Kaylee Herzog, PhD
Education
- 2022, Ph.D., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas
- 2016, M.A., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas
- 2014, B.Sc., Biology, State University of New York College at Oneonta (SUNY Oneonta)
Professional Interests
- Evolutionary biology
- Parasite genomics & population genomics
- Taxonomy & systematics
- Human hookworms
- Shark & ray tapeworms
Selected Publications
- Herzog, K.S., J.N. Caira, P.K. Kar, and K. Jensen. 2023. Novelty and phylogenetic affinities of a new family of tapeworms (Cestoda: Rhinebothriidea) from endangered sawfish and guitarfish. International Journal of Parasitology 53(7), 347–362.
- Herzog, K.S. and K. Jensen. 2022. A synergistic, global approach to revising the trypanorhynch tapeworm family Rhinoptericolidae (Trypanobatoida). PeerJ Life & Environment 10:e12865, 83 pp. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12865.
- Herzog, K.S., R.S. Meininger, and F.B. Reyda. 2021. A new species of tapeworm in the genus Stillabothrium (Rhinebothriidea: Escherbothriidae) from a stingray from Borneo. Comparative Parasitology 88(1), 34–40. DOI: 10.1654/1525-2647-88.1.34.
- Herzog, K.S. and K. Jensen. 2018. Five new species of the tapeworm genus Anthocephalum (Rhinebothriidea: Anthocephaliidae) parasitizing a single species of Indo-Pacific stingray and a revised diagnosis of the genus. Journal of Parasitology 104(5), 505–522. DOI: 10.1645/18-53.
- Herzog, K.S. and K. Jensen. 2017. A new genus with two new species of lecanicephalidean tapeworms (Cestoda) from the spotted whipray Urogymnus granulatus (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Solomon Islands and Northern Australia. Folia Parasitologica 64(004): 12 pp. DOI: 10.14411/fp.2017.004.
Professional Affiliations
- American Society of Parasitologists
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Department of Epidemiology
College of Public Health
University of Nebraska Medical Center
984395 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-4395