Author

Himeshi Samarasinghe

Observed name: Samarasinghe, Himeshi

Institutions: Eurofins (United States), McMaster University

Observed institutions: Eurofins (United States), McMaster University

ORCID: 0000-0002-9337-9771

Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-9337-9771

OpenAlex ID: A5076697331

Hybridization Facilitates Adaptive Evolution in Two Major Fungal Pathogens

2020 · Himeshi Samarasinghe, Man You, et al. · Genes · 64

Hybrids and hybridization in the Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes

2018 · Himeshi Samarasinghe, Jianping Xu · Infection Genetics and Evolution · 50

Widespread amphotericin B-resistant strains of Aspergillus fumigatus in Hamilton, Canada

2018 · Eta E Ashu, Gregory A Korfanty, et al. · Infection and Drug Resistance · 49

Identification of QTLs Associated with Virulence Related Traits and Drug Resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans

2016 · Aaron A Vogan, Jordan Khankhet, et al. · G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · 30

Global patterns in culturable soil yeast diversity

2021 · Himeshi Samarasinghe, Yi Lu, et al. · iScience · 28

Diversity and relationships among strains of culturable yeasts in agricultural soils in Cameroon

2018 · Renad Aljohani, Himeshi Samarasinghe, et al. · Scientific Reports · 24

Genetic Factors and Genotype-Environment Interactions Contribute to Variation in Melanin Production in the Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

2018 · Himeshi Samarasinghe, David Aceituno-Caicedo, et al. · Scientific Reports · 22

Fantastic yeasts and where to find them: the discovery of a predominantly clonal Cryptococcus deneoformans population in Saudi Arabian soils

2019 · Himeshi Samarasinghe, Renad Aljohani, et al. · FEMS Microbiology Ecology · 14

Isolation of Culturable Yeasts and Molds from Soils to Investigate Fungal Population Structure

2022 · Himeshi Samarasinghe, Gregory Korfanty, et al. · Journal of Visualized Experiments · 10

Patterns of allele distribution in a hybrid population of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex

2019 · Himeshi Samarasinghe, Aaron Vogan, et al. · Mycoses · 8

Genomic evidence for a-α heterothallic and α-α unisexual mating and recombination in an environmental Cryptococcus deneoformans population

2025 · Megan Hitchcock, Veronica Thorn, et al. · PLoS Genetics · 4

A scoping review of the private sector involvement in wastewater and environmental surveillance

2025 · Kavya Boyina, Rochelle H. Holm, et al. · Discover Water · 2

Author Correction: Genetic Factors and Genotype-Environment Interactions Contribute to Variation in Melanin Production in the Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

2021 · Himeshi Samarasinghe, David Aceituno-Caicedo, et al. · Scientific Reports · 1

Global Distribution, Epidemiology and Genetics of Infectious Yeast Cryptococcus deneoformans and Other Soil Yeasts

2021 · Samarasinghe, Himeshi · MacSphere (McMaster University)

Works count: 15

Citation count: 306

H-index: 9

I10-index: 9