Alexandra Schmidt

This study analyzes the genetic stability and resilience of Baltic diatom populations over 8000 years, showing accelerated genetic change linked to historical human activity.

This paper develops a DNA-based index using ancient sediment DNA to assess past and present phytoplankton dominance in the Baltic Sea, revealing historical shifts in species composition.

The paper retrieves mitochondrial genomes of extinct Pleistocene megafauna from recent sediment layers in Siberian lakes, showing that permafrost thawing affects aeDNA preservation and stratigraphic signal.

This study evaluates how shotgun metagenomics captures composition and biomass in artificial soil invertebrate communities, showing taxon-specific biases and the influence of reference genome properties.