Cyril Hammoud

Cyril Hammoud is an ecologist passionate about parasite biodiversity in general. He studied biology and earth sciences at UCLouvain and the University of Amsterdam, developing strong interests in biogeography and community ecology along the way. Afterward, he pursued a PhD with Ghent University and the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren), investigating patterns of wildlife trematode diversity in Ugandan crater lakes using molecular approaches. Cyril currently works at the NIOZ as a postdoctoral researcher with the IMPACT Biodiversa+ project focused on European fish parasites. Within this project and together with his collaborators, he is investigating patterns in fish parasite biodiversity, as well as evaluating the potential for fish parasite conservation in Europe.