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
Katja Joswig
Preparation Assistant
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
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Agerer
Dr. Konstanze Bensch
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
- User help desk, DiversityTaxonNames, e. g. in the IDES and GFBio context
For publications check DALI
Dipl.-Biol. Wolfgang Diewald
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