Previous group members

Previous group members:

PhD-students

• Niclas Högberg, graduated 2021 (Sensing the worms. Automated behaviour monitoring for detection of parasitism in grazing livestock)
• Justine Maganira, graduated 2021 (Transmission biology of porcine cysticercosis in eastern-central Tanzania)
• Emelie Pettersson, graduated 2021 (Gastrointestinal parasites in pigs. Prevalence, risk factors and control) in collaboration with KV.
• Frida Martin, graduated in 2021 (From field to genetics. Anthelmintic resistance in the equine roundworm Parascaris univalens)
• Fawzeia Elmhalli, graduated in 2019 (Plants as sources of natural and effective acaracides)
• Behdad Tarbiat, graduated 2018 (Ascaridia galli in laying hens: Adaptation of targeted treatment straegy with attention to anthelmintic resistance)
• Andrea Miller, graduated 2016 (The role of rodents in the transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis and other tapeworms in a low endemic area)
• Camilla Wallander, graduated 2016 (Toxoplasma gondii in wild boars and domestic pigs in Sweden)
• Immaculate Nabukenya, graduated 2015 (Anthelmintic Resistance and Evaluation of Tephrosia vogelii, Vernonia amygdalina and Senna occidentalis for Treatment of Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Goats in Uganda)
• Marlene Areskog, graduated 2014 (Evaluation of macrocyclic lactone resistance in gastrointestinal nematodes of first season grazing cattle)
• Sara Brännström, graduated 2010 (Transmission routes and vector potential of the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae)
• Seng Sokerya, graduated 2009 (The effects of cassava foliage, Manihot esculenta, on gastrointestinal parasites of small ruminants in Cambodia)
• Eva U Molin SLU, graduated in 2009 (In vitro characterization of gluthathione transfereases from Sarcoptes scabiei)
• Karin Troell, graduated in 2006 (Characterization of the nematode parasite Haemonchus contortus in Sweden)
• Anna Larsson, graduated in 2006 (Control of gastrointestinal parasites in first- and second season)
• Eva Osterman Lind, graduated in 2005 (Prevalence and control of strongyle nematode infections in horses in Sweden)
• Chandrawathani Panchadcharam, graduated in 2004 (
• John B. Githiori, graduated in 2004 (Evaluation of anthelmintic properties of ethnoveterinary plant prepartions used as livestock dewormers by pastoralists and small holder farmers in Kenya)
• Sten-Olof Dimander, graduated in 2003 (Epidemiology and control of gastrointestinal nematodes in first season grazing cattle in Sweden)
• Billy Divina, graduated in 2000 (Bovine lungworm infections in Sweden: do wild cervids serve as reservoirs?)
• Helena Nordenfors, graduated in 2000 (Epidemiology and control of the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae)

Post-docs

• Natalia Osten-Sacken, 2019-2020 (Interactions of gastrointestinal in wildlife and domestic livestock)
• Peter Halvarsson, 2017-2020 (Interactions between nematode parasite communities in grazing livestock)
• Anna Maria Pyziel, 2014-2015 (Phylogeny of lungworms of wild ruminants)
• Adam Novobilsky', 2010-2014 (Diagnosis and epidemiology of fasciolosis in ruminants)
• Eva Tydén, 2010-2012 (Anthelmintic resistance in the equine roundworm)
• Kasia Goździk, 2008-2010 (Serodiagnosis of bovine lungworm infection)

Technical staff

• Safaa Elmahalawy, Lab technician, 2017-2020
• Moa Skarin, Lab researcher, 2014-2017
• Sofia Sollenberg, Lab technician 2010-2014
• Annie Engström, Lab researcher, 2008-2015