Portrait Michael Monaghan
Prof. Dr.

Michael T. Monaghan

Abteilungsleiter*in
Forschungsgruppenleiter*in
Professor*in
Telefon
+49 30 64181-684
Raum
313

Müggelseedamm 301, 12587 Berlin / Königin-Luise-Str. 2-4 Gartenhaus, 14195 Berlin

Profil
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Professur

an der Freien Universität Berlin, Fachbereich für Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Institut für Biologie

Lebenslauf

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

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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