Molecular Ecology and Genomics

Research group of Michael T. Monaghan
Schulzensee lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, at sunset

Schulzensee in the Feldberg Lake District (Feldberger Seenlandschaft) in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (photo: MT Monaghan)

We study the evolution and ecology of freshwater biodiversity in its many forms, applying molecular genetic /genomic tools and bioinformatics to a wide range of questions and problems. Focal organisms include insects, plankton, fungi, and microbes. Our research in biodiversity includes the study of evolution and lineage diversification over long periods (phylogenomics) and the study of how organisms and whole communities respond to ongoing environmental changes (genomics, eDNA metabarcoding). We also develop new approaches and methods for studying freshwater biodiversity with molecular tools, and provide an ecological component to interdisciplinary projects that seek to balance societal needs with biodiverse ecosystems.

Team

Heiner Kuhl

Scientific Staff
Research group
Molecular Fish Physiology
Genetics and Evolution of Fish (and other Vertebrates)
Molecular Ecology and Genomics

Dagmar Frisch

Scientific Staff
Research group
Molecular Ecology and Genomics
Disease Evolutionary Ecology

Elisabeth Funke

Research Technician
Research group
Disease Evolutionary Ecology
Molecular Ecology and Genomics

Sarah Sparmann

Research Technician
Research group
Molecular Ecology and Genomics

Samah Makawi

Doctoral Student
Research group
Molecular Ecology and Genomics

Onur Erk Kavlak

Doctoral Student
Research group
Molecular Ecology and Genomics

Daniel Wewer

Doctoral Student
Research group
Molecular Ecology and Genomics

Pauline Thomé

Student (BA/MA)
Research group
Molecular Ecology and Genomics
Disease Evolutionary Ecology

Katja Mehrwald

Student (BA/MA)
Research group
Molecular Ecology and Genomics
Alumni

# Former Postdocs #

Dr. Maria Alp (French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE) - Lyon)

Dr. Kingsly C. Beng (Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg)

Dr. Elizabeth Bourne (Private industry)

Prof. Maribet Gamboa (Universidad Católica de la Santísima - Concepción)

Dr. Paul R. Johnston (University of St. Andrews)

Prof. Ignacio Lucas-Lledo (Universitat de València)

Dr. Tatiana Semenova (Private industry)

Dr. Jasmine Smith (Private industry)

Dr. Norman Warthmann (International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | IAEA · FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories - Rome)

Prof. Kozo Watanabe (Ehime University - Matsuyama)

Dr. Christian Wurzbacher (Head of the Microbial Systems Group, Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering, TUM - Munich)

Prof. Sakiko Yaegashi (University of Yamanashi - Kofu)

 

# Former Doctoral students #

Seraina Bracamonte

Maja Grubisic

Felix Heeger

Marie Hoffmann

Ann-Christin Honnen

Alessandro Manfrin

Sereina Rutschmann

Laurent Vuataz

 

# Former Master's and Bachelor's students #

Nina Broszio

Mary Ann Davenport

Anna Hjalmarsson

Hanna Kissener

Bram Koese

Janina Kypke

Erik Rohe

Paul Schmidt Yáñez

 

# Visitors #

Bryce Alex, Student intern, Univ Utah (DAAD-RISE program)

Beata Baranova Visiting Scientist, Univ Presov

Joanna Chao, Student intern, UC Berkley/Humboldt Univ

Maria Angenica Fulo Regilme, Visiting PhD Student, Ehime Univ

Jana Kulichová, Visiting Professor, Charles Univ

Arnelyn Larano, Visiting PhD Student, Ehime Univ

Jessica J Lee, Guest Scientist / Writer in Residence

Cristina Miño, Student Intern, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Kei Nukazawa, Visiting PhD student, Tohoku Univ

Snaebjörn Pálsson, Visiting Professor, Univ Iceland

Paria Raoufi, Visiting PhD Student, Gonbad Kavous Univ

Joeselle Serrana, Visiting PhD Student, Ehime Univ

Rania Siam, Visiting Professor, American Univ Cairo

Lucas Sire, Visiting PhD Student, Université de Tours

Masano Suiyoshi, Visiting PhD Student, Hokkaido Univ

Noriko Uchida, Visiting PhD Student, Tohoku Univ

Máté Vass, Visiting MSc Student, Univ Pannonia

Kozo Watanabe,Visiting Professor, Ehime Univ

Sakiko Yaegashi, Visiting PhD student, Tohoku Univ

 

 

 

 

 

Selected publications
February 2022

A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research

Alain Maasri; Sonja C. Jähnig; Mihai C. Adamescu; Rita Adrian; Claudio Baigun; Donald J. Baird; Angelica Batista-Morales; Núria Bonada; Lee E. Brown; Qinghua Cai; Joao V. Campos-Silva; Viola Clausnitzer; Topiltzin Contreras-MacBeath; Steven J. Cooke; Thibault Datry; Gonzalo Delacámara; Luc De Meester; Klaus-Douwe B. Dijkstra; Van Tu Do; Sami Domisch; David Dudgeon; Tibor Erös; Hendrik Freitag; Joerg Freyhof; Jana Friedrich; Martin Friedrichs-Manthey; Juergen Geist; Mark O. Gessner; Peter Goethals; Matthew Gollock; Christopher Gordon; Hans-Peter Grossart; Georges Gulemvuga; Pablo E. Gutiérrez-Fonseca; Peter Haase; Daniel Hering; Hans Jürgen Hahn; Charles P. Hawkins; Fengzhi He; Jani Heino; Virgilio Hermoso; Zeb Hogan; Franz Hölker; Jonathan M. Jeschke; Meilan Jiang; Richard K. Johnson; Gregor Kalinkat; Bakhtiyor K. Karimov; Aventino Kasangaki; Ismael A. Kimirei; Bert Kohlmann; Mathias Kuemmerlen; Jan J. Kuiper; Benjamin Kupilas; Simone D. Langhans; Richard Lansdown; Florian Leese; Francis S. Magbanua; Shin-ichiro S. Matsuzaki; Michael T. Monaghan; Levan Mumladze; Javier Muzon; Pierre A. Mvogo Ndongo; Jens C. Nejstgaard; Oxana Nikitina; Clifford Ochs; Oghenekaro Nelson Odume; Jeffrey J. Opperman; Harmony Patricio; Steffen U. Pauls; Rajeev Raghavan; Alonso Ramírez; Bindiya Rashni; Vere Ross-Gillespie; Michael J. Samways; Ralf B. Schäfer; Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber; Ole Seehausen; Deep Narayan Shah; Subodh Sharma; Janne Soininen; Nike Sommerwerk; Jason D. Stockwell; Frank Suhling; Ram Devi Tachamo Shah; Rebecca E. Tharme; James H. Thorp; David Tickner; Klement Tockner; Jonathan D. Tonkin; Mireia Valle; Jean Vitule; Martin Volk; Ding Wang; Christian Wolter; Susanne Worischka
Ecology letters. - 25(2022)2, 255-263
Biodiversity
September 2021

Trade-offs between reducing complex terminology and producing accurate interpretations from environmental DNA: Comment on “Environmental DNA: What's behind the term?” by Pawlowski et al., (2020)

Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta; Olivier Morissette; Colin W. Bean; Shivakumara Manu; Pritam Banerjee; Anaïs Lacoursière-Roussel; Kingsly C. Beng; S. Elizabeth Alter; Fabian Roger; Luke E. Holman; Kathryn A. Stewart; Michael T. Monaghan; Quentin Mauvisseau; Luca Mirimin; Owen S. Wangensteen; Caterina M. Antognazza; Sarah J. Helyar; Hugo de Boer; Marie-Eve Monchamp; Reindert Nijland; Cathryn L. Abbott; Hideyuki Doi; Matthew A. Barnes; Matthieu Leray; Pascal I. Hablützel; Kristy Deiner
Molecular Ecology. - 30(2021)19, 4601-4605
Biodiversity

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