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Mehrdad Hajibabaei

Mehrdad Hajibabaei

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
63
Citations
25583
World Ranking
1920
National Ranking
122

Overview

Mehrdad Hajibabaei is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in several related subfields.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of study involving their work cover:

  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Their research topics are diverse and include:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies

Mehrdad Hajibabaei has contributed papers published in various venues, including prominent journals and repositories such as bioRxiv, PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, and Molecular Ecology Resources. Some of the recent notable publications include:

  • Metabarcoding From Microbes to Mammals: Comprehensive Bioassessment on a Global Scale (2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • Key Questions for Next-Generation Biomonitoring (2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science)
  • Harnessing the power of eDNA metabarcoding for the detection of deep-sea fishes (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • DNA metabarcoding reveals metacommunity dynamics in a threatened boreal wetland wilderness (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • A pile of pipelines: An overview of the bioinformatics software for metabarcoding data analyses (2023, Molecular Ecology Resources)

Frequent publication venues where Hajibabaei's work appears include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Scientific Reports

The scientist's collaborations involve several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Teresita M. Porter
  • Michael Wright
  • Donald J. Baird
  • Nicole Fahner
  • Zacchaeus G. Compson

In addition to journal articles, Hajibabaei has contributed to book publications, such as the title A Next-Generation of Biomonitoring to Detect Global Ecosystem Change published by Frontiers Media in 2020.

Best Publications

  • A DNA barcode for land plants.

    Peter M. Hollingsworth;Laura L. Forrest;John L. Spouge

  • DNA barcodes distinguish species of tropical Lepidoptera

    Mehrdad Hajibabaei;Daniel H. Janzen;John M. Burns;Winnie Hallwachs

  • Environmental DNA: ENVIRONMENTAL DNA

    Pierre Taberlet;Eric Coissac;Mehrdad Hajibabaei;Loren H. Rieseberg

  • DNA barcoding: how it complements taxonomy, molecular phylogenetics and population genetics

    Mehrdad Hajibabaei;Gregory A.C. Singer;Paul D.N. Hebert;Donal A. Hickey

  • Next-generation sequencing technologies for environmental DNA research.

    Shadi Shokralla;Jennifer L. Spall;Joel F. Gibson;Mehrdad Hajibabaei

  • Multiple Multilocus DNA Barcodes from the Plastid Genome Discriminate Plant Species Equally Well

    Aron J. Fazekas;Kevin S. Burgess;Prasad R. Kesanakurti;Sean W. Graham

  • A universal DNA mini-barcode for biodiversity analysis

    Isabelle Meusnier;Gregory A C Singer;Jean-François Landry;Donal A Hickey

  • A minimalist barcode can identify a specimen whose DNA is degraded

    Mehrdad Hajibabaei;M. Alex Smith;Daniel H. Janzen;Josephine J. Rodriguez

  • Environmental barcoding: a next-generation sequencing approach for biomonitoring applications using river benthos.

    Mehrdad Hajibabaei;Shadi Shokralla;Xin Zhou;Gregory A. C. Singer

  • Biological identifications through DNA barcodes: the case of the Crustacea

    L. Filipe O. Costa;Jeremy R. deWaard;James Boutillier;Sujeevan Ratnasingham

  • Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice

    Aaron B. A. Shafer;Jochen B. W. Wolf;Paulo C. Alves;Linnea Bergstrom

  • Biomonitoring 2.0: a new paradigm in ecosystem assessment made possible by next‐generation DNA sequencing

    Donald J. Baird;Mehrdad Hajibabaei

  • Assembling DNA Barcodes

    Jeremy R. deWaard;Natalia V. Ivanova;Mehrdad Hajibabaei;Paul D. N. Hebert

  • Wedding biodiversity inventory of a large and complex Lepidoptera fauna with DNA barcoding

    Daniel H Janzen;Mehrdad Hajibabaei;John M Burns;Winnie Hallwachs

  • Integration of DNA Barcoding Into An Ongoing Inventory of Complex Tropical Biodiversity

    Daniel H. Janzen;Winnie Hallwachs;Patrick Blandin;John M. Burns

  • Are plant species inherently harder to discriminate than animal species using DNA barcoding markers

    Aron J. Fazekas;Prasad R. Kesanakurti;Kevin S. Burgess;Diana M. Percy

  • Annual time-series analysis of aqueous eDNA reveals ecologically relevant dynamics of lake ecosystem biodiversity

    Iliana Bista;Gary R. Carvalho;Kerry Walsh;Mathew Seymour

  • Simultaneous assessment of the macrobiome and microbiome in a bulk sample of tropical arthropods through DNA metasystematics

    Joel Gibson;Shadi Shokralla;Shadi Shokralla;Teresita M. Porter;Ian King

  • Validation of COI metabarcoding primers for terrestrial arthropods

    Vasco Elbrecht;Thomas W.A. Braukmann;Natalia V. Ivanova;Sean W.J. Prosser

  • DNA barcodes and cryptic species of skipper butterflies in the genus Perichares in Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica

    John M. Burns;Daniel H. Janzen;Mehrdad Hajibabaei;Winnie Hallwachs

  • Scaling up: A guide to high-throughput genomic approaches for biodiversity analysis.

    Teresita M. Porter;Teresita M. Porter;Mehrdad Hajibabaei

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel H. Janzen
Daniel H. Janzen University of Pennsylvania
Winnie Hallwachs
Winnie Hallwachs University of Pennsylvania
Paul D. N. Hebert
Paul D. N. Hebert University of Guelph
Donald J. Baird
Donald J. Baird University of New Brunswick
Brian C. Husband
Brian C. Husband University of Guelph
Sean W. Graham
Sean W. Graham University of British Columbia
Spencer C. H. Barrett
Spencer C. H. Barrett University of Toronto
M. Alex Smith
M. Alex Smith University of Guelph
Xin Zhou
Xin Zhou China Agricultural University
Jan Pawlowski
Jan Pawlowski Heidelberg University

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