Profile
Areas of responsibility
Since January 2019 I am responsible for various science reporting obligations, panel work and the coordination of the LIB PhD Program.
Between May 2014 and Dec 2018 I coordinated the German Barcode of Life project (GBOL) as successor of Dr. Stephanie Pietsch. Before that I worked as postdoctoral researcher in the Leibniz SAW FREDIE (FREshwater Diversity Identification for Europe) project with Fabian Herder. This project was aimed at setting up - and critically testing - a voucher-based DNA barcoding reference system for virtually all species of European freshwater fish, mollusks and mayflies, from Portugal to the Ural. My special focus is on freshwater fish evolution and diversity. Please visit the GBOL & FREDIE sites for details, partners, pictures and progress. Before I came to ZFMK/LIB Bonn, I worked on phylogenetic and evolutionary relationships of Nicaraguan Midas cichlids (Amphilophus spp.), on fish taxonomy, and have been involved in the DNA Bank Network and different DNA Barcoding projects.
Research interests
Science management, transfer, project coordination, science-policy interactions, DNA barcoding and biodiversity, European freshwater fishes, cichlids and plecos, speciation, hybridization, systematics and taxonomy, biogeography, population genetics, morphology
Presentations (selection)
III. 2018: Vortrag „DNA Barcoding & Metabarcoding - Chancen und Grenzen für Monitoring und Naturschutz“ im Plenum des LANUV Abt.2 in Recklinghausen.
III. 2018: Vortrag & Workshop zu „DNA Barcoding & Metabarcoding - Chancen und Grenzen für Monitoring und Naturschutz“ an der NUA, Flintbek.
II. 2018: GBOL-Vortrag an der Universität Münster auf einer NABU-Tagung zum Thema “Insektenrückgang”.
XI. 2017: 7th International Barcode of Life Conference (iBOL6) in Skukuza, Südafrika: “Testing the Global Malaise Trap Program – How well does the current barcode reference library identify flying insects in Germany?”.
X. 2017: Vortrag beim LANUV, Abt.5 in Düsseldorf, Dezernentensitzung: „DNA-Barcoding !? Chancen und Grenzen – Heute“.
IX. 2017: Vortrag und Workshop an der Dr. Hans Riegel-Akademie 2017 in Köln: „Biodiversitätsverluste – Kenntnisstand und Handlungsoptionen - Warum und wie das 'German Barcode of Life' Projekt die genetischen Fingerabdrücke der deutschen Artenvielfalt erfasst“.
III. 2017: Vortrag „Overview on the German DNA barcoding initiatives and status of reference libraries for aquatic taxa”. Kick-Off der EU COST action DNAqua-Net.
III. 2017: GBOL-Vortrag auf der Jahresversammlung der Sieg Fischereigenossenschaft.
III. 2017: GBOL-Vortrag & Führung für eine Delegation des LANUV.
III. 2017: Vortrag „DNA-Barcoding in Deutschland und im europäischen Kontext – wer liefert die Referenzdaten?“ Symposium am ZFMK: DNA-Barcoding in der Praxis.
X. 2016: BfN Tagung „Biodiversität und Klima - Vernetzung der Akteure in Deutschland XIII“, Vilm: “German Barcode of Life - wie GBOL einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Erfassung der tatsächlichen Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Biodiversität leisten kann“.
VII. 2016: Konferenz der Arten (Von Leibniz & ZFMK organisierte Veranstaltung zur Vernetzung von Akteuren im Bereich Biodiversitätsforschung), Berlin: Präsentation, Symposium und Open Air Salon.
VI. 2016: GEO Tag der Artenvielfalt 2016, Burg Wissem: „Jede Art zählt! Inventarisierung und genetische Charakterisierung der Tiere, Pflanzen und Pilze Deutschlands.“ Präsentation and Podiumsdiskussion.
X. 2015: Gastredner in Berlin auf der “IUBS 2015 – Frontiers in Unified Biology” Tagung (32rd International Union of Biological Sciences General Assembly and Conference): “Engaging citizens in the inventory and DNA barcoding of fauna and flora – Experiences from the German Barcode of Life Project”.
XI. 2015: Gastredner auf dem ZSM-Infotag zu Nutzungsmöglichkeiten des DNA-Barcodings: “DNA Barcoding im gesamtdeutschen bzw europäischen Kontext”.
VIII. 2015: 6th International Barcode of Life Conference (iBOL6) in Guelph, Kanada: “The FREDIE project – different lessons from a large-scale DNA barcoding campaign”.
III. 2015: GfBS Tagung in Bonn am ZFMK: “Germany's freshwater fishes assessed by DNA barcoding - implications for natural resource management”.
X. 2014: Gastredner auf dem NRM Fishbase 2014 Symposium in Stockholm, Schweden.
I.2014: NHV Wintertagung 2013/14am ZFMK, Bonn: „Die aquatische Fauna des Mittelrheintals“
I.2014: GBOL1 Workshop am ZFMK, Bonn: “DNA-Barcoding der westpaläarktischen Fischfauna - überraschende Ergebnisse auch aus Deutschland“
X. 2013: 5th International Barcode of Life Conference (IBOL5) in Kunming, China: “A Review of the Freshwater Fish Diversity in the Mediterranean Biodiversity Hotspot using DNA Barcoding”.
IX. 2013: 10. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie (GfI) in Bonn am ZFMK: “A Review of the Freshwater Fish Diversity in the Mediterranean Biodiversity Hotspot using DNA Barcoding”.
II. 2013: BioSyst.EU 2013 Global Systematics in Wien, Österreich: “Introducing the FREDIE project with notes on the Mediterranean diversity hot-spot”.
XII. 2012: Gastredner bei SWISSBOL in Bern, Schweiz: “Lessons from a large-scale European DNA Barcoding initiative“.
IX. 2012: ECBOL3 in Brüssel, Belgien: “Introducing the FREDIE project with notes on the Mediterranean diversity hot-spot”.
VII. 2012: IVX ECI in Liège, Belgien: “Introducing the FREDIE project with notes on the Mediterranean diversity hot-spot”.
VI. 2012: FISHBOL in Yeosu, Korea: “Introducing the FREDIE project with notes on the Mediterranean diversity hot-spot”.
V. 2012: ECFF in Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal: “Introducing the FREDIE project, Freshwater Diversity Identification for Europe”.
II.2012: GfBS Tagung in Bonn: “Molecular Ecology of the Crater Lake Apoyo Midas cichlid species flock”.
II.2012: Poster GfBS in Bonn: “FREDIE – Freshwater Diversity Identification for Europe”.
IX.2010: Poster “Tools for Identifying Biodiversity: Progress and Problems” in Paris, Frankreich: “DNA Bank Network – connecting biological collections and sequence databases by means of long-term DNA storage with online accession”.
XI.2009: International Conference on Evolutionary Ecology of Fishes – Diversification, Adaptation and Speciation in Berlin: “Not a simple case. The Midas cichlid complex – a first comprehensive phylogenetic hypothesis”.
XI.2009: ZSM München: “Auf Buntbarschjagd im Kratersee – Abenteuer Nicaragua”.
IX.2008: DATZ-Forum „Buntbarsche“ in Stuttgart: “Vielfalt und Taxonomie des Midas-Cichliden Komplexes in Nicaragua (Amphilophus cf. citrinellus)”.
I.2008: National Park Masaya Volcano in Masaya, Nikaragua: “Species Concepts and Midas Cichlids in Nicaragua”.
XI.2007: ZSM für EESlmu-Master Studenten in München: “An introduction into morphometrics”.
IX.2007: Poster XII ECI in Dubrovnik, Kroatien: “A morphometric and molecular study of selected populations of Gymnocephalus cernuus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Teleostei:Percidae) from central Europe”.
III.2007: Präsentation “Aportes a la taxonomía de la mojarra común (Amphilophus c.f. citrinellus) y su conservación” in Managua, Nikaragua.
Poster
IX.2007: Poster presentation at the ECI XII (XII. European Congress of Ichthyology) in Dubrovnik, Croatia: "A morphometric and molecular study of selected populations of Gymnocephalus cernuus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Teleostei:Percidae) from central Europe".IX.2010: Poster presentation at conference "Tools for Identifying Biodiversity: Progress and Problems" in Paris: "DNA Bank Network - connecting biological collections and sequence databases by means of long-term DNA storage with online accession".
II.2012: Poster GfBS in Bonn: "FREDIE - Freshwater Diversity Identification for Europe".
Projects
There are currently no projects available
Publications
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2024/05
Global arthropod beta-diversity is spatially and temporally structured by latitude
Communications biology, 1, 7
2024/05
Cobitis feroniae, a new spined loach from southern Latium, Italy (Teleostei: Cobitidae)
Zootaxa, 3, 5458
2023/04
Efficient extraction of mitochondrial genes from next‐generation sequencing libraries
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4, 14
2022/09
DNA barcode data confirm the placement of subterranean Noemacheilus (Troglocobitis) starostini Parin 1983 in the genus Paracobitis (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae)
Zootaxa, 4, 5190
2022/11
Repeated subsamples during DNA extraction reveal increased diversity estimates in DNA metabarcoding of Malaise traps
Ecology and Evolution, 11, 12
2022/11
Biogeographic insights from a genomic survey of Salmo trouts from the Aralo-Caspian regions
Hydrobiologia, 19, 849
2022/03
Towards a multisensor station for automated biodiversity monitoring
Basic and applied ecology, 59
2022/04
A practical approach to revise the Oxynoemacheilus bergianus species group (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)
Zootaxa, 2, 5128
2022/01
Recommendations for tissue homogenisation and extraction in DNA metabarcoding of Malaise trap samples
2022/05
SHERLOCK – an Automatized Analysis of Molecular Sequence Variation in Species Communities Using Statistical Tests on Patristic Tree Distances
Biodiversity Data Journal
2021/11
Putting European lampreys into perspective: A global‐scale multilocus phylogeny with a proposal for a generic structure of the Petromyzontidae
Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, 8, 59
2021/01
Adding DNA barcoding to stream monitoring protocols – What’s the additional value and congruence between morphological and molecular identification approaches?
PloS one, 1, 16
2021/01
Oxynoemacheilus shehabi, a new nemacheilid loach from the upper Orontes in southern Syria (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
Zootaxa, 4, 4908
2021/07
Diversity of Insects in Nature protected Areas (DINA): an interdisciplinary German research project
Biodiversity and conservation, 8-9, 30
2021/04
Oxynoemacheilus phasicus, a new nemacheilid loach from the eastern Black Sea basin with some remarks on other Caucasian Oxynoemacheilus (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
Zootaxa, 1, 4952
2021/05
The Glyptothorax catfishes of the Euphrates and Tigris with the description of a new species (Teleostei: Sisoridae)
Zootaxa, 3, 4969
2021/09
A genomic perspective on an old question: Salmo trouts or Salmo trutta (Teleostei: Salmonidae)?
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 162
2021/05
Coverage and quality of DNA barcode references for Central and Northern European Odonata
PeerJ, 9
2021/01
On the Challenge to Correctly Identify Rasboras (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Danioninae) Inhabiting the Mesangat Wetlands, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Diversity, 1, 13
2020/10
Towards retrieving the Promethean treasure: a first molecular assessment of the freshwater fish diversity of Georgia
Biodiversity Data Journal, 8
2020/08
DNA metabarcoding of stream invertebrates reveals spatio-temporal variation but consistent status class assessments in a natural and urban river
Ecological indicators, 115
2020/06
Revision of the genus Seminemacheilus, with the description of three new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)
Zootaxa, 3, 4802
2019/12
A prelude to the Caucasus Barcode of Life Platform (CaBOL): Biodiversity days in Georgia in 2018 and 2019
Bonn zoological bulletin, 2, 68
2019/12
A new record of Iranian subterranean fishes reveals the potential presence of a large freshwater aquifer in the Zagros Mountains
Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 6, 35
2019/02
Preliminary results on the molecular study of fish-eating by ‘trawling Myotis’ bat species in Europe
Vertebrate zoology, 69
2019/07
A DNA barcode library for 5,200 German flies and midges (Insecta: Diptera) and its implications for metabarcoding‐based biomonitoring
Molecular ecology resources, 4, 19
2019/00
Taxon list of Pisces and Cyclostoma from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project
2019/08
DNA barcode reference libraries for the monitoring of aquatic biota in Europe: Gap-analysis and recommendations for future work
Science of the total environment, 678
2019/09
Phoxinus morella a cryptic Species
Frontiers in Marine Science 6, Conference: XVI European Congress of Ichthyology, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2
2019/06
Cryptic diversity in Telestes pleurobipunctatus (Actinopterygii; Leuciscidae) as a consequence of historical biogeography in the Ionian Freshwater Ecoregion (Greece, Albania)
Hydrobiologia, 1, 835
2019/01
Comments on the holotype of Alburnus kurui Mangit & Yerli 2018 and re-description of A. carianorum Freyhof, Kaya, Bayçelebi, Geiger & Turan, 2019 (Teleostei: Leuciscidae)
Zootaxa, 4, 4550
2019/09
Pseudophoxinus cilicicus, a new spring minnow from southern Anatolia (Teleostei: Leuciscidae)
Zootaxa, 1, 4671
2019/03
DNA metabarcoding from sample fixative as a quick and voucher-preserving biodiversity assessment method
Genome, 3, 62
2019/01
Paracobitis abrishamchiani, a new crested loach from the southern Caspian Sea basin (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
Zootaxa, 3, 4545
2019/05
Review of the Oxynoemacheilus tigris group with the description of two new species from the Euphrates drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)
Zootaxa, 1, 4612
2018/04
Generic assignment of Leuciscus kurui Bogutskaya from the upper Tigris drainage, and a replacement name for Alburnus kurui Mangit & Yerli (Teleostei: Leuciscidae)
Zootaxa, 1, 4410
2018/11
Modellanalyse liefert Hinweise auf Verluste von Fluginsekten in Windparks
Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen, 11, 68
2018/08
Discriminating European cyprinid specimens by barcode high-resolution melting analysis (Bar-HRM)—A cost efficient and faster way for specimen assignment?
Fisheries Research, 204
2018/01
Why We Need Sustainable Networks Bridging Countries, Disciplines, Cultures and Generations for Aquatic Biomonitoring 2.0: A Perspective Derived From the DNAqua-Net COST Action
58
2018/02
Genetic and morphological discrimination of three species of ninespined stickleback Pungitius spp.(Teleostei, Gasterosteidae) in France with the revalidation of Pungitius …
Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, 1, 56
2018/12
Review of the genus Cobitis in the Middle East, with the description of eight new species (Teleostei: Cobitidae)
Zootaxa, 1, 4535
2018/05
Alburnus goekhani, a new species of bleak from the Anatolian Black Sea basin (Teleostei: Leuciscidae).
Zootaxa, 1, 4425
2018/08
Barbus anatolicus, a new barbel from the Kızılırmak and Yeşilırmak River drainages in northern Anatolia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)
Zootaxa, 4, 4461
2017/01
Dressing down: convergent reduction of the mental disc in Garra (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in the Middle East
Hydrobiologia, 785
2017/11
Overview on the activities in the German barcode of life project phase II
Genome, 11, 60
2017/12
Using taxonomic consistency with semi‐automated data pre‐processing for high quality DNA barcodes
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12, 8
2017/12
Ancient connections among the European rivers and watersheds revealed from the evolutionary history of the genus Telestes (Actinopterygii; Cypriniformes)
PloS one, 12, 12
2017/10
Aphanius kruppi, a new killifish from Oman with comments on the A. dispar species group (Cyprinodontiformes: Aphaniidae).
Zootaxa, 3, 4338
2017/06
Lampetra soljani, a new brook lamprey from the southern Adriatic Sea basin (Petromyzontiformes: Petromyzontidae)
Zootaxa, 4, 4273
2017/06
Taxonomic review of the cryptic Barbus lacerta species group with description of a new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)
FishTaxa, 2, 2
2017/06
Oxynoemacheilus zarzianus, a new loach from the Lesser Zab River drainage in Iraqi Kurdistan (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)
Zootaxa, 2, 4273
2017/06
Using taxonomic consistency with semi‐automated data pre‐processing for high quality DNA barcodes
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12, 8
2017/10
Der Zahnkärpfling Valencia robertae
2016/12
Testing the Global Malaise Trap Program – How well does the current barcode reference library identify flying insects in Germany?
Biodiversity Data Journal, 11, 4
2016/03
Combining geometric morphometrics with molecular genetics to investigate a putative hybrid complex: a case study with barbels Barbus spp. (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)
Journal of Fish Biology, 3, 88
2016/02
First record of second‐generation facultative parthenogenesis in a vertebrate species, the whitespotted bambooshark Chiloscyllium plagiosum
Journal of Fish Biology, 2, 88
2016/00
GBOL German Barcode of Life: Abschlussbericht GBOL-Verbund: Phase I (2011-2015)
2016/00
How to tackle the molecular species inventory for an industrialized nation—lessons from the first phase of the German Barcode of Life initiative GBOL (2012–2015)
Genome, 9, 59
2016/00
Testing the Global Malaise Trap Program–How well does the current barcode reference library identify flying insects in Germany?
Biodiversity Data Journal, 4
2016/05
Redescription of Gobio nigrescens from the Hari River drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)
Zootaxa, 1, 4114
2016/04
Sasanidus, a new generic name for Noemacheilus kermanshahensis Bănărescu & Nalbant, with discussion of Ilamnemacheilus and Schistura (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae)
Zootaxa, 1, 4107
2016/09
Squalius namak, a new chub from Lake Namak basin in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
Zootaxa, 1, 4169
2016/08
Garra sindhi, a new species from the Jebel Samhan Nature Reserve in Oman (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
Zootaxa, 1, 4154
2016/10
Eidinemacheilus proudlovei, a new subterranean loach from Iraqi Kurdistan (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae)
Zootaxa, 3, 4173
2016/04
GBOL German Barcode of Life : Abschlussbericht GBOL-Verbund : Phase I (2011-2015)
2015/01
Karyological and molecular analysis of three endemic loaches (Actinopterygii: Cobitoidea) from Kor River basin, Iran
Molecular biology research communications/Molecular biology research communications, 1, 4
2015/05
Molecular diversity of G ermany's freshwater fishes and lampreys assessed by DNA barcoding
Molecular ecology resources, 3, 15
2015/05
The FREDIE project—different lessons from a large-scale DNA barcoding campaign - Scientific abstracts from the 6th International Barcode of Life Conference / Résumés scientifiques du 6e congrès international « Barcode of Life »
Genome, 5, 58
2015/01
Adding nuclear rhodopsin data where mitochondrial COI indicates discrepancies – can this marker help to explain conflicts in cyprinids?
DNA Barcodes, 1, 3
2015/05
Lessons from the first phase of the German Barcode of Life initiative (2012-2015)
5, 58
2015/01
Cobitis avicennae, a new species of spined loach from the Tigris River drainage (Teleostei: Cobitidae)
Zootaxa, 5, 3914
2015/06
Review of the genus Paraschistura from Iran with description of six new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)
Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, 1, 26
2015/05
The FREDIE project-different lessons from a large-scale DNA barcoding campaign
5, 58
2014/11
Spatial heterogeneity in the Mediterranean Biodiversity Hotspot affects barcoding accuracy of its freshwater fishes
Molecular ecology resources, 6, 14
2014/03
Three new species of Turcinoemacheilus from Iran and Turkey (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)
Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, 3, 24
2014/11
Aphanius marassantensis, a new toothcarp from the Kızılırmak drainage in northern Anatolia (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae)
Zootaxa, 5, 3887
2014/04
Valencia robertae, a new killifish from southern Greece (Cyprinodontiformes: Valenciidae)
Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, 24
2014/11
Mugilogobius hitam, a new species of freshwater goby (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Gobiidae) from Lake Towuti, central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The Raffles bulletin of zoology, 62
2014/08
Review of the crested loaches of the genus Paracobitis from Iran and Iraq with the description of four new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)
Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, 1, 25
2014/12
Garra jordanica, a new species from the Dead Sea basin with remarks on the relationship of G. ghorensis, G. tibanica and G. rufa (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)
Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, 3, 25
2014/11
Aphanius marassantensis, a new toothcarp from the Kızılırmak drainage in northern Anatolia (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae)
Zootaxa, 5, 3887
2013/09
Crater Lake Apoyo Revisited - Population Genetics of an Emerging Species Flock
PloS one, 9, 8
2012/11
Alien invasion in Wallace’s Dreamponds: records of the hybridogenic “flowerhorn” cichlid in Lake Matano, with an annotated checklist of fish species introduced to the Malili Lakes system in Sulawesi
Aquatic Invasions, 4, 7
2010/00
DNA Bank Network–connecting biological collections and sequence databases by longterm DNA storage with online accession
2010/08
Description of two new species of the Midas cichlid complex (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 2, 123
2010/07
Gymnocephalus ambriaelacus, a new species of ruffe from Lake Ammersee, southern Germany
Spixiana, 33
2010/09
Not a simple case – A first comprehensive phylogenetic hypothesis for the Midas cichlid complex in Nicaragua (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Amphilophus)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 3, 56
2009/09
Diploid Amazon mollies (Poecilia formosa) show a higher fitness than triploids in clonal competition experiments
Evolutionary ecology, 5, 23