Research interests

My research emphasis is the taxonomy, nomenclature, biodiversity and phylogeny of hyphomycetes and ascomycetous fungi. Therein the economically important phytopathogenic groups of Cladosporiun s. l. and the powdery mildews (Erysiphales) are objects of current projects. The efforts also include biodiversity informatics.

Current projects

• Scientific data curation, MycoBank (in cooperation with LIAS names), financed by the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
• Revision of the genus Cladosporium Link currently comprising more than 800 names
• Collaboration within DiversityMobile Setting up an Information Network on Biological Research Data gained in the Field up to the Sustainable Storage in a Primary Data Repository (I-B-F)
• Scientific supervision for several SNSB digitalisation stations run within the GBIF-D Node Fungi & Lichens
• Scientific coordination, data curation and process management within the frame of the Global Plants Initiative lichen and fungus project
• Scientific data curation of Erysiphales within LIAS A Global Information System for Lichenized and Non-lichenized Ascomycetes (see LIAS descriptions for around 650 Erysiphales taxa and LIAS NaviKey on Erysiphaceae) and LIAS names A Database with Names of Lichens, Lichenicolous Fungi and Non-Lichenized Ascomycetes (ca. 2,400 names of Erysiphales)
• Scientific data curation, DiversityCollection
  • The Erysiphales Collection at the Botanische Staatssammlung München
  • The Erysiphales Collection at the University of Halle-Wittenberg
• User help desk, DiversityTaxonNames, e. g. in the IDES and GFBio context

For publications check DALI

Data Scientist and Research Data Curator

Research interests

Flora of Bavaria, Flora of the Bohemian Forest, taxon reference list for vascular plants of Bavaria, biodiversity informatics, processing of monitoring data

Current and former projects

• Flora Silvae Gabretae – Flora des Böhmerwaldes – Květena Šumavy; fieldwork with DiversityMobile; data gathering and management in DWB network, data publication via Czech–German portal
• Coordination Office for Conservation Issues concerning the Native Flora in Bavaria
• Coordination Office for the Bavarian Flora
• Flora of Bavaria – Data management DWB and concept development Flora; scientific data documentation, data import, curation and quality control

Publications

DALI

Research interests

Flora of Bavaria, vegetation ecology, database management and curation

Current projects

• Botanischer Informationsknoten Bayern – Datenportal der Bayernflora (BFL)
• Coordination Office for Conservation Issues concerning the Native Flora in Bavaria
• 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

For publications check DALI

Employed at the Botanische Staatssammlung München and IT Center of the Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, working for 2 days a week at the Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt

Volunteer