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  • 2009 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Matthias F. Geiger is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on environmental sciences, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. Key subfields of their work include molecular biology, aquatic science, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, and genetics.

The scientist's publication record includes research on the identification and quantification in food, fish biology and ecology studies, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, genetic diversity and population structure, fish ecology and management studies, species distribution and climate change, and environmental and biological research in conflict zones.

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jörg Freyhof
  • Çüneyt Kaya
  • Ameli Kirse
  • Iraj Hashemzadeh Segherloo
  • Boris Levin

Matthias F. Geiger has published multiple papers in several venues, with notable frequent publications in:

  • Zootaxa
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Basic and Applied Ecology
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Ecological Indicators

Recent papers include:

  • "Towards a multisensor station for automated biodiversity monitoring" (2022) in Basic and Applied Ecology
  • "A genomic perspective on an old question: Salmo trouts or Salmo trutta (Teleostei: Salmonidae)?" (2021) in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • "DNA metabarcoding of stream invertebrates reveals spatio-temporal variation but consistent status class assessments in a natural and urban river" (2020) in Ecological Indicators
  • "Adding DNA barcoding to stream monitoring protocols - What's the additional value and congruence between morphological and molecular identification approaches?" (2021) in PLoS ONE
  • "Coverage and quality of DNA barcode references for Central and Northern European Odonata" (2021) in PeerJ

Matthias F. Geiger was awarded the Hellman Fellow recognition in 2009.

Best Publications

  • DNA barcode reference libraries for the monitoring of aquatic biota in Europe: Gap-analysis and recommendations for future work.

    Hannah Weigand;Arne J Beermann;Fedor Čiampor;Filipe O. Costa

  • Spatial heterogeneity in the Mediterranean Biodiversity Hotspot affects barcoding accuracy of its freshwater fishes.

    M. F. Geiger;F. Herder;M. T. Monaghan;V. Almada

  • 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

    Florian Leese;Agnes Bouchez;Kessy Abarenkov;Florian Altermatt

  • Testing the Global Malaise Trap Program – How well does the current barcode reference library identify flying insects in Germany?

    Matthias F. Geiger;Jerome Moriniere;Axel Hausmann;Gerhard Haszprunar

  • Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

    Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Alain Dubois;Cristian Simón Abdala

  • A DNA barcode library for 5,200 German flies and midges (Insecta: Diptera) and its implications for metabarcoding-based biomonitoring.

    Jérôme Morinière;Michael Balke;Dieter Doczkal;Matthias F Geiger

  • Molecular diversity of Germany's freshwater fishes and lampreys assessed by DNA barcoding.

    Thomas Knebelsberger;Andreas R. Dunz;Dirk Neumann;Matthias F. Geiger

  • 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).

    Matthias F Geiger;Jonas J. Astrin;Thomas Borsch;Ulrich Burkhardt

  • DNA metabarcoding from sample fixative as a quick and voucher-preserving biodiversity assessment method

    Vera M.A. Zizka;Florian Leese;Bianca Peinert;Matthias F. Geiger

  • Review of the Oxynoemacheilus tigris group with the description of two new species from the Euphrates drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).

    Joerg Freyhof;Cuneyt Kaya;Davut Turan;Matthias Geiger

  • 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

    Fabian Herder;Ulrich K. Schliewen;Matthias F. Geiger;Renny K. Hadiaty

  • Sasanidus, a new generic name for Noemacheilus kermanshahensis Bănărescu & Nalbant, with discussion of Ilamnemacheilus and Schistura (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae).

    Jörg Freyhof;Matthias F. Geiger;Kiavash Golzarianpour;Rahman Patimar

  • Eidinemacheilus proudlovei , a new subterranean loach from Iraqi Kurdistan (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae)

    Jörg Freyhof;Younis Sabir Abdullah;Korsh Ararat;Hamad Ibrahim

  • Generic assignment of Leuciscus kurui Bogutskaya from the upper Tigris drainage, and a replacement name for Alburnus kurui Mangit & Yerli (Teleostei: Leuciscidae)

    Jörg Freyhof;Cüneyt Kaya;Esra Bayçelebi;Matthias Geiger

  • A genomic perspective on an old question: Salmo trouts or Salmo trutta (Teleostei: Salmonidae)?

    Iraj Hashemzadeh Segherloo;Jörg Freyhof;Patrick Berrebi;Anne-Laure Ferchaud

  • Barbus anatolicus, a new barbel from the Kızılırmak and Yeşilırmak River drainages in northern Anatolia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).

    Davut Turan;Cüneyt Kaya;Matthias Geiger;Jörg Freyhof

  • Oxynoemacheilus zarzianus , a new loach from the Lesser Zab River drainage in Iraqi Kurdistan (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).

    Jörg Freyhof;Matthias Geiger

  • Oxynoemacheilus phasicus , a new nemacheilid loach from the eastern Black Sea basin with some remarks on other Caucasian Oxynoemacheilus (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)

    Jörg Freyhof;Cüneyt Kaya;Giorgi Epitashvili;Matthias F. Geiger

  • Review of the genus Cobitis in the Middle East, with the description of eight new species (Teleostei: Cobitidae).

    Jörg Freyhof;Esra Bayçelebi;Matthias Geiger

  • Aphanius kruppi , a new killifish from Oman with comments on the A. dispar species group (Cyprinodontiformes: Aphaniidae)

    Jörg Freyhof;Anton Weissenbacher;Matthias Geiger

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg Freyhof
Jörg Freyhof Leibniz Association
Florian Leese
Florian Leese University of Duisburg-Essen
Michał Grabowski
Michał Grabowski University of Łódź
Filipe O. Costa
Filipe O. Costa University of Minho
Agnès Bouchez
Agnès Bouchez Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Vladimir Pešić
Vladimir Pešić University of Montenegro
Annie Machordom
Annie Machordom Spanish National Research Council
Paul D. N. Hebert
Paul D. N. Hebert University of Guelph
Elisabeth Haring
Elisabeth Haring Natural History Museum Vienna

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