Teofil Nakov Source Confirmed

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High Impact

Postdoctoral researcher

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

postdoc

20 h-index 63 pubs 1,456 cited

Research Areas

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Species Distribution and Climate Change Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Teofil Nakov's research investigates the genetic and genomic underpinnings of adaptation in phytoplankton, particularly diatoms, across diverse environmental gradients. His work examines how local adaptation is driven by genome-wide changes in metabolic processes and how transcriptional responses vary between strains when exposed to environmental stressors like salinity. Nakov has also studied the biogeography of microbial species, including the introduction and spread of the freshwater diatom Discostella asterocostata in the United States.

His publications include studies on strain-specific transcriptional responses in marine diatoms, the role of genome-wide changes in local adaptation, and the evolutionary history of diatoms as revealed by phylogenomics. Nakov has collaborated with several researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Andrew J. Alverson and Elizabeth C. Ruck, on multiple publications.

Nakov's research output includes 63 total publications, which have garnered 1,456 citations. He has an h-index of 20. He is identified as a high-impact researcher, indicating a significant level of citation for his work.

Metrics

  • h-index: 20
  • Publications: 63
  • Citations: 1,456

Selected Publications

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

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Andrew J. Alverson University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 8 shared publications Elizabeth C. Ruck University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 8 shared publications Eveline Pinseel University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 7 shared publications Wade R. Roberts University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 4 shared publications Kala M. Downey University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 4 shared publications Simon P. Tye University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Kiley A. Jones University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication

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