​Publications       * indicates close mentorship by Saarman NP; USU affiliates in bold
In Prep/Revision
 
34. Calhoun EG*, Faiman R, White G, Faraji A, Gloria-Soria A, and Saarman NP. Genomic architecture of introgression and diapause-linked reproductive isolation across the Culex pipiens–quinquefasciatus hybrid zone in North America. In preparation, Molecular Biology and Evolution.

33. Calhoun EG*, Seeley T*, Jenkins E*, Moreno A*, White G, Faraji A, Oakeson K, and Saarman NP. Linking mosquito host choice to West Nile virus activity: Evidence for house finch amplification in Salt Lake City, Utah. In preparation, Parasites & Vectors.

32. Graybeal K*, Seeley T*, Jenkins E*, Faiman R, White G, Faraji A, Gloria-Soria A, and Saarman NP. Habitat partitioning and species identification of Culex mosquitoes using computer-vision AI and molecular tools. In preparation, Journal of Medical Entomology.

31. Saarman NP, Calhoun EG*, Allen T*, Seeley T*, Moessing S*, Jenkins E*, Pugh B*, Moreno A*, White G, Faraji A, Oakeson K, and Bernhardt E. Adaptive introgression drives bacterial larvicide resistance in Culex pipiens complex mosquitoes from Salt Lake City, Utah. In preparation, Evolution.
 
30. Saarman NP, Bourtzi K, Amatulli G, Opiro R, Solano P, Gimonneau G, De Beer C, Barreaux A, Ravel S, Aksoy S, Abdalla AMM. Review: Tsetse Population Genetics and Spatial Modeling: Bridging the Gap for Effective Area-Wide Vector Control. In prepartion, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
 
29. Saarman NP, Griffiths R*, Bishop A*, Meredith E*, Calhoun EG*, Pless E*, Hyseni C, Amatulli G, Caccone A. A machine learning approach to integrating genetic and ecological data in tsetse flies (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) for spatially explicit vector control planning. In preparation, Evolutionary Applications.
 
28. Calhoun EG*, Bateta R*, Meredith E*, Moses C*, Johnson T*, Okeyo W*, Hyseni C, Dion K, Mireji P, Murilla G, Aksoy S, Caccone A, Saarman NP. Integrating genetic and ecological data sources from tsetse populations in Uganda. Previously reviewed in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, in revision for publication in Insects – Spatial Population Genetics Special Issue.

2020-2025 (USU)
27. Saarman NP, Graybeal K*, Tyler S*, Calhoun EG*, Faiman R, Markle H, Pellegrini R, Arent S, Gloria-Soria A (2025). Range shifts in Culex quinquefasciatus and hybrids in the Culex pipiens species complex across mid-latitudes of North America. One Health, 21: 101205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101205  

26. Schiebelhut LM, Guillaume AS, Kuhn A, Schweizer RM, Armstrong EE, Beaumont MA, Byrne M, Cosart T, Hand BK, Howard L, Mussmann SM, Narum SR, Rasteiro R, Rivera-Colon AG, Saarman NP, Sethuraman A, Taylor HR, Thomas GW, Wellenreuther M, Luikart G (2024). Genomics and conservation: Guidance from training to analyses and applications. Molecular Ecology Resources, 24(2): e13893.​ http://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13893 
 
25. Saarman NP, Son JH*, Zhao H, Cosme LV, Kong Y, Li M*, Wang S*, Weiss BL, Echodu R, Opiro R*, Serap Aksoy S, and Caccone A (2023). Genomic evidence of sex chromosome aneuploidy and infection-associated genotypes in the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes, the major vector of African trypanosomiasis in Uganda. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 114: 105501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2023.105501
 
24. Vavassori L*, Honnen A-C*, Saarman NP, Caccone A, Müller P (2022). Multiple introductions and overwintering shape the progressive invasion of Aedes albopictus beyond the Alps. Ecology and Evolution 12(7), e9138. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9138
 
23. Stiller J, Short G, Hamilton H, Saarman NP, Longo S, Wainwright P, Rouse GW, Simison WB (2022). Phylogenomic analysis of Syngnathidae reveals novel relationships, origins of endemic diversity and variable diversification rates. BMC Biol 20, 75. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01271-w
 
22. Son JH, Weiss BL, Schneider DI, Kisweda-sida D, Gstottenmayer F, Opiro R, Echodu R, Saarman NP, Attardo G, Onyango M, Abdalla A, Aksoy S (2021). Infection with endosymbiotic Spiroplasma disrupts tsetse (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) metabolic and reproductive homeostasis. PLoS Pathogens, 17(9): e1009539. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009539
 
21. Bishop A*, Hyseni C, Pless E*, Amatulli G, Caccone A, and Saarman NP (2021). A machine learning approach to integrating genetic and ecological data in tsetse flies (Glossina pallidipes) for spatially explicit vector control planning. Evolutionary Applications, 14(7): 1762-1777. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13237
 
20. Schweizer RM, Saarman NP, Ramstad KM, Forester BR, Kelley JL, Hand BK, Malison RL, Ackiss AS, Watsa M, Beja-Pereira A, Waples RS, Funk WC, and Luikart G (2021). Conservation genomics: Honing your skills, hedging bets, and learned lessons from ConGen 2019. Journal of Heredity, 112(4): 313-327. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esab019
 
19. Pless E*, Saarman NP, Powell JR, Caccone A, and Amatulli G (2021). A machine-learning approach to map landscape connectivity in Aedes aegypti with genetic and environmental data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(9): e2003201118.
      https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2003201118
 
18. Crandall SG, Saarman NP, Gilbert GS (2020). Fungal spore diversity, community structure, and traits across a vegetation mosaic. Fungal Ecology, 45: 100920. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100920
 
17. Saarman NP, Bateta R*, Okeyo WA*, Dion K, Mireji PO, Okoth S, Malele I, Murilla M, Aksoy S, Caccone A (2020). Phylogeography and population structure of the tsetse fly Glossina pallidipes in Kenya and the Serengeti ecosystem. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 14(2): e0007855. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007855
 
Prior to 2020
16. Saarman NP, Schneider DI*, Onyango MG*, Hyseni C, Opiro R*, Echodu R, et al. (2019). Spatio-temporal distribution of Spiroplasma infections in the tsetse fly (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) in northern Uganda. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 13(8): e0007340. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007340
 
15. Grove S, Saarman NP, Gilbert GS, Faircloth B, Haubensak KA, Parker I (2019). Ectomycorrhizas and tree seedling establishment are strongly influenced by forest edge proximity but not soil inoculum. Ecological Applications, e01867. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1867
 
14. Harencar JG*, Lutgen GA, Taylor ZM, Saarman NP, Yost, JM (2018). How population decline can impact genetic diversity: a case study of eelgrass (Zostera marina) in Morro Bay, California. Estuaries and Coasts, s12237-018-0421-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-018-0421-8
 
13. Saarman NP, Opiro R, Echodu R, Opiyo EA, Dion K, Aksoy S, and Caccone A (2019). The population genomics of multiple tsetse fly (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) admixture zones in Uganda. Molecular Ecology, 28: 66-85. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14957
 
12. Saarman NP, Okeyo W*, Bateta R*, Dion K, Mireji P, Okoth S, Ouma JO, Ouma C, Ochieng J, Murilla G, Aksoy S, Caccone A (2018). Genetic differentiation of Glossina pallidipes tsetse flies in southern Kenya. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 99(4): 945-953. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0154
 
11. Saarman NP, Burak M*, Opiro R*, Echodu R, Opiyo EA, Dion K, Haylard A*, Aksoy S, and Caccone A (2018). A spatial genetics approach to inform vector control of tsetse flies (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) in Northern Uganda. Ecology and Evolution, ece3.4050. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4050
 
10. Saarman NP, Okeyo W*, Mengual M*, Dion K, Bateta R, Mireji P, Okoth S, Ouma JO, Ouma C, Ochieng J, Murilla G, Aksoy S, Caccone A (2017). Temporal genetic differentiation in Glossina pallidipes tsetse fly populations in Kenya. Parasites and Vectors, 10:47.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2415-y
 
9. Saarman NP, Kober KM, Simison WB, Pogson GH (2017). Sequence-based analysis of thermal adaptation and protein energy landscapes in an invasive blue mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis). Genome Biology and Evolution, 9(10): 2739-2751. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evx190
   
8. Saarman NP, Kamidi C*, Dion K, Mireji P, Collins O, Murilla G, Aksoy S, Schnaufer A, Caccone A. Multiple evolutionary origins of Trypanosoma evansi in Kenya (2017). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(9): e00058950. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005895        
 
7. Saarman NP, Opiro R*, Echodu R, Opiyo E, Dion K, Haylard, Aksoy S, and Caccone A (2017). Genetic diversity and population structure of the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes (Diptera: Glossinidae) in Northern Uganda: Implications for vector control. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(4): e0005485. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005485
 
6. Saarman NP, Hamilton H, Short G, Sellas AB, Moore B*, Hoang T, Grace CL, Crow K, Gommon M, and Simison WB (2016). Molecular Phylogeny and Patterns of Diversification in Syngnathid Fishes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107: 388-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.10.003
 
5. Saarman NP, Gloria-Soria A, Evans BR, Pless E*, Anderson EC, and Powell JR. Effective population sizes of a major vector of human diseases, Aedes aegypti (2017). Evolutionary Applications, 10 (10): 1031-1039. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12508
 
4. Opiro R*, Saarman NP, Echodu R, Opiyo EA, Dion K, Haylard A*, Aksoy S, and Caccone A (2016). Evidence of temporal stability in allelic and mitochondrial haplotype diversity in populations of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (Diptera: Glossinidae) in northern Uganda. Parasites and Vectors, 9: 258-263. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1522-5
     
3. Saarman NP, Pogson GH (2015). Introgression between invasive and native blue mussels (genus Mytilus) in the central California hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology, 24: 4723–4738. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13340
 
2. Saarman NP, Louie KD, Hamilton H (2010). Genetic differentiation across eastern Pacific oceanographic barriers in the threatened seahorse, Hippocampus ingens. Conservation Genetics, 11: 1989-2000. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-010-0092-x
 
1. Huffard CL, Saarman NP, Hamilton H, Simison WB (2010). The evolution of conspicuous facultative mimicry in octopuses: an example of secondary adaptation? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 101: 68–77. https://doi.org/10.1234/12345678
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