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Wim Vyverman

Wim Vyverman

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Ecology and Evolution
Belgium
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
81
Citations
22577
World Ranking
803
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Wim Vyverman is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and conducts research primarily within environmental and earth sciences. Their work spans the intersection of Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Materials Science, with specializations in Ecology, Biomaterials, Oceanography, Molecular Biology, and Atmospheric Science.

The core topics of Vyverman's research include Diatoms and Algae Research, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Polar Research and Ecology.

Vyverman's publication record features multiple papers in high-profile venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • "The Seminavis robusta genome provides insights into the evolutionary adaptations of benthic diatoms", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Southward migration of the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds corresponds with warming climate over centennial timescales", 2020, Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Global radiation in a rare biosphere soil diatom", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Diatoms define a novel freshwater biogeography of the Antarctic", 2021, Ecography
  • "Marked changes in diatom and dinoflagellate biomass, composition and seasonality in the Belgian Part of the North Sea between the 1970s and 2000s", 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent publication venues for Vyverman include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Marine Science, Nature Communications, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Ecography.

Colleagues and collaborators frequently include Koen Sabbe, Gust Bilcke, Klaas Vandepoele, Elie Verleyen, and Lieven De Veylder, reflecting a network of co-researchers with overlapping interests and joint publications.

Best Publications

  • The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes

    Chris Bowler;Andrew E. Allen;Andrew E. Allen;Jonathan H. Badger;Jane Grimwood

  • Body size and dispersal mode as key traits determining metacommunity structure of aquatic organisms

    T. De Bie;L. De Meester;Luc Brendonck;K. Martens;K. Martens

  • The power of species sorting: Local factors drive bacterial community composition over a wide range of spatial scales

    Katleen Van der Gucht;Karl Cottenie;Koenraad Muylaert;Nele Vloemans

  • Experimental Studies on Sexual Reproduction in Diatoms

    Victor A Chepurnov;David G Mann;Koen Sabbe;Wim Vyverman

  • Historical processes constrain patterns in global diatom diversity.

    Wim Vyverman;Elie Verleyen;Koen Sabbe;Koenraad Vanhoutte

  • A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Michael J Bentley;Colm Ó Cofaigh;John B Anderson;Howard Conway

  • Urbanization drives cross-taxon declines in abundance and diversity at multiple spatial scales.

    Elena Piano;Elena Piano;Caroline Souffreau;Thomas Merckx;Thomas Merckx;Lisa F. Baardsen

  • Ecological characteristics of small farmland ponds: Associations with land use practices at multiple spatial scales

    Steven Declerck;Thomas De Bie;Dirk Ercken;Henrietta Hampel

  • The diversity and distribution of diatoms: from cosmopolitanism to narrow endemism

    Pieter Vanormelingen;Elie Verleyen;Wim Vyverman

  • MULTI‐GROUP BIODIVERSITY IN SHALLOW LAKES ALONG GRADIENTS OF PHOSPHORUS AND WATER PLANT COVER

    S.A.J. Declerck;J. Vandekerkhove;L. Johansson;K. Muylaert

  • Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Phytoplankton Communities in a Freshwater Tidal Estuary (Schelde, Belgium)

    Koenraad Muylaert;Koen Sabbe;Wim Vyverman

  • Limits to gene flow in a cosmopolitan marine planktonic diatom

    Griet Casteleyn;Frederik Leliaert;Thierry Backeljau;Ann-Eline Debeer

  • Benthic diatom flora of freshwater and saline lakes in the Larsemann Hills and Rauer Islands, East Antarctica

    Koen Sabbe;Elie Verleyen;Da Hodgson;Koenraad Vanhoutte

  • Relationship between bacterial community composition and bottom-up versus top-down variables in four eutrophic shallow lakes.

    Koenraad Muylaert;Katleen Van der Gucht;Nele Vloemans;Luc De Meester

  • Characterization of bacterial communities in four freshwater lakes differing in nutrient load and food web structure

    Katleen Van der Gucht;Tom Vandekerckhove;Nele Vloemans;Sylvie Cousin

  • The importance of dispersal related and local factors in shaping the taxonomic structure of diatom metacommunities

    Elie Verleyen;Wim Vyverman;Mieke Sterken;Dominic A. Hodgson

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

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

  • Evidence for widespread endemism among Antarctic micro-organisms

    Wim Vyverman;Elie Verleyen;Annick Wilmotte;Dominic A. Hodgson

  • Hidden levels of phylodiversity in Antarctic green algae: further evidence for the existence of glacial refugia

    Aaike De Wever;Frederik Leliaert;Elie Verleyen;Pieter Vanormelingen

  • Changes in phytoplankton diversity and community composition along the salinity gradient of the Schelde estuary (Belgium/The Netherlands).

    Koenraad Muylaert;Koen Sabbe;Wim Vyverman

  • Pseudo-nitzschia pungens (Bacillariophyceae): A cosmopolitan diatom species?

    Griet Casteleyn;Victor A. Chepurnov;Frederik Leliaert;David G. Mann

Frequent Co-Authors

Koen Sabbe
Koen Sabbe Ghent University
Dominic A. Hodgson
Dominic A. Hodgson British Antarctic Survey
Georg Pohnert
Georg Pohnert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Luc De Meester
Luc De Meester Freie Universität Berlin
Anne Willems
Anne Willems Ghent University
Lieven De Veylder
Lieven De Veylder Ghent University
Bart Van de Vijver
Bart Van de Vijver University of Antwerp
Klaas Vandepoele
Klaas Vandepoele Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie

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