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Sahotra Sarkar

Sahotra Sarkar

University of Texas at Austin · Philosophy

Active 1970–2025

h-index51
Citations9.4k
Papers31349 last 5y
Funding$478k

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Sahotra Sarkar is a Professor in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. His academic focus includes the philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, environmental ethics, and Kantian philosophy. Sarkar's work involves exploring foundational issues in biological sciences and scientific methodology, as well as addressing ethical considerations related to environmental issues. His research contributes to understanding the philosophical underpinnings of scientific practices and the ethical implications of environmental decision-making.

Research topics

  • Sociology
  • Geography
  • Computer Science
  • Medicine
  • Political Science
  • Social Science
  • Ecology
  • Economics
  • Environmental planning
  • Demography

Selected publications

  • Persistence of US measles risk due to vaccine hesitancy and outbreaks abroad

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2020 · 58 citations

    Senior authorCorresponding
    DOI

  • Transdisciplinary science for improved conservation outcomes

    Environmental Conservation · 2020 · 43 citations

    Summary Major advances in biology and ecology have sharpened our understanding of what the goals of biodiversity conservation might be, but less progress has been made on how to achieve conservation in the complex, multi-sectoral world of human affairs. The failure to deliver conservation outcomes is especially severe in the rapidly changing landscapes of tropical low-income countries. We describe five techniques we have used to complement and strengthen long-term attempts to achieve conservatio…

    DOI

  • Modeling strongyloidiasis risk in the United States

    International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2020 · 28 citations

    Senior authorCorresponding

    OBJECTIVES: To provide a spatial risk assessment for the neglected disease strongyloidiasis in the United States by prioritizing areas with high probability of Strongyloides stercoralis presence and to offer recommendations for targeted screening and surveillance. METHODS: The risk assessment was based on a species distribution model with parasite occurrence data and ecologically important environmental variables as input and local habitat suitability for the species as output. The model used a…

    DOI

  • Phylogenetic diversity of two common Trypanosoma cruzi lineages in the Southwestern United States

    Infection Genetics and Evolution · 2022-02-17 · 19 citations

    articleOpen access

    Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease, a devastating parasitic disease endemic to Central and South America, Mexico, and the USA. We characterized the genetic diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi circulating in five triatomine species (Triatoma gerstaeckeri, T. lecticularia, T.indictiva, T. sanguisuga and T. recurva) collected in Texas and Southern Arizona using multilocus sequence typing (MLST) with four single-copy loci (cytochrome oxidase subunit II- NADH dehydrogensase subunit…

    PublisherDOI

  • Agency in the Evolutionary Transition to Multicellularity

    The Quarterly Review of Biology · 2025-05-27 · 8 citations

    reviewOpen accessSenior author

    This review explores agency, behavior intrinsic to an organism and initiated by it, as it relates to the development of multicellular organisms and its evolution. We ask how agential behaviors contribute to and change concomitantly with evolutionary transitions from unicellularity to multicellularity, including evolution of animals from their closest unicellular antecedents. We consider the relation of organizational properties to the agency of multicellular organisms and conclude, surprisingly,…

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  • Víctor Sánchez‐Cordero

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    23 shared

  • Trevon Fuller

    18 shared

  • Lauren Gardner

    Johns Hopkins University

    17 shared

  • John Stachel

    Boston University

    15 shared

  • Alexander S. Moffett

    Northeastern University

    12 shared

  • Chris Margules

    James Cook University

    12 shared

  • Justin Garson

    Hunter College

    11 shared

  • Robert S. Cohen

    University of Memphis

    9 shared

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