World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
88
Citations
30557
World Ranking
1162
National Ranking
559

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2018 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Antonis Rokas is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The primary areas of study include Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Pharmacology, Infectious Diseases, and Cell Biology. The scientist has worked extensively on topics such as Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Fungal and yeast genetics research, Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food, and Fermentation and Sensory Analysis.

Antonis Rokas has published research in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • PLoS Biology
  • Genetics
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Notable recent papers include:

  • ClipKIT: A multiple sequence alignment trimming software for accurate phylogenomic inference, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • A genome-scale phylogeny of the kingdom Fungi, 2021, Current Biology
  • The influence of evolutionary history on human health and disease, 2021, Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Toward a Fully Resolved Fungal Tree of Life, 2020, Annual Review of Microbiology
  • Risk factors and outcome of pulmonary aspergillosis in critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 patients-a multinational observational study by the European Confederation of Medical Mycology, 2021, Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Frequent co-authors with whom Antonis Rokas has collaborated include:

  • Jacob L. Steenwyk
  • Chris Todd Hittinger
  • Abigail L. LaBella
  • Xing-Xing Shen
  • Gustavo H. Goldman

Antonis Rokas has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020 and as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2018.

Best Publications

  • The paleozoic origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes

    Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Robert Riley;Kerrie Barry

  • Genome-scale approaches to resolving incongruence in molecular phylogenies

    Antonis Rokas;Barry L. Williams;Nicole King;Sean B. Carroll

  • The genome of the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis and the origin of metazoans.

    Nicole King;M Jody Westbrook;Susan L Young;Alan Kuo

  • Rare genomic changes as a tool for phylogenetics

    Antonis Rokas;Peter W.H. Holland

  • Dynamics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa genome evolution.

    Kalai Mathee;Giri Narasimhan;Camilo Valdes;Xiaoyun Qiu

  • Tempo and Mode of Genome Evolution in the Budding Yeast Subphylum.

    Xing-Xing Shen;Dana A. Opulente;Dana A. Opulente;Jacek Kominek;Jacek Kominek;Xiaofan Zhou;Xiaofan Zhou

  • Inferring ancient divergences requires genes with strong phylogenetic signals

    Leonidas Salichos;Antonis Rokas

  • Highly evolvable malaria vectors: The genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitoes

    Daniel E. Neafsey;Robert M. Waterhouse;Mohammad R. Abai;Sergey S. Aganezov

  • Bayesian Estimation of Concordance among Gene Trees

    Cécile Ané;Bret Larget;David A. Baum;Stacey DeWitt Smith

  • Repeated morphological evolution through cis -regulatory changes in a pleiotropic gene

    Benjamin Prud'homme;Nicolas Gompel;Nicolas Gompel;Antonis Rokas;Antonis Rokas;Victoria A. Kassner

  • More Genes or More Taxa? The Relative Contribution of Gene Number and Taxon Number to Phylogenetic Accuracy

    Antonis Rokas;Sean B. Carroll

  • Contentious relationships in phylogenomic studies can be driven by a handful of genes.

    Xing-Xing Shen;Chris Todd Hittinger;Antonis Rokas

  • Comparative genomics of biotechnologically important yeasts

    Robert Riley;Sajeet Haridas;Kenneth H Wolfe;Mariana R Lopes

  • The Awesome Power of Yeast Evolutionary Genetics: New Genome Sequences and Strain Resources for the Saccharomyces sensu stricto Genus

    Devin R. Scannell;Oliver A. Zill;Antonis Rokas;Celia Payen

  • Animal mitochondrial DNA recombination revisited

    Antonis Rokas;Emmanuel Ladoukakis;Eleftherios Zouros

  • ClipKIT: A multiple sequence alignment trimming software for accurate phylogenomic inference.

    Jacob L. Steenwyk;Thomas J. Buida;Yuanning Li;Xing-Xing Shen

  • Animal Evolution and the Molecular Signature of Radiations Compressed in Time

    Antonis Rokas;Dirk Krüger;Sean B. Carroll

  • Bushes in the tree of life.

    Antonis Rokas;Sean B Carroll

  • Comparing bootstrap and posterior probability values in the four-taxon case.

    Michael P. Cummings;Scott A. Handley;Daniel S. Myers;David L. Reed

  • The Origins of Multicellularity and the Early History of the Genetic Toolkit For Animal Development

    Antonis Rokas

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Todd Hittinger
Chris Todd Hittinger University of Wisconsin–Madison
Gustavo H. Goldman
Gustavo H. Goldman Universidade de São Paulo
Cletus P. Kurtzman
Cletus P. Kurtzman National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Louis J. Muglia
Louis J. Muglia Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Nicholas H. Oberlies
Nicholas H. Oberlies University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Graham N. Stone
Graham N. Stone University of Edinburgh
Jae-Hyuk Yu
Jae-Hyuk Yu University of Wisconsin–Madison
Laurence J. Zwiebel
Laurence J. Zwiebel Vanderbilt University
Nancy P. Keller
Nancy P. Keller University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sean B. Carroll
Sean B. Carroll University of Maryland, College Park

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Understanding genetics opens doors to diverse careers across healthcare, research, and education. Many students interested in genetics also pursue advanced degrees in related fields, including nursing and healthcare leadership. The flexibility of online programs now allows students worldwide to access affordable and accredited options.

For those looking to become advanced practice nurses, consider exploring affordable fnp programs. These programs prepare you to work as family nurse practitioners, a role that often overlaps with genetic counseling and patient care. If you’re just starting your nursing journey, enrolling in an online nursing school is a convenient way to earn your degree while balancing other commitments.

Experienced nurses can further their careers through cheap online dnp programs, focusing on advanced practice or leadership in healthcare settings. Registered nurses aiming for a bachelor’s degree will find several flexible online rn to bsn programs that offer career advancement and increased earning potential. Each of these pathways complements a background in genetics, allowing for broader impact in patient care and research.

Best Scientists Citing Antonis Rokas

Trending Scientists