Dr. Sarah Benhaiem
Participating researcher in project C4: Intrinsic and extrinsic determinants of helminth parasite infection in juvenile spotted hyena: PhD students Susana Soares (C4-3)

Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Ecological Dynamics
Research interest:
- Evcological Dynamics
- Pathogen-Host Interactions
Veloso Soares SP, Jarquín-Díaz VH, Veiga MM, Karl S, Czirják GÁ, Weyrich A, Metzger S, East ML, Hofer H, Heitlinger E, Benhaiem S, Ferreira SCM. (2025).
Mucosal immune responses and intestinal microbiome associations in wild spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta).
Commun Biol 8:924. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-08243-0.
Gicquel M, East ML, Hofer H, Benhaiem S. (2022).
NAD(P)H fluorescence lifetime imaging of live intestinal nematodes reveals metabolic crosstalk between parasite and host.
Sci Rep 12:7264. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-10705-y.