Speaker

Dr. Martin Mascher, Research Group Leader ‘Domestication Genomics’
Research interests: cereal domestication, genomics, bioinformatics

Martin Mascher leads the ‘Domestication Genomics’ research group at IPK Gatersleben. His lab investigates crop evolution and adaptation, focusing on how these processes shape genetic diversity in domesticated plants and their wild ancestors. His research centers on temperate cereals—barley, wheat, rye, and oats—leveraging the extensive collections of these crops and their wild relatives housed in the German national genebank.

Brief CV:

Since 2015          Group leader at IPK Gatersleben and member of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Leipzig-Jena (iDiv)
2011-2014           Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Bielefeld University
2011-2014           Research assistant, IPK Gatersleben
2006-2011           Diploma, Mathematics, Magdeburg University

Laboratory website: https://tinyurl.com/domestication-genomics
E-mail: mascher@ipk-gatersleben.de

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