Education and Career Stages

• 8/2014-current. Full Professor (W3) of Marine Natural Products Chemistry, GEOMAR
• 2011-2014. Full Professor of Marine Biodiscovery, National University of Ireland Galway, School of Chemistry, Ireland
• 2006-2011. Senior lecturer, London (now UCL) School of Pharmacy, UK
• 2002-2025. Dr. Helmut Legerlotz Fellow, University of Zurich, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Switzerland
• 1998-2001. Post-doctoral fellow, University of Utah, College of Pharmacy, USA
• 1992-1997. PhD (Distinct.), ETH Zurich, Department of Pharmacy, Switzerland

Distinctions and Awards 

• 2016. Waters Award for Excellence in Natural Products Innovation
• 2005. Egon Stahl Silver Medal of Society for Medicinal Plant Research (GA)
• 2004. Pierre Fabre Prize of the Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE)
• 1997. ETH-Zurich Medal, Distinction for PhD Thesis

Editorial Functions

• Member of the Editorial Board of Marine Drugs
• Member of the Advisory Editorial Board of Planta Medica
• Member of the Editorial Board of Phytochemistry Letters

Community Functions

• 2024-current. Steering Committee member, Alliance of Science Organizations in Germany, Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Information Platform / Nagoya Protocol Hub
• 2018-current. Steering Committee member, Kiel Plant Centre (KPC), Kiel University
• 2019-current. Strategic Advisory Board member, Center for New Antibacterial Strategies, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
• 2009-2015. Advisory Board Member, Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA)
• 2009-2015. Permanent Committee Member, Young Researchers Workshop, Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA)
• 2008-2013. Membership secretary, Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE)

Selected Publications

(OceanRep)

Tasdemir, D. Scarpato, S., Utermann-Thüsing, C., Jensen, T., Blümel, M., Wenzel-Storjohann, A., Welsch., C., Echelmeyer, V.A. Epiphytic and endophytic microbiome of the seagrass Zostera marina: Do they contribute to pathogen reduction in seawater? Science of the Total Environment, 2024, 908, 168422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168422.

Prellezo, R., Corrales, X., Andonegi, E., Bald, C., Fernandes-Salvador, J. A., Iñarra, B., Irigoien, X., Martin, A., Murillas-Maza, A. und Tasdemir, D. (2024) Economic trade-offs of harvesting the ocean twilight zone: An ecosystem services approach.  Ecosystem Services, 67 . Art.Nr. 101633. DOI 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101633.

Eroldoğan, O.T., Glencross, B., Novoveska, L., Gaudêncio, S.P., Rinkevich, B., Varese, G.C., Carvalho, M.F., Tasdemir, D., Safarik, I., Nielsen, S.L., Rebours, C., Bilela, L.L., Robbens, J., Strode, E., Haznedaroglu, B.Z., Kotta, J., Evliyaoglu, E., Oliveira, J., Girão, M., Vazquez, M.I., Čabarkapa, I., Rakita, S., Klun, K., Rotter, A. From the sea to aquafeed: A perspective overview. Reviews in Aquaculture, 2023, 15, 1028-1057; https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12740

Vitale, G. A., January, G. G., Oppong-Danquah, E. , Della Sala, G., Palma Esposito, F., Tasdemir, D. und de Pascale, D. (2023) A metabologenomics approach to unlock the metabolome of the novel Antarctic deep-sea isolate Lacinutrix shetlandiensis sp. nov. WUR7.  PNAS Nexus, 2 (7). Art.Nr. pgad221. DOI 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad221.

Oppong-Danquah, E., Blümel, M., Scarpato, S., Mangoni, A., Tasdemir, D. Induction of isochromanones by co-cultivation of the marine fungus Cosmospora sp. and the phytopathogen Magnaporthe oryzae. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23(2), 782, doi: 10.3390/ijms23020782.

Sigwart, J., Blasiak, R., Jaspars, M., Jouffray J.-B., Tasdemir D. Unlocking the potential of marine biodiscovery. Natural Product Reports, 2021, 38, 1235-1242, doi: 10.1039/d0np00067a.

Li, F., Pandey, P., Janussen D., Chittiboyina A.G., Ferreira D., Tasdemir, D. Tridiscorhabdin and didiscorhabdin, the first discorhabdin oligomers linked with a direct C-N bridge from the Antarctic deep-sea sponge, Latrunculia biformis. Journal of Natural Products, 2020, 83, 706-713. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00023

Utermann, C., Blümel M., Busch, K., Büdenbender, L., Lin, L., Haltli, B.A., Kerr, R.G., Briski, L., Hentschel, U., Tasdemir, D.* Comparative microbiome and metabolome analyses of the marine tunicate Ciona intestinalis from native and invaded habitats. Microorganisms, 2020, 8, 2022; doi:10.3390/microorganisms8122022

Parrot D., Blümel M., Utermann, C., Chianese G., Krause S., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N., Tasdemir, D. Mapping the surface microbiome and metabolome of brown seaweed Fucus vesiculosus by amplicon sequencing, integrated metabolomics and imaging techniques. Scientific Reports, 2019, 9, 1061. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37914-8.

Papazian, S., Parrot, D., Buryskova, B., Weinberger, F., Tasdemir, D. Surface chemical defence of the eelgrass Zostera marina against microbial foulers. Scientific Reports 2019, 9, 3323. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-39212-3.

Utermann C., Parrot D., Breusing C., Stuckas H., Staufenberger T., Blümel M., Labes A., Tasdemir D. Combined genotyping, microbial diversity and metabolite profiling studies on farmed Mytilus spp. from Kiel Fjord. Scientific Reports 2018, 8:7983, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26177-y.

Oppong-Danquah, E., Parrot D., Blümel M., Labes A., Tasdemir D.  Molecular networking-based metabolomics for induction of chemical diversity of marine-derived fungi co-cultivated with plant pathogens. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018, 9, 2072. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02072.

Parrot, D., Papazian, S., Foil, D., Tasdemir D. Imaging the unimaginable: Desorption Electrospray Ionization - Imaging Mass Spectrometry (DESI-IMS) in natural product research. Planta Medica, 2018, doi: 10.1055/s-0044-100188.

Chianese G., Silber J., Luciano, P., Merten C., Erpenbeck, D. Topaloglu B., Kaiser M., Tasdemir D. Antiprotozoal linear furanosesterterpenoids from the marine sponge Ircinia oros. Journal of Natural Products, 2017, 80, 2566-2571. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00543.

Merten, C., Smyrniotopoulos, V., Tasdemir, D. Assignment of absolute configurations of highly flexible linear diterpenes from the brown alga Bifurcaria bifurcata by VCD spectroscopy. ChemicalCommunications, 2015, 51, 16217-16220.

Fernández, A., Grienke, U., Soler-Vila, A., Guihéneuf, F., Stengel, D., Tasdemir, D. Seasonal and geographical variations in the biochemical composition of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis L.) from Ireland. Food Chemistry, 2015, 177, 43-52.

Grienke, U., Silke, J., Tasdemir, D. Bioactive compounds from marine mussels and their effects on human health. Food Chemistry, 2014, 142, 48-60.

Fitzgerald, C., Gallagher, E., Tasdemir, D., Hayes, M. Heart health peptides from macroalgae and their potential use in functional foods. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2011, 59, 6829-6836.

Tasdemir, D., Topaloglu, B., Perozzo, R., Brun, R., O’Neill, R., Carballeira, N.M., Zhang, X., Tonge, P.J., Linden, A., Rüedi, P. Marine natural products from the Turkish sponge Agelas oroides that inhibit the enoyl reductases from Plasmodium falciparum, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Escherichia coli. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2007, 15, 6834-6845.

Davis, R.A., Mangalindan, G.C., Bojo, Z.P., Antemano, R.R., Rodriguez, N.O., Concepción, G.P., Samson, S.C., de Guzman, D., Cruz, L.J., Tasdemir, D., Harper, M.K., Feng, X., Carter, G.T., Ireland C.M. Microcionamides A and B, bioactive peptides from the Philippine sponge Clathria (Thalysias) abietina. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2004, 69, 4170-4176.

Marshall, K.M., Matsumoto, S.S., Holden, J.A., Concepcion, G.P., Tasdemir, D., Ireland, C.M., Barrows, L.R. The anti-neoplastic and novel topoisomerase II mediated cytotoxicity of Neoamphimedine, a marine pyridoacridine. Biochemical Pharmacology, 2003, 66, 447-458.

Tasdemir, D., Mallon, R., Greenstein, M., Feldberg, L.R., Kim, S.C., Collins, K., Wojciechowicz, D., Mangalindan, G.C., Concepción, G.P., Harper, M.K., Ireland, C.M. Aldisine alkaloids from the Philippine sponge Stylissa massa are Potent Inhibitors of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase-1 (MEK-1). Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2002, 45, 529-532.

Tasdemir, D., Marshall, K.M., Mangalindan, G.C., Concepción, G.P., Barrows, L.R., Harper, M.K., Ireland, C.M. Deoxyamphimedine, a new pyridoacridine alkaloid from two tropical Xestospongiasponges. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2001, 66, 3246-3248.