Juniorprofessor Dr. Kathrin Blumenstein

Investigating the interactions of microorganisms with their host plants is what fascinates me. I study how fungi can have the capacity to live as endophytes in a tree and support their hosts vitality, while other fungi infect a tree as a pathogen and cause disease symptoms.

What are the drivers of fungi to emerge into new ecosystems, which strategies have invasive fungal species to establish in a new area and what can we do to strengthen the defence mechanisms of the trees? In my research, I focus on these questions.

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Juniorprofessor and Chair of Pathology of Trees

University of Freiburg, Germany

2022-present

Junior Research Leader in Forest Pathology

University of Göttingen, Germany

2021 - 2022

PostDoc in Research Group Forest Pathology

University of Göttingen, Germany

2018 - 2021

Maternity Leave

2016 - 2018

PhD in Microbiology

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden

2010- 2015

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PhD in Forestry   

(Double Degree; incl. 1yr Maternity Leave)

Bangor University, Wales, UK

Master in Biology

University of Kassel, Germany

2007 - 2010