Dr. Daniel Liesner | RD 3 Marine Ecology | RU Experimental Ecology

Scientist | Topic 6

Office
ENB Building 5
Office 1.303
Tel.: +49 431 600 4323
E-Mail: dliesner(at)geomar.de

Address
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Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research
Wischhofstrasse 1-3, 24148 Kiel, Germany
 

Research Focus

  • Thermal adaptation of brown algae
  • Selection dynamics in natural communities
  • Intraspecific diversity, trait variation and plasticity

Education and Professional Experience

Since 2025:  Postdoctoral Researcher, ºÚÁÏÊÓÆµ Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany.

2021 - 2025: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Germany

2017 - 2020: Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.), Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven & University of Bremen, Germany

2014 - 2017: Master of Science in Marine Biology, University of Rostock, Germany

2011 - 2014: Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Germany

Publications

Graiff A, Franke K, Karsten U, Bartsch I, Liesner D, Gordillo FJL, Iñiguez C (2025). Differential effects of warming on carbon budget, photosynthetic yield and biochemical composition of cold-temperate and Arctic Laminaria digitata (Phaeophyceae). Journal of Plant Physiology.

Liesner D, Cossard GG, Zheng M, Godfroy O, Barrera-Redondo J, Haas FB, Coelho SM (2025). Developmental pathways underlying sexual differentiation in the U/V sex chromosome system of giant kelp. Developmental Cell.

Lotharukpong JS, Zheng M, Luthringer R, Liesner D, Drost H-G, Coelho SM (2024). A transcriptomic hourglass in brown algae. Nature.

Dries E, Meyers Y, Liesner D, Gonzaga F, Becker J, Zakka EE, Beeckmann T, Coelho SM, De Clerck O, Bogaert KA (2024). Cell wall-mediated maternal control of apical-basal patterning of the kelp Undaria pinnatifida. New Phytologist.

Liesner D, Pearson GA, Bartsch I, Rana S, Harms L, Heinrich S, Bischof K, Glöckner G, Valentin K (2022). Increased heat resilience of intraspecific outbred compared to inbred lineages in the kelp Laminaria digitata: physiology and transcriptomics. Frontiers in Marine Science.

Gauci C, Bartsch I, Martins N, Liesner D (2022). Cold thermal priming of Laminaria digitata (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) gametophytes enhances gametogenesis and thermal performance of sporophytes. Frontiers in Marine Science.

Schimpf NM, Liesner D, Franke K, Roleda MY, Bartsch I (2022). Microscopic stages of North Atlantic Laminaria digitata (Phaeophyceae) exhibit trait-dependent thermal adaptation along latitudes. Frontiers in Marine Science.

Franke K, Liesner D, Heesch S, Bartsch I (2021). Looks can be deceiving: contrasting temperature characteristics of two morphologically similar kelp species co-occurring in the Arctic. Botanica Marina.

Liesner D, Fouqueau L, Valero M, Roleda MY, Pearson G, Bischof K, Valentin K, Bartsch I (2020). Heat stress responses and population genetics of the kelp Laminaria digitata (Phaeophyceae) across latitudes reveal differentiation among North Atlantic populations. Ecology and Evolution.

Liesner D, Shama LNS, Diehl N, Valentin K, Bartsch I (2020). Thermal plasticity of the kelp Laminaria digitata (Phaeophyceae) across life cycle stages reveals the importance of cold seasons for marine forests. Frontiers in Marine Science.

Graiff A, Liesner D, Karsten U, Bartsch I (2015). Temperature tolerance of western Baltic Sea Fucus vesiculosus – growth, photosynthesis and survival. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.