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

Since 2025:  Postdoctoral Researcher, GEOMAR 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

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. doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2025.154436

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. doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2024.12.022

Lotharukpong JS, Zheng M, Luthringer R, Liesner D, Drost H-G, Coelho SM (2024). A transcriptomic hourglass in brown algae. Nature. doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08059-8

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. doi.org/10.1111/nph.19953

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. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.838793

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. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.862923

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. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.870792

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. doi.org/10.1515/bot-2021-0014

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. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6569

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. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00456

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. doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.05.009

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