Martin Nielsen, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVM

Professional Profile

Equine veterinarian with three years of experience from clinical practice in Denmark. Trained in equine parasitology in a clinical department at the veterinary school in Copenhagen, with a significant stint at Dr. Ray Kaplan’s parasitology laboratory at the University of Georgia, Athens. Faculty member at the University of Copenhagen for four years prior to joining the Gluck Equine Research Center in 2011. Co-editor in Chief for Veterinary Parasitology. 

Diagnosis and control of gastrointestinal helminths of horses and anthelmintic resistance. Studies aim at 1) understanding and developing new diagnostic measures of important parasites and their level of resistance to anthelmintic drugs, 2) developing and evaluating sustainable anthelmintic treatment regimens using objective measures, and 3) applying molecular approaches for understanding mechanisms for development of anthelmintic resistance.

Learn more about my research and support the Unique Parasitology Herds here!

Learn more about my recent research via my profiles on ResearchGate and Google Scholar. 

Nielsen Lab Personnel

Graduate Students:

Jennifer Bellaw

Jennifer Cain

Nichol Ripley

Constance Finnerty

Research Analyst:

Holli Gravatte

Adjunct professor:

Paul Slusarewicz