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Christopher A. Gilligan

Christopher A. Gilligan

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
13975
World Ranking
8769
National Ranking
672

Overview

Christopher A. Gilligan is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular attention to Plant Science, Insect Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, and Genetics. This wide array of fields reflects an interdisciplinary approach to issues surrounding plant health, insect interactions, and disease control.

Key topics in their research include:

  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Cassava research and cyanide
  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

The scientist has contributed extensively to academic literature, with numerous recent papers in high-impact journals. Notable publications include:

  • "The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A modelling framework to assess the likely effectiveness of facemasks in combination with 'lock-down' in managing the COVID-19 pandemic," 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "The Effect of Forest Management Options on Forest Resilience to Pathogens," 2020, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • "Will an outbreak exceed available resources for control? Estimating the risk from invading pathogens using practical definitions of a severe epidemic," 2020, Journal of The Royal Society Interface
  • "Different Plant Viruses Induce Changes in Feeding Behavior of Specialist and Generalist Aphids on Common Bean That Are Likely to Enhance Virus Transmission," 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science

Their frequent co-authors include researchers such as Renata Retkutė, Richard O. J. H. Stutt, William P. Thurston, Yevhen F. Suprunenko, and Ruairí Donnelly, indicating collaborative research efforts in their fields of expertise.

Gilligan's work is often published in venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS Computational Biology, Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Preprints.org, and Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface. These publication channels illustrate a diverse engagement with both preprint and peer-reviewed literature.

Best Publications

  • Importance of food-demand management for climate mitigation

    Bojana Bajželj;Keith S. Richards;Julian M. Allwood;Pete Smith

  • The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security

    Jean B. Ristaino;Pamela K. Anderson;Pamela K. Anderson;Daniel P. Bebber;Kate A. Brauman

  • The Consequence of Tree Pests and Diseases for Ecosystem Services

    I. L. Boyd;P. H. Freer-Smith;C. A. Gilligan;H. C. J. Godfray

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem function in soil

    A. H. Fitter;C. A. Gilligan;K. Hollingworth;A. Kleczkowski

  • Epidemiological modeling of invasion in heterogeneous landscapes: spread of sudden oak death in California (1990–2030)

    Ross K. Meentemeyer;Nik J. Cunniffe;Alex R. Cook;Joao A. N. Filipe

  • Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Race TKTTF of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici that Caused a Wheat Stem Rust Epidemic in Southern Ethiopia in 2013–14

    Pablo Olivera;Maria Newcomb;Les J. Szabo;Matthew Rouse

  • Bubonic plague: a metapopulation model of a zoonosis

    M. J Keeling;C. A Gilligan

  • Modeling when, where, and how to manage a forest epidemic, motivated by sudden oak death in California.

    Nicholas James Cunniffe;Richard C Cobb;Ross K Meentemeyer;David M Rizzo

  • Thirteen Challenges in modelling plant diseases

    Nik J. Cunniffe;Britt Koskella;C. Jessica E. Metcalf;Stephen Parnell

  • Sustainable agriculture and plant diseases: an epidemiological perspective

    Christopher A Gilligan

  • Epidemiological models for invasion and persistence of pathogens.

    Christopher A Gilligan;Frank van den Bosch

  • Optimal control of epidemics in metapopulations.

    Robert E. Rowthorn;Ramanan Laxminarayan;Christopher A. Gilligan

  • Models of Fungicide Resistance Dynamics

    Frank van den Bosch;Christopher A. Gilligan

  • Ecosystem transformation by emerging infectious disease: loss of large tanoak from California forests

    Richard C. Cobb;João A. N. Filipe;Ross K. Meentemeyer;Christopher A. Gilligan

  • Effect of bulk density on the spatial organisation of the fungus Rhizoctonia solani in soil.

    Kirsty Harris;Kirsty Harris;Iain M Young;Christopher A Gilligan;Wilfred Otten

  • An epidemiological framework for disease management

    Christopher A Gilligan

  • Optimizing the control of disease infestations at the landscape scale.

    Graeme A. Forster;Christopher A. Gilligan

  • Economic incentives and mathematical models of disease

    Eili Klein;Ramanan Laxminarayan;David L. Smith;Christopher A. Gilligan

  • Which traits promote persistence of feral GM crops? Part 1:implications of environmental stochasticity

    David Claessen;Christopher A. Gilligan;Peter J. W. Lutman;Frank van den Bosch

  • Landscape Epidemiology and Control of Pathogens with Cryptic and Long-Distance Dispersal: Sudden Oak Death in Northern Californian Forests

    João A. N. Filipe;Richard C. Cobb;Ross K. Meentemeyer;Christopher A. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Wilfred Otten
Wilfred Otten Cranfield University
Simon Gubbins
Simon Gubbins The Pirbright Institute
David M. Rizzo
David M. Rizzo University of California, Davis
Ross K. Meentemeyer
Ross K. Meentemeyer North Carolina State University
Karl Ritz
Karl Ritz University of Nottingham
Nick Hanley
Nick Hanley University of Glasgow
John P. Carr
John P. Carr University of Cambridge
Iain M. Young
Iain M. Young King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Robin N Thompson
Robin N Thompson University of Oxford
Brian R. Kerry
Brian R. Kerry Rothamsted Research

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