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Positions

• 2022 - present Postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
• 2016 - 2021 Postgraduate researcher, Uppsala University, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala, Sweden

Education

• Ph.D in Molecular Evolution, Uppsala University, 2021, supervisors: Thijs J.G. Ettema, Fabien Burki
• M.Sc. in Bioinformatics, Tübingen University, 2016, thesis supervisors: Sigisfredo Garnica, Kay Nieselt
• M.Sc. in Geoecology, Tübingen University, 2016, thesis supervisors: Sigisfredo Garnica, Kay Nieselt
• B.Sc. in Geoecology, Tübingen University, 2013, thesis supervisor: Sigisfredo Garnica

Publications

On the Evolutionary History of Uleiella chilensis, a Smut Fungus Parasite of Araucaria araucana in South America: Uleiellales ord. nov. in Ustilaginomycetes

K. Riess, M. E. Schön, M. Lutz, H. Butin, F. Oberwinkler, and S. Garnica, “On the Evolutionary History of Uleiella chilensis, a Smut Fungus Parasite of Araucaria araucana in South America: Uleiellales ord. nov. in Ustilaginomycetes,” PLoS One, vol. 11, no. 1, p. e0147107, 2016. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147107

Determining threshold values for barcoding fungi: Lessons from Cortinarius (Basidiomycota), a highly diverse and widespread ectomycorrhizal genus

S. Garnica, M. E. Schön, K. Abarenkov, K. Riess, K. Liimatainen, T. Niskanen, B. Dima, K. Soop, T. G. Frøslev, T. S. Jeppesen, U. Peintner, R. Kuhnert-Finkernagel, T. E. Brandrud, G. Saar, B. Oertel, J. F. Ammirati, “Determining threshold values for barcoding fungi: Lessons from Cortinarius (Basidiomycota), a highly diverse and widespread ectomycorrhizal genus,” FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., vol. 92, no. 4, p. fiw045, Apr. 2016. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiw045

Divergence times and phylogenetic patterns of sebacinales, a highly diverse and widespread fungal lineage

S. Garnica, K. Riess, M. E. Schön, F. Oberwinkler, and S. D. Setaro, “Divergence times and phylogenetic patterns of sebacinales, a highly diverse and widespread fungal lineage,” PLoS One, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 1–16, 2016. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149531

The origin and diversification of the Entorrhizales: deep evolutionary roots but recent speciation with a phylogenetic and phenotypic split between associates of the Cyperaceae and Juncaceae

Riess, K., Schön, M. E., & Garnica, S. (2018). The origin and diversification of the Entorrhizales : deep evolutionary roots but recent speciation with a phylogenetic and phenotypic split between associates of the Cyperaceae and Juncaceae. Organisms Diversity & Evolution.

Belowground fungal community diversity and composition associated with Norway spruce along an altitudinal gradient

Schön, M. E., Nieselt, K., Garnica, S. (2018) Belowground fungal community diversity and composition associated with Norway spruce along an altitudinal gradient. PLoS ONE 13(12): e0208493. doi:10.1371/journal.pone0208493

PhyloMagnet: fast and accurate screening of short-read meta-omics data using gene-centric phylogenetics

Schön M.E., Eme L., Ettema T.J.G. (2020) PhyloMagnet: fast and accurate screening of short-read meta-omics data using gene-centric phylogenetics, Bioinformatics, Volume 36, Issue 6, 15 March 2020, Pages 1718–1724, https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btz799

Teaching

Functional Genomics