Evgeny V. Zakharov

The paper introduces Hubbell regression to estimate biodiversity descriptors and finds actual evapotranspiration is the largest predictor of arthropod diversity, with human activity reducing insect richness in tropical and dry zones.

This study compares metabarcoding and individual barcoding of insect samples, finding they yield similar community structure but metabarcoding adds more species due to DNA residues.

The paper introduces CORAL, a transfer learning method that improves prediction and inference for rare species using DNA metabarcoding data from Madagascar.

This paper describes a low-cost diagnostic test for COVID-19 using sequence variation in the envelope protein gene, enabling analysis of 10,000 samples per run with RNA extraction, RT-PCR, and high-throughput sequencing.