Postdoc
since January 2017 at the Research Institute for Limnology, Mondsee of the Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck (LFUI) in the research group ‘Ecology and Taxonomy of planktonic Ciliates’
in the FWF-Project Endosymbiotic Algae and their Ciliate Hosts: Morphology, Phylogeny, Ecology (P28333-B25), PI B. Sonntag & T. Pröschold, Duration April 2016 – March 2021
Expertise: Systematics, Taxonomy and molecular Phylogeny of (Green) Algae and Protists
Scientific CV
Jan 2017 – present Post Doc at the Research Department for Limnology, Mondsee of the Leopold-Franzens-University of Innsbruck (LFUI) in the research group ‘Ciliate ecology and taxonomy’, within the FWF project Freshwater endosymbiotic algae and their ciliate hosts: morphology, phylogeny, ecology. FWF Austrian Science Fund (P28333-B25), PIs B. Sonntag and T. Pröschold, April 2016 – March 2021
Sept 2015 – Aug 2016 University Professor for Taxonomy and Systematics of Microalgae, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Feb 2015 – Dec 2016 (Guest) Scientist at the Culture Collection of Algae (“Sammlung von Algenkulturen”; SAG), University of Göttingen, Germany
Oct 2014 Habilitation at the University of Vienna (A): Generic and species concepts in green algae (Chlorophyta)
Jul 2011–Dec 2013 Postdoc at the University of Rostock (D), Department of Applied Ecology (Ulf Karsten)
Feb 2010–Jun 2011 Postdoc at the University of Vienna, Department of Limnology (Michael Schagerl)
Jun 2004–Oct 2009 Phycologist and Molecular Biologist at the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP) at SAMS, Dunbeg near Oban (Scotland)
Apr 2003–Feb 2004 Postdoc at the University of Cologne (D), Botanical Institute I (DFG-Project ‘Generic and species concept among the Volvocales’)
Feb 2002–Mar 2003 Postdoc at the Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island (USA), Department BioMed (Annette Coleman; DFG-Project ‘Generic and species concept among the Volvocales’)
Sep 1999–Dec 2001 Research Associate at the University of Cologne (D), Botanical Institute I
Feb 1998–Jan 1999 Research Associate at the University of Göttingen (D), Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute of Plant Science, Department of Systematic Botany
Sep 1991–Sep 1994 Research Associate at the University of Göttingen (D), Institute for Plant Physiology
Nov 1997 Doctoral Study at the University of Göttingen (D), Collection of Algal Cultures (SAG). Topic: Gametogenesis in unicellular green algae
Aug 1991 Diploma at the University of Göttingen (D), Collection of Algal Cultures (SAG). Topic: Zur Oogamie bei Chlamydomonas
Oct 1989 Master in Botany, Mikrobiology and Physikalischer Chemistry at the University of Göttingen (D)
Apr 1988 Bachelor in Botany, Mikrobiology and inorganic and Physikalischer Chemistry at the University of Göttingen (D)
Publications:
Spanner C, Darienko T, Biehler T, Sonntag B, Pröschold T (2020) Endosymbiotic green algae in Paramecium bursaria: A new isolation method and a simple diagnostic PCR approach for the identification, Diversity 12: 240 PDF
Pröschold T, Pitsch G, Darienko T (2020) Micractinium tetrahymenae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), a new endosymbiont isolated from ciliates. Diversity 12:200 PDF
Pröschold T, Darienko T, Guiry MD (2020) Nomenclatural corrections in the green algal genus Deuterostichococcus Pröschold & Darienko (Trebouxiophyceae), Notulae algarum 137 PDF
Pröschold T, Darienko T (2020) The green puzzle Stichococcus (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta): New generic and species concept among this widely distributed genus. Phytotaxa 441(2): 113-142 PDF
Darienko T, Rad-Menéndez C, Campbell C, Pröschold T (2019) Are there any true marine Chlorella species? Molecular phylogenetic assessment and ecology of marine Chlorella-like organisms, including a description of Droopiella gen. nov. Systematics and Biodiversity 17: 811-829 PDF
Darienko T, Kang W, Orzechowski AK, Pröschold T (2019). Pleurastrosarcina terriformae, a new species of a rare desert trebouxiophycean alga discovered by an integrative approach. Extremophiles 23: 573-586 PDF
Darienko T, Pröschold T (2019) Reevaluation and discovery of new species of the rare genus Watanabea and establishment of Massjukichlorella gen. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) using an integrative approach. J Phycol 55: 493-499 PDF
Darienko T, Pröschold T (2019) The genus Jaagichlorella Reisigl (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) and its close relatives: an evolutionary puzzle. Phytotaxa 388: 47-68 PDF
Darienko T, Pröschold T (2018). Watanabea borysthenica sp. nov., including ‘Watanabea pyrenoidosa’nom. inval. (Trebouxiaceae, Trebouxiophyceae). Notulae Algarum 73: 1-4 PDF
Pröschold T, Darienko T (2018) The distinctions between Chlamydomonas incerta Pascher and Chlamydomonas globosa J.W. Snow and their taxonomic consequences. Notulae Algarum 56: 1-4 PDF
Pröschold T, Darienko T, Krienitz L, Coleman AW (2018) Chlamydomonas schloesseri sp. nov. (Chlamydophyceae, Chlorophyta) revealed by morphology, autolysin cross experiments, and multiple gene analyses. Phytotaxa 362: 21-38 PDF
Darienko T, Lukesova A, Pröschold T (2018) The polyphasic approach revealed new species of Chloroidium (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Phytotaxa 372: 51-66 PDF
Darienko T, Pröschold T (2018) The establishment of Diplosphaera epiphytica sp. nov. and its distinction from Chlorella sphaerica Tschermak-Woess. Notulae algarum 54: 1-4 PDF
Pröschold T, Darienko T (2018) The distinctions between Chlamydomonas incerta Pascher and Chlamydomonas globosa J.W. Snow and their taxonomic consequences. Notulae algarum 56: 1-4 PDF
Pröschold T, Darienko T, Krienitz L, Coleman AW (2018) Chlamydomonas schloesseri sp. nov. (Chlamydophyceae, Chlorophyta) revealed by morphology, autolysin cross experiments, and multiple gene analyses. Phytotaxa 362: 021-038 PDF
Darienko T, Pröschold T (2017) Toward a monograph of non-marine Ulvophyceae using an integrative approach (Molecular phylogeny and systematics of terrestrial Ulvophyceae II) Phytotaxa 324: 1-41
Albrecht M, Pröschold T, Schumann R (2017) Identification of cyanobacteria in a eutrophic coastal lagoon on the southern Baltic coast. Frontiers in Microbiol 8: 923
Gustavs L, Schiefelbein U, Darienko T, Pröschold T (2017): Symbioses of the green algal genera Coccomyxa and Elliptochloris (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). In Seckbach J, Grube M, Muggia L (eds): Algae and Cyanobacteria Symbioses. pp. 169-208
Darienko T, Gustavs L, Pröschold T (2016) Species concept and nomenclatural changes within the genera Elliptochloris and Pseudochlorella (Trebouxiophyceae) based on an integrative approach. J Phycol 52: 1125-1145
Darienko T, Gustavs L, Eggert A, Wolf W, Pröschold T (2015) Evaluating the species boundaries of green microalgae (Coccomyxa, Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) using integrative taxonomy and DNA barcoding with further implications for the species identification in environmental samples. PLOS One 10: e0127838
Darienko T, Pröschold T (2015) Genetic variability and taxonomic revision of the genus Auxenochlorella (Shihira et Krauss) Kalina et Puncocharova (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). J Phycol 51: 394-400
Allewaert CC, Vanormelingen P, Pröschold T, Gomez PI, Gonzalez MA, Bilcke G, D‘Hondt S, Vyverman W (2015) Species diversity in European Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyceae, Volvocales). Phycologia 54: 583-598
Kitzing C, Pröschold T, Karsten U (2014) UV-induced effects on growth, photosynthetic performance and sunscreen contents in different populations of the green alga Klebsormidium fluitans (Streptophyta) from alpine soil crusts. Microbial Ecol 67: 327-340
Karsten U, Pröschold T, Mikhailyuk T, Holzinger A (2013) Photosynthetic performance of different genotypes of the green alga Klebsormidium sp. (Streptophyta) isolated from biological soil crusts of the Alps. Algol Stud 142: 45-62
González MA, Pröschold T, Palacios Y, Aguayo P, Inostroza I, Gómez PI (2013) Taxonomic identification and lipid production of two Chilean Chlorella-like strains isolated from a marine and an estuarine coastal environment. AoB Plants 5: 1-12
Blanc G, Agarkova I, Grimwood J, Kuo A, Brueggeman A,Dunigan DD, Gurnon J, Ladunga I, Lindquist E, Lucas S, Pangilinan J, Pröschold T, Salamov A, Schmutz J, Weeks D, Yamada T, Lomsadze A, Borodovsky M, Claverie J-M, Grigoriev IV, Van Etten JL (2012) The genome of the polar eukaryotic microalga Coccomyxa subellipsoidea reveals traits of cold adaptation. Genome Biol 13: R39
Chen C, Barfuss MHJ, Pröschold T, Schagerl M (2012) Hidden genetic diversity in the green alga Spirogyra (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta). BMC Evol Biol 12: 77
Krienitz L, Bock C, Kotut K, Pröschold T (2012) Genotypic diversity of Dictyosphaerium-morphospecies (Chlorellaceae, Trebouxiophyceae) in African inland waters, including the description of four new genera. Fottea 12: 231-253
Demchenko E, Mikhailyuk T, Coleman AW, Pröschold T (2012) Generic and species concepts in Microglena (previously the Chlamydomonas monadina group) revised using an integrative approach. Eur J Phycol 47: 264-290
Bock C, Krienitz L, Pröschold T (2011) Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Chlorella (Trebouxiophyceae) using molecular signatures (barcodes), including description of seven new species. Fottea 11: 293-312
Bock C, Pröschold T, Krienitz L (2011) Updating the genus Dictyosphaerium and description of Mucidosphaerium gen. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae) based on morphological and molecular data. J Phycol 47: 638-652
Caisova L, Marin B, Sausen N, Pröschold T, Melkonian M (2011) Polyphyly of Chaetophora and Stigeoclonium within the Chaetophorales (Chlorophyceae), revealed by sequence comparisons of nuclear-encoded SSU rRNA genes. J Phycol 47: 164-177
Pröschold T, Darienko T, Silva PC, Reisser W, Krienitz L (2011) The systematics of “Zoochlorella” revisited employing an integrative approach. Environ Microbiol 13: 350-364
Krienitz L, Bock C, dadheech PK, Pröschold T (2011) The Mychonastes-clade of Chlorophyceae and the dispute on conception of orders in green algae. Phycologia 50: 89-106
Dadheech PK, Ballot A, Casper P, Kotut K, Novelo E, Lemma B, Pröschold T, Krienitz L (2010) Mexican Arthrospira strains show phylogenetic divergence to strains of East African and Indian origin deduced by 16S rRNA-ITS and phycocyanin operon sequences. Phycologia 49: 361-372
Bock C, Pröschold T, Krienitz L (2010) Two new Dictyosphaerium-morphotype lineages of the Chlorellaceae (Trebouxiophyceae): Heynigia gen. nov. and Hindakia gen. nov. Eur J Phycol 45: 267-277
Krienitz L, Bock C, Luo W, Pröschold T (2010) Polyphyletic origin of the Dictyosphaerium-morphotype within Chlorellaceae (Trebouxiophyceae). J Phycol 46: 559-563
Day JG, Pröschold T, Friedl T, Lorenz M, Silva PC (2010) Conservation of microalgal type material: approaches needed for 21st century science. Taxon 59: 3-6
Pröschold T, Bock C, Luo W, Krienitz L (2010) Polyphyletic origin of bristle formation in Chlorellaceae: Micractinium, Didymogenes and Hegewaldia gen. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Phycol Res 58: 1-8
Luo W, Pröschold T, Bock C, Krienitz, L (2010) Generic concept in Chlorella-related coccoid green algae (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae). Plant Biol 12: 545-553
Darienko T, Gustavs L, Mudimu O, Rad Menendez C, Schumann R, Karsten U, Friedl T, Pröschold T (2010) Chloroidium, a common terrestrial coccoid green alga previously assigned to Chlorella (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Eur J Phycol 45: 79-95