2026 Matthias Hahn: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	64	9694	8949	705	666	142	14286

Overview

Matthias Hahn is affiliated with the Technical University of Kaiserslautern in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Hahn's main fields of study include:

Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields they have contributed to encompass:

Plant Science
Molecular Biology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Cell Biology
Insect Science

Their research focuses on a variety of topics related to plant and fungal biology, including:

Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
Fungal Plant Pathogen Control
Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
Plant Virus Research Studies
Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
Fungal and yeast genetics research

Matthias Hahn has published research articles in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
New Phytologist
PLoS Pathogens
Crop Health
European Journal of Plant Pathology

Some of the recent published papers include:

CRISPR/Cas with ribonucleoprotein complexes and transiently selected telomere vectors allows highly efficient marker-free and multiple genome editing in Botrytis cinerea, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
Multiple knockout mutants reveal a high redundancy of phytotoxic compounds contributing to necrotrophic pathogenesis of Botrytis cinerea, 2022, PLoS Pathogens
Genetic Diversity of Botrytis cinerea Revealed by Multilocus Sequencing, and Identification of B. cinerea Populations Showing Genetic Isolation and Distinct Host Adaptation, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
Retrotransposons as pathogenicity factors of the plant pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea, 2021, Genome Biology
A Practical Guide for Using Electrochemical Dilatometry as Operando Tool in Battery and Supercapacitor Research, 2022, Energy Technology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Matthias Hahn include:

Thomas Leisen
David Scheuring
Nassim Safari
Frederik Sommer
J.A. Werner

Best Publications

Genomic Analysis of the Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea

Joelle Amselem;Christina A. Cuomo;Jan A. L. van Kan;Muriel Viaud

1156
Citations
T-helper-1-cell cytokines drive cancer into senescence

Heidi Braumüller;Thomas Wieder;Ellen Brenner;Sonja Aßmann

834
Citations
Plant infection and the establishment of fungal biotrophy

Kurt Mendgen;Matthias Hahn

607
Citations
The rising threat of fungicide resistance in plant pathogenic fungi: Botrytis as a case study

Matthias Hahn

474
Citations
Fungicide-driven evolution and molecular basis of multidrug resistance in field populations of the grey mould fungus Botrytis cinerea.

Matthias Kretschmer;Michaela Leroch;Andreas Mosbach;Anne-Sophie Walker

467
Citations
One stop shop: backbones trees for important phytopathogenic genera: I (2014)

Kevin D. Hyde;R. Henrik Nilsson;S. Aisyah Alias;Hiran A. Ariyawansa

435
Citations
The role of haustoria in sugar supply during infection of broad bean by the rust fungus Uromyces fabae.

Ralf T. Voegele;Christine Struck;Matthias Hahn;Kurt Mendgen

413
Citations
Identification of a Protein from Rust Fungi Transferred from Haustoria into Infected Plant Cells

Eric Kemen;Ariane Christiane Kemen;Maryam Rafiqi;Uta Hempel

336
Citations
The race-specific elicitor, NIP1, from the barley pathogen, Rhynchosporium secalis, determines avirulence on host plants of the Rrs1 resistance genotype.

M Rohe;A Gierlich;H Hermann;M Hahn

283
Citations
A gapless genome sequence of the fungus Botrytis cinerea

Jan A. L. Van Kan;Joost H. M. Stassen;Andreas Mosbach;Theo A. J. Van Der Lee

272
Citations
Control of postharvest pathogens and colonization of the apple surface by antagonistic microorganisms in the field.

Wolfgang Leibinger;Barbara Breuker;Matthias Hahn;Kurt Mendgen

272
Citations
Different signalling pathways involving a Galpha protein, cAMP and a MAP kinase control germination of Botrytis cinerea conidia.

Gunther Doehlemann;Patrick Berndt;Matthias Hahn

256
Citations
Gray mold populations in german strawberry fields are resistant to multiple fungicides and dominated by a novel clade closely related to Botrytis cinerea.

Michaela Leroch;Cecilia Plesken;Roland W. S. Weber;Frank Kauff

254
Citations
Characterization of In Planta-Induced Rust Genes Isolated from a Haustorium-Specific cDNA Library

Matthias Hahn;Kurt Mendgen

226
Citations
Localized Mutagenesis in Rhizobium japonicum

Matthias Hahn;Hauke Hennecke

209
Citations
The ABC transporter BcatrB from Botrytis cinerea exports camalexin and is a virulence factor on Arabidopsis thaliana

Francesca L. Stefanato;Eliane Abou-Mansour;Antony Buchala;Matthias Kretschmer

206
Citations
Effects of cold-treatment on protein synthesis and mRNA levels in rice leaves.

Matthias Hahn;Virginia Walbot

188
Citations
Possible roles for mannitol and mannitol dehydrogenase in the biotrophic plant pathogen Uromyces fabae.

Ralf T. Voegele;Matthias Hahn;Gertrud Lohaus;Tobias Link

183
Citations
Signal and nutrient exchange at biotrophic plant-fungus interfaces.

Matthias Hahn;Kurt Mendgen

178
Citations
A Putative Amino Acid Transporter Is Specifically Expressed in Haustoria of the Rust Fungus Uromyces fabae

Matthias Hahn;Ulrike Neef;Christine Struck;Michael Göttfert

177
Citations