizabeth C. Ruck, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications. His scholarly contributions are reflected in an h-index of 20, with over 1,400 citations across 63 publications. Nakov is recognized as a highly cited researcher.

Metrics

  • h-index: 20
  • Publications: 65
  • Citations: 1,510

Selected Publications

  • Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species (2025)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes (2023)
    8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes (2023)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline (2022)
    35 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline (2022)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline (2021)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • tinselR—an R Shiny Application for Annotating Phylogenetic Trees (2021)
  • Microbial biogeography through the lens of exotic species: the recent introduction and spread of the freshwater diatom Discostella asterocostata in the United States (2021)
    14 citations DOI OpenAlex

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