Leuchtmann, Adrian
Professor
Department of Environmental Systems Science
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Switzerland
Biography
Adrian Leuchtmann has been Titular professor at the Institute of Integrative Biology since September 2005. In this institute he is leader of the Evolutionary Mycology group. Adrian Leuchtmann was born on April 27, 1956 and is citizen of Weiach (Kt. ZH). He studied biology at ETH Zurich, writing his doctoral thesis on the systematics of grass-inhabiting ascomycetes (completed 1985). From 1987 to 1989 he was a postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University (Bloomington, USA), where he did research on the ecology of endophytic fungi. Afterwards he returned to ETH and habilitated in 1997 in the area ecology and evolutionary biology of fungi. As a lecturer he had several Lehraufträge covering subject areas in botany and mycology.
Research Interest
His research concentrates on evolutionary aspects of fungus/host systems, particularly endophytic fungi of grasses. Thereby he is interested in the ecological basis of the fungal symbiosis, and the mechanisms of reproduction and speciation of the endophytes.
Publications
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Multiplexed microsatellite markers for seven Metarhizium species Johanna Mayerhofer, Andy Lutz, Franco Widmer, Stephen A. Rehner, Adrian Leuchtmann and Jürg Enkerli Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 132: 132-134, Orlando, FL: Elsevier, 2015.
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The effect of Piriformospora indica on the root development of maize (Zea mays L.) and remediation of petroleum contaminated soil Javad Zamani, Mohammad A. Hajabbasi, Ebrahim Alaie, Mozhgan Sepehri, Adrian Leuchtmann and Rainer Schulin International Journal of Phytoremediation, 18 (3): 278-287, Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis, 2016.
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Biology and evolution of the Epichloë-associated Botanophila species found in Europe (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) Adrian Leuchtmann and Verner Michelsen Insect Systematics & Evolution, 47 (1): 1-14, Leiden: Brill, 2016.
