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Lílian Caesar

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2013Rising activity
Insect and Pesticide ResearchInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorPlant and animal studiesMosquito-borne diseases and controlInsect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Publications

47

Citations

659

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

14

Publishing since 2013

Research summary
AI-generated

Lílian Caesar studies the microbial communities (bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms) that live inside bees, especially stingless bees and honey bees. Much of this work uses genetic sequencing to understand how these microbiomes are organized within a hive and how they relate to colony health and disease. A related strand connects environmental changes, such as Amazon deforestation, to the spread of infectious diseases.

Bee gut and hive microbiomesStingless bee colony health and diseaseBacteriophages and viruses in insectsEnvironmental change and disease spilloverInsect symbiosis and metagenomics

Publication activity has grown markedly, rising from one or a few papers per year around 2019-2024 to a large increase in 2025-2026.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 476 mid career Agricultural and Biological Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 659cohort median 541
h-index: 9cohort median 11
Publications / year (recent): 6.6cohort median 2.6

Typically publishes in teams of ~7 · 17% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 11 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.6/year recently
17182019: 1 publication192020: 4 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 8 publications252026: 18 publications1826
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 1 collaborator at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Figshare×19
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×5
  • Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências×2
  • mSystems×2
  • Journal of Apicultural Research×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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