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Heroen Verbruggen is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research spans several interconnected scientific disciplines, including Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. This multidisciplinary approach is reflected in their publication record and main fields of study.

Their work covers a range of subfields, prominently featuring Oceanography, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change. The main topics of Verbruggen's research involve marine and coastal plant biology, microbial community ecology and physiology, marine biology and ecology research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, genomics and phylogenetic studies, protist diversity and phylogeny, and coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics.

Frequent collaborators appear throughout their body of work, suggesting sustained research partnerships with individuals such as Kshitij Tandon, Trevor T. Bringloe, Francesco Ricci, Vanessa R. Marcelino, and Olivier De Clerck. Publication venues reflect a focus on marine and plant sciences, with notable appearances in the Journal of Phycology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Research Square, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Heroen Verbruggen illustrate their research interests and contributions. These include:

  • Phylogeny and Evolution of the Brown Algae (2020), published in Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences
  • Neoproterozoic origin and multiple transitions to macroscopic growth in green seaweeds (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Bio-ORACLE v3.0. Pushing marine data layers to the CMIP6 Earth System Models of climate change research (2024), published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Genomic adaptations to an endolithic lifestyle in the coral-associated alga Ostreobium (2021), published in Current Biology
  • Unique biodiversity in Arctic marine forests is shaped by diverse recolonization pathways and far northern glacial refugia (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Bio-ORACLE: a global environmental dataset for marine species distribution modelling

    Lennert Tyberghein;Heroen Verbruggen;Klaas Pauly;Charles Troupin

  • Phylogeny and Molecular Evolution of the Green Algae

    Frederik Leliaert;David R. Smith;Hervé Moreau;Matthew D. Herron

  • Bio-ORACLE v2.0: Extending marine data layers for bioclimatic modelling

    Jorge Assis;Lennert Tyberghein;Samuel Bosch;Heroen Verbruggen

  • Outstanding Challenges in the Transferability of Ecological Models.

    Katherine L. Yates;Katherine L. Yates;Phil J. Bouchet;M Julian Caley;Kerrie Mengersen

  • DNA- based species delimitation in algae

    Frederik Leliaert;Heroen Verbruggen;Pieter Vanormelingen;Frederique Steen

  • A multi-locus time-calibrated phylogeny of the brown algae (Heterokonta, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae): Investigating the evolutionary nature of the "brown algal crown radiation".

    Thomas Silberfeld;Jessica W. Leigh;Heroen Verbruggen;Corinne Cruaud

  • Climate change impact on seaweed meadow distribution in the North Atlantic rocky intertidal

    Alexander Jueterbock;Lennert Tyberghein;Lennert Tyberghein;Heroen Verbruggen;James A. Coyer

  • Algal taxonomy: a road to nowhere?

    Olivier De Clerck;Michael D. Guiry;Frederik Leliaert;Yves Samyn

  • Research note: Identity of the Qingdao algal bloom

    Frederik Leliaert;Xiaowen Zhang;Naihao Ye;Erik-jan Malta

  • A time-calibrated multi-gene phylogeny of the diatom genus Pinnularia.

    Caroline Souffreau;Heroen Verbruggen;Alexander P. Wolfe;Pieter Vanormelingen

  • A multi-locus time-calibrated phylogeny of the siphonous green algae

    Heroen Verbruggen;Matt Ashworth;Steven T. LoDuca;Caroline Vlaeminck

  • Phylogeny and evolution of the brown algae

    Trevor T. Bringloe;Samuel Starko;Rachael M. Wade;Christophe Vieira

  • Evolution and Cytological Diversification of the Green Seaweeds (Ulvophyceae)

    Ellen Cocquyt;Heroen Verbruggen;Frederik Leliaert;Olivier De Clerck

  • Into the deep: new discoveries at the base of the green plant phylogeny.

    Frederik Leliaert;Heroen Verbruggen;Frederick W. Zechman

  • A revised classification of the dictyoteae (dictyotales, phaeophyceae) based on rbcL and 26S ribosomal DNA sequence analyses

    Olivier De Clerck;Frederik Leliaert;Heroen Verbruggen;Christopher E. Lane

  • Extensive cryptic species diversity and fine-scale endemism in the marine red alga Portieria in the Philippines

    Dioli Ann Payo;Dioli Ann Payo;Frederik Leliaert;Heroen Verbruggen;Heroen Verbruggen;Sofie D'hondt

  • Macroecology meets macroevolution: evolutionary niche dynamics in the seaweed Halimeda

    Heroen Verbruggen;Lennert Tyberghein;Klaas Pauly;Caroline Vlaeminck

  • <scp>Bio‐ORACLE</scp> v3.0. Pushing marine data layers to the <scp>CMIP6</scp> Earth System Models of climate change research

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  • DNA taxonomy in morphologically plastic taxa: algorithmic species delimitation in the Boodlea complex (Chlorophyta: Cladophorales).

    Frederik Leliaert;Heroen Verbruggen;Brian Wysor;Olivier De Clerck

  • Improving transferability of introduced species' distribution models: new tools to forecast the spread of a highly invasive seaweed.

    Heroen Verbruggen;Lennert Tyberghein;Lennert Tyberghein;Gareth S. Belton;Frederic Mineur

  • Multi-marker metabarcoding of coral skeletons reveals a rich microbiome and diverse evolutionary origins of endolithic algae.

    Vanessa Rossetto Marcelino;Heroen Verbruggen

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederik Leliaert
Frederik Leliaert Ghent University
Olivier De Clerck
Olivier De Clerck Ghent University
Christine A. Maggs
Christine A. Maggs Bournemouth University
Claude Payri
Claude Payri Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Gary W. Saunders
Gary W. Saunders University of New Brunswick
Kathryn E. Holt
Kathryn E. Holt London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra
Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Klaas Vandepoele
Klaas Vandepoele Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
Charles F. Delwiche
Charles F. Delwiche University of Maryland, College Park
Diane S. Littler
Diane S. Littler National Museum of Natural History

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