(*Undergraduate/graduate mentee | **Co-first author| §Corresponding author
(1) Muñoz-Gómez, S.A., Sørensen, M.E.S., Shazib, S.U.A., Shin, M.K., Bauer, T., Kreutz, M., Hess, S. (2026). Evolutionary assembly of a unique purple-green photosymbiosis revealed by expanded ciliate diversity. The ISME Journal. Journal Link
(2) Wang, Y., …, Shazib, S.U.A. et al. (2026). Comprehensive phylogenomic analyses of ciliated protists with a revised classification of the phylum Ciliophora (Eukaryota, Alveolata). Science China Life Sciences. Journal Link
(3) Shazib, S.U.A§., Cote-L’Heureux, A., Ahsan, R., Muñoz-Gómez, S.A., Lee, J., Katz, L.A., & Shin, M.K. (2025). Phylogeny and species delimitation of ciliates in the genus Spirostomum (Class, Heterotrichea) using single-cell transcriptomes. BMC Ecology and Evolution. Journal Link
(4) Shazib, S.U.A., Ahsan, R., Leleu, M., McManus, G.B., Katz, L.A., & Santoferrara, L.F. (2025). Phylogenomic workflow for uncultivable microbial eukaryotes using single-cell RNA sequencing − A case study with planktonic ciliates (Ciliophora, Oligotrichea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Journal Link
(5) Dunn, M.J., Shazib, S.U.A., Simonton, E., Slot, J., & Anderson, M.Z. (2022). Architectural groups of a subtelomeric gene family evolve along distinct paths in Candida albicans. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. Journal Link
(6) Jang, S.W., Nam, S.W., Shazib, S.U.A., & Shin, M.K. (2022). New Records of Two Arcuospathidium Subspecies (Ciliophora: Haptoria: Arcuospathidiidae) from Korea. Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity. Journal Link
(7) Timmons, C*., Shazib, S.U.A., & Katz, L.A. (2022). Epigenetic influences of mobile genetic elements on ciliate genome architecture and evolution. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. Journal Link
(8) Kumar, S., Bharti, D., Shazib, S.U.A., & Shin, M.K. (2021). Characterization of a novel hypotrich ciliate from heavy metals contaminated industrial outlet in Onsan, Ulsan, South Korea. Frontiers in Microbiology. Journal Link
(9) Kabir, A.S*., Kumar, S., Bharti, D., Shazib, S.U.A., & Shin, M.K. (2020). Redescription of Rigidohymena inquieta (Stokes, 1887) Berger, 2011 as Metahymena inquieta gen. nov., comb. nov. (Ciliophora, Hypotricha) Based on Morphology, Morphogenesis, and Molecular Phylogeny. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. Journal Link
(10) Taher, M.A*., Kabir, A.S*., Shazib, S.U.A., Kim, M.S*., & Shin, M.K. (2020). Morphological Redescriptions and Molecular Phylogeny of Three Stentor Species (Ciliophora: Heterotrichea: Stentoridae) from Korea. Zootaxa. Journal Link
(11) Shazib, S.U.A., Vďačný, P., Slovák, M., Gentekaki, E., Jang, S.W., & Shin, M.K. (2019). Deciphering phylogenetic relationships and delimiting species boundaries using a Bayesian coalescent approach in protists: A case study of the ciliate genus Spirostomum (Ciliophora, Heterotrichea). Scientific Reports. Journal Link
(12) Akter, S., Shazib, S.U.A., & Shin, M.K. (2019). Segnochrobactrum spirostomi gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the ciliate Spirostomum yagiui and description of a novel family, Segnochrobactraceae fam. nov. within the order Rhizobiales of the class Alphaproteobacteria. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Journal Link
(13) **Chen, X., **Shazib, S.U.A., Kim, J.H., Kim, M.S*., & Shin, M.K. (2018). New contributions to Gruberia lanceolata (Gruber, 1884) Kahl, 1932 based on analyses of multiple populations and genes (Ciliophora, Heterotrichea, Gruberiidae). European Journal of Protistology (**equally contributed). Journal Link
(14) Vďačný, P., Rajter, Ľ., Shazib, S.U.A., Jang, S.W., & Shin, M.K. (2017). Diversification dynamics of rhynchostomatian ciliates: the impact of seven intrinsic traits on speciation and extinction in a microbial group. Scientific Reports. Journal Link
(15) Chen, X., Kim, J. H., Shazib, S.U.A., Kwon, C.B., & Shin, M.K. (2017). Morphology and molecular phylogeny of three heterotrichid species (Ciliophora, Heterotrichea), including a new species of Anigsteinia. European Journal of Protistology. Journal Link
(16) Kumar, S., Bharti, D., Shazib, S.U.A., & Shin, M.K. (2017). Discovery of a new hypotrich ciliate from petroleum contaminated soil. PloS One. Journal Link
(17) Jang, S.W., Vďačný, P., Shazib, S.U.A., & Shin, M.K. (2017). Linking morphology and molecules: integrative taxonomy of spathidiids (Protista: Ciliophora: Litostomatea) from Korea. Journal of Natural History. Journal Link
(18) Shazib, S.U.A., Vďačný, P., Kim, J.H., Jang, S.W., Shin, M.K. (2016). Molecular phylogeny and species delimitation within the ciliate genus Spirostomum (Ciliophora, Postciliodesmatophora, Heterotrichea), using the internal transcribed spacer region. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Journal Link
(19) Chen, X., Shazib, S.U.A., Kim, J.H., Jang, S.W., & Shin, M.K. (2016). Morphological Description and Molecular Phylogeny of Two Species of Levicoleps (Ciliophora, Prostomatida), L. taehwae nov. spec. and L. biwae jejuensis nov. subspec., collected in Korea. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. Journal Link
(20) Jang, S. W., Vďačný, P., Shazib, S.U.A., & Shin, M.K. (2015). Morphology, ciliary pattern and molecular phylogeny of Trachelophyllum brachypharynx Levander, 1894 (Litostomatea, Haptoria, Spathidiida). Acta Protozoologica. Journal Link
(21) Ji, D., Kim, J.H., Shazib, S.U.A., Sun, P., Li, L., & Shin, M.K. (2015). Two New Species of Zoothamnium (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) from Korea, with New Observations of Z. parahentscheli Sun et al., 2009. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. Journal Link
(22) Vďačný, P., Rajter, L. U., Shazib, S.U.A., Jang, S.W., Kim, J.H., & Shin, M.K. (2015). Reconstruction of evolutionary history of pleurostomatid ciliates (Ciliophora, Litostomatea, Haptoria): interplay of morphology and molecules. Acta Protozoologica. Journal Link
(23) Jang, S.W., Vďačný, P., Shazib, S.U.A., & Shin, M.K. (2014). Morphological and molecular characterization of the name-bearing type species Rimaleptus binucleatus (Kahl, 1931), with a phylogenetic re-analysis of dileptid evolutionary history (Ciliophora: Litostomatea: Rhynchostomatia). European Journal of Protistology. Journal Link
(24) Shazib, S.U.A., Vd’ačný, P., Kim, J.H., Jang, S.W., & Shin, M.K. (2014). Phylogenetic relationships of the ciliate class Heterotrichea (Protista, Ciliophora, Postciliodesmatophora) inferred from multiple molecular markers and multifaceted analysis strategy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Journal Link
(25) Kim, J.H., Vďačný, P., Shazib, S.U.A., & Shin, M.K. (2014). Morphology and Molecular Phylogeny of Apoterritricha lutea n. g., n. sp. (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea, Hypotrichia): A Putative Missing Link Connecting Cyrtohymena and Afrokeronopsis. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. Journal Link
(26) Kwon, C.B., Vďačný, P., Shazib, S.U.A., & Shin, M.K. (2014). Morphology and molecular phylogeny of a new haptorian ciliate, Chaenea mirabilis sp. n., with implications for the evolution of the dorsal brush in haptorians (Ciliophora, Litostomatea). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. Journal Link