
Michael T. Monaghan
Müggelseedamm 301, 12587 Berlin / Königin-Luise-Str. 2-4 Gartenhaus, 14195 Berlin
Profil
Professur
an der Freien Universität Berlin, Fachbereich für Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Institut für Biologie
2025- Abteilungsleiter, Evolutionäre und Integrative Ökologie (Abt. 5), IGB Berlin
2018- Honorarprofessor im Fach Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin
2016 Gastprofessor, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapur
2015- Gastprofessor, Ehime University, Matsuyama
2008- Forschungsgruppenleiter, AG Molekulare Ökologie und Genomik, IGB Berlin
2003-08 Postdoc, Imperial College u. Natural History Museum, London
2002 Dr. sc. nat. ETH Zürich
1998-2002 Eawag (Das Wasserforschungsinstitut des ETH-Bereichs), Dübendorf
1998 MSc. Idaho State University, Pocatello
1995 BSc. Ohio State University, Columbus
aktuellen Veröffentlichungen
Beng et al. (2025)
Long-term changes to plankton communities in artificially heated lakes
Limnology and Oceanography 10.1002/lno.70192
Rajarajan et al. (2025)
Warming increases richness and shapes assemblages of eukaryotic parasitic plankton
Environmental Microbiome 20:76
Velthuis et al. (2025)
Light-driven changes in macrophyte tissue quality affect the composition of associated microbial communities
Microbial Ecology 88:52
Shumilova et al. (2025)
Environmental effects of the Kakhovka Dam destruction by warfare in Ukraine
Science 387:1181-1186
Buchner et al. (2025)
Upscaling biodiversity monitoring: Metabarcoding estimates 31,846 insect species from Malaise traps across Germany
Molecular Ecology Research 25:14023
Warter et al. (2025)
Understanding ecohydrology and biodiversity in aquatic nature-based solutions in urban streams and ponds through an integrative multi-tracer approach
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 29:2707–2725
Manthey et al. (2024)
Rapid growth and the evolution of complete metamorphosis in insects
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121:2402980121
Kuhl et al. (2024)
The haplotype-resolved Prymnesium parvum (type B) microalga genome reveals the genetic basis of its fish-killing toxins
Current Biology 34:3698-3706.e4
Galeone et al. (2024)
Evolutionary Insights from association rule mining of co-occurring mutations in influenza hemagglutinin and neuraminidase
Viruses 16:1515
Weber et al. (2024)
Urban pavements as a novel habitat for wild bees and other ground-nesting insects
Urban Ecology 27:2453–2467
Kohler et al. (2024)
Unpredicted ecosystem response to compound human impacts in a European river
Scientific Reports 14:16445
Thomé et al. (2024)
Phylogenomics including new sequence data of phytoplankton-infecting chytrids reveals multiple independent lifestyle transitions across the phylum
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 197:108103
Warter et al. (2024)
Environmental DNA, hydrochemistry and stable water isotopes as integrative tracers of urban ecohydrology
Water Research 250:121065
Thomé et al. (2023)
Single-cell genomics reveals new Rozellid lineages and supports their sister relationship to Microsporidia.
Biology Letters 19:20230398
Theissinger et al. (2023)
How genomics can help biodiversity conservation.
Trends in Genetics 39:545-559
Strassert & Monaghan (2022)
Phylogenomic insights into the early diversification of fungi.
Current Biology 32:3628-3635.e3.
Premke et al. (2022)
Large-scale sampling of the freshwater microbiome suggests pollution-driven ecosystem changes.
Environmental Pollution 308:119627
Maasri et al. (2022)
A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research.
Ecology Letters 25:255-263
Formenti et al. (2022)
The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37:197-202
Heeger et al. (2021)
Evidence for lignocellulose-decomposing enzymes in the genome and transcriptome of the aquatic hyphomycete Clavariopsis aquatica.
Journal of Fungi 7:854
Beng et al. (2021)
Temporal dynamics of freshwater planktonic parasites inferred using a DNA metabarcoding time-series.
Parasitology 148:1602-1611
Rodriguez-Ezpeleta et al. (2021)
Trade-offs between reducing complex terminology and producing accurate interpretations from environmental DNA.
Molecular Ecology 30:4601-4605
van Rees et al. (2021)
Safeguarding freshwater life beyond 2020: recommendations for the new Global Biodiversity Framework from the European experience.
Conservation Letters 14:e12771
Jähnig et al. (2021)
Revisiting global trends in freshwater insect biodiversity.
WIREs Water 8:e1506
Lehre
Freie Universität Berlin
Institut für Biologie (Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie)
- 23202 Data Science in Biology (ABV)
- 23306 Experimental and Theoretical Evolutionary Ecology
- 23308 Biotic Interactions in a Changing World
- M.Sc. Biologie / M.Sc. Biodiversity-Evolution-Ecology
- Project (10 LP)
- Research Project (15 LP)
- Masterarbeit
- B.Sc. Biologie
- Projektarbeit (13 LP)
- Bachelorarbeit (12 LP)
Bioinformatik - Institut für Informatik Science (Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik)
- 23779 Biodiversity and Evolution (Core Module)
- 23780 Environmental Genomics (Praxisseminar)
- 23781 Evolutionary Bioinformatics and NGS Applications (Seminar)
- Research Internship (10 LP)
- Master's Project / Thesis
IGB
- Introduction to R / RStudio
- Reviewing Scientific Papers
- Preparing an Academic Job Application