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Email

heroen@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Fellow)
School of BioSciences
Education
PhD
Ghent University
Masters (Coursework)
Katholiek Universiteit Leuven
Bachelors Degree
Katholiek Universiteit Leuven
ORCID

0000-0002-6305-4749

A/Prof Heroen Verbruggen

Honorary (Fellow)
School of BioSciences

222 Scholarly works
16 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Extensive nuclear datasets resolve the phylogeny of siphonous green algae and identify genome duplications as a contributing factor to evolutionary adaptations
    DOI: 10.1111/nph.70813
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Stepwise evolutionary transitions in Cladophorales plastid genomes reveal origins of hairpin chromosomes
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.038
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Enhancing species discovery and description in algal turfs: A case study in the green alga Pseudoderbesia (Bryopsidales)
    DOI: 10.1111/jpy.70122
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Integrative taxonomy of Dipterosiphonia (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) in southeastern Australia, with the description of the new species: D. erecta
    DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2026.2643928
  • 2024

    Research grants (international)

    Unveiling the Rich Hidden Diversity of Microfilamentous Marine Green Algae (Chlorophyta) in Norway
  • 2021

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Integrative Systematics of the Turf Algal Flora From Southern Australia
  • 2020

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Functional Dynamics of Skeletal Microbiota in Healthy and Bleached Corals
Heroen Verbruggen

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Morphological and molecular approach uncovers hidden cryptic diversity within Polysiphonia sertularioides species complex (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta)
    DOI: 10.1111/jpy.70096
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The Western Australian species of Callithamnion Lyngb. and Corynospora J.Agardh (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) described by W. H. Harvey
    DOI: 10.1071/SB25008
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Scaling Up Species Delimitation From DNA Barcodes to Whole Organelle Genomes: Strong Evidence for Discordance Among Genes and Methods for the Red Alga Dasyclonium
    DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.14132
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Extensive diversity of Symbiochlorum-related algae from environmental sequences and culture strains supports the description of the new family Symbiochloraceae (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta)
    DOI: 10.1111/jpy.70046
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Revisiting the species problem in Northeast Pacific ribbon kelp lineages (genus Alaria): Lessons learned using whole genome data
    DOI: 10.1111/jpy.70040
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The Great Barrier Reef, a center for Pelagophyceae (Heterokontophyta) diversity, including a new genus and seven new species
    DOI: 10.1111/jpy.70030

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2023

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Functional Interactions Between the Endolithic Alga Ostreobium and Its Coral Host
  • 2024

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Reassessing the Lineage Relationships in Bryopsidales Algae Through Phylotranscriptomics

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