Dr. Jessica Berasategui
Research interests
Flora of Bavaria, Diversity Workbench processing of monitoring data, species occurrence and distribution, MediaWiki documentation.
Current projects
- Bayernflora Wiki – documentation and communication platform of the Bayernflora
- Botanischer Informationsknoten Bayern – data portal of the Bayernflora (BFL)
- Coordination Office for the Bavarian Flora
Dr. Luo Chen
Research interests
Taxonomy, phylogenetics, and evolution of certain groups of seed plants. My current focus is on Old World Melastomataceae, with a particular emphasis on the fleshy-fruited Sonerileae and Malagasy lineages.
Publications
Dipl.-Inf. Ariane Grunz
Senior Software Developer
IT Center of the Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns
Research interests
Biodiversity informatics, software development
Projects
- Web App DiversityNaviKey (interactive identification)
- NFDI4Biodiversity A Consortium for the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI); software design and backend engineering tasks
For publications check DALI.
Dr. Anže Žerdoner Čalasan
Research interests
I am a biodiversity researcher in the truest sense. My work spans multiple domains of life, with a focus on the Australian plant family Amaranthaceae, the fungal genus Russula, and freshwater dinophytes. To explore the evolutionary histories and hidden diversity of these groups, I use a range of NGS-based approaches—including target enrichment, whole genome sequencing, and (meta)transcriptomics. My broader aim is to deepen our understanding of these fascinating, often overlooked lineages and to contribute to the development of innovative methods in biodiversity research.
Publications
Jean-Baptiste Chazalon
PD Dr. Andreas Fleischmann
Research Scientist and Curator of Vascular Plants
Research interests
Systematics and evolution of carnivorous plant families (especially Droseraceae and Lentibulariaceae)
Flora of the Guayana Highlands (especially Droseraceae, Lentibulariaceae, Sarraceniaceae, Polygala, Xyris, Burmannia)
Biology of parasitic plants (especially Orobanchaceae and Cuscuta) and mycoheterotrophic plants (especially Burmanniaceae and Gentianaceae)
Palaeobotany and palaeomycology
Biology and systematics of the genus Drosera (Droseraceae)
Current projects
- Coordination Office for Conservation Issues concerning the Native Flora in Bavaria – Scientific contributions
- Flora of Bavaria – Scientific contributions
- Phylogenetic relationships, systematics and biology of carnivorous Lamiales, with special focus on the genus Genlisea (Lentibulariaceae)
- Systematics and taxomony of Genlisea (Lentibulariaceae)
- Systematics and evolution of the genus Heliamphora (Sarraceniaceae)
- Scents in carnivorous plants (cooperation with Dr. Boris Schlumpberger, Munich and Dr. Andreas Jürgens, Pietermaritzburg)
- Towards a new red list of vascular plants of Bavaria
- Treatment of Lentibulariaceae for the “Flore du Gabon”, with Marc Sosef (National Botanic Garden of Belgium) and Eberhard Fischer (University of Koblenz)
Publications
Awards
Committees/Editorial Work
- IUCN SSC Freshwater Plant Specialist Group – Member
- Phytotaxa – Editor (Lentibulariaceae, Orobanchaceae)
Scientific Societies
- Bayerische Botanische Gesellschaft
- Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Schwaben
- American Society of Plant Taxonomists
- International Carnivorous Plant Society
- Gesellschaft für Fleischfressende Pflanzen
- Berichte der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft – Editor
Dr. Hans-Joachim Esser
Research Scientist and Curator of Vascular Plants
Research Interests
Flora of the Southeast-Asian tropics and of the Neotropics.
Systematics of Araliaceae (in particular Brassaiopsis and Dendropanax), Euphorbiaceae (in particular Croton, Euphorbia and tribe Hippomaneae), Polyosmaceae, and Rutaceae (in particular Glycosmis).
The botanical collections of C.F.P. von Martius (Brazil), P.F. von Siebold (Japan) and C.C. Hosseus (Thailand).
Current projects
- Flora of Ecuador
- Flora of the Guianas
- Flora Malesiana
- Flora of Thailand
- Global Plants Initiative
- Siebold Project – International Network for Digitization of the Siebold Collection
Dr. Markus Weiss
Research interests
- Biodiversity informatics
- Software development
- Secondary metabolism of tree roots, colonized by mycorrhizal and pathogenic fungi
- Ecology and identification of ectomycorrhizae
Current and former projects
- BiNHum Biodiversity Network of the Humboldt-Ring
- Coordination Office for Conservation Issues concerning the Native Flora in Bavaria
- Coordination Office for the Bavarian Flora
- DiversityCollection, a database application for biodiversity collection management
- DiversityMobile (IBF) Setting up an Information Network on Biological Research Data gained in the Field up to the Sustainable Storage in a Primary Data Repository
- DiversityTaxonNames, a database application for managing taxon hierarchy, synonymy and nomenclatural information
- Diversity Workbench Framework
- DWB and Concept Development for a Flora Flora of Bavaria – Data management in the DWB network and concept development for a flora
- DWB and FIS-Natur Data Management and Workflow Services, Diversity Workbench and the Bavarian Information System for Nature Conservation
- GBIF Data Publisher – SNSB implementation of DWB interfaces for data processing
- GBIF-D Fungi & Lichens; database development
- GBOL German Barcode of Life; database development
- IDES Integrated data management for mobilisation and digitalisation of zoological and palaeontological collections
- JSTOR – Global Plants Initiative; database development
- Melastomataceae.Net A Site with Information on the Biodiversity of Melastomataceae
For publications check DALI.
Dr. Julia Wellsow
Data Scientist and Research Data Curator
Research interests
Flora of Bavaria, systematic botany and species distribution, Diversity Workbench processing of monitoring data, curation of DTN taxon reference list for vascular plants of Bavaria
Current and former projects
- Botanischer Informationsknoten Bayern – Datenportal der Bayernflora (BFL)
- Coordination Office for the Bavarian flora
- Coordination Office for Conservation Issues concerning the Native Flora in Bavaria (Project ended in May 2022)
Committees and commissions
- AG Flora von Bayern – Member of the steering committee
- Bayerische Botanische Gesellschaft – Treasurer