1997 Habilitation in Botany, University of Essen, Germany
Thesis: Systematics of selected groups in the orders Lecanorales and Pertusariales (Ascomycotina)

1993 Ph.D. in Botany, University of Essen, Germany
Dissertation: Chemotaxonomy of the Lecanora subfusca group in Australasia

1989 M.S. in Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Thesis: Ontogeny of fruiting bodies in the lichen family Trapeliaceae and allied groups

Awards:

1999 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Gerhard Hess Award for promising young scientists.

1998 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Heisenberg Award.

1995 Sutter AG Essen, Gottschalk-Diederich-Baedecker-Award for an extraordinary Ph.D. thesis in Science or Technology

1995 University of Essen, Award for the best dissertation in Biology

Research Interests:

My main research interests are the systematics and phylogeny of Ascomycota, especially lichen-forming fungi and their diversity. I focus on some crustose groups that have their centre of distribution in the southern Hemisphere. Additionally I am interested in the secondary chemistry and chemotaxonomy of these organisms.

Current Research:

Currently I am working on the higher level phylogeny of eusascomycetes and the phylogenetic relationships of different classes distinguished in this group of fungi using nuclear and mitochondrial sequences of the small and large subunit of the ribosomal DNA.

Other current projects include character evolution in lichen-forming fungi of Pertusariales and the Parmeliaceae based on molecular trees and using likelihood based approaches coupled with Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo tree sampling to accommodate uncertainty in phylogenetic estimates.

I am also cooperating with Imke Schmitt in her studies on Pertusariales, Ruth del Prado in her studies on ascoma evolution, Nora Wirtz in her phylogeographic studies on Antarctic lichens, and Armin Mangold who is working on the systematics of a tropical lichens family in Australia.

Publications:

List of publications in PDF file.

Papers in press (i.e. accepted for publication):

CUBERO, O.F., A. CRESPO, T.L ESSLINGER & H.T. LUMBSCH: Molecular phylogeny of the genus Physconia (Ascomycota, Lecanorales) inferred from a Bayesian analysis of nuclear ITS rDNA. Mycol. Research, in press.

GRUBE, M., E. BALOCH & H.T. LUMBSCH: Evolution of perithecial ascomata from apothecia in a group of lichenized ascomycetes. Mycological Research, in press.

LÜCKING, R., B.L. STUART & H.T. LUMBSCH: Phylogenetic relationships of Gomphillaceae (Ascomycota): evidence from a combined Bayesian analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial sequences. Mycologia, in press.

LUMBSCH, H.T.: Comparison of homoplasy supports that characters have no a priori value in phylogenetic analyses of lichenized ascomycetes. Bibl. Lichenol., in press.

LUMBSCH, H.T., M.I. MESSUTI & T.H. NASH: Ochrolechia splendens, a new species from southwestern North America. Lichenologist, in press.

LUMBSCH, H.T., MESSUTI, M.I. & T.H. NASH: Revision of the Lecanora subfusca group in western North America. Bryologist, in press.

LUMBSCH, H.T., SCHMITT, I., PALICE, Z., WIKLUND, E., EKMAN, S. & WEDIN, M.: Supraordinal phylogenetic relationships of lichen-forming discomycetes (Lecanoromycetes) based on a combined Bayesian analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., in press.

MESSUTI, M.I., G. VOBIS & H.T. LUMBSCH: Additions to the lichen flora of Tierra del Fuego. Bryologist, in press.

MOLINA, M.C., A. CRESPO, O. BLANCO, H.T. LUMBSCH & D.L. HAWKSWORTH: Phylogenetic relationships and species concepts in Parmelia s.str. (Parmeliaceae) inferred from nuclear ITS rDNA and beta-tubulin sequences. Lichenologist, in press.

SCHMITT, I., SÖCHTING, U. & LUMBSCH, H.T.: Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Placopsis and allied genera. Mycologia, in press.

SCHUBERT, R., R. LÜCKING & H.T. LUMBSCH: New species of foliicolous lichens from "La Amistad" Biosphere Reserve, Costa Rica. Willdenowia, in press.

Books:

FEIGE, G.B. & H.T. LUMBSCH (Eds) Phytochemistry and Chemotaxonomy of Lichenized Ascomycetes - A Festschrift in Honour of Siegfried Huneck. J. Cramer Verlag, Stuttgart. 1993.

LUMBSCH, H.T., P.M. MCCARTHY & W.M. MALCOLM (2001) Key to the genera of Australian lichens: apothecial crusts. ABRS Govt. Printer, Canberra.

LLIMONA, X., LUMBSCH, H. T. & OTT, S. (2002) Progress and Problems in Lichenology at the Turn of the Millenium. Borntraeger, Stuttgart.

Contributions to books:

LUMBSCH, H.T.: Taxonomic use of metabolic data in lichen-forming fungi. pp. 345-387. In: "Chemical fungal taxonomy" (Hrsg.: FRISVAD, P. et al.). M. Dekker, New York (1998).

LUMBSCH, H.T.: Analysis of phenolic products in lichens for identification and taxonomy. pp. 281-295. In: "Protocols in Lichenology" (Hrsg.: KRANNER, I. ET AL.). Springer Verlag, Berlin (2001).

LUMBSCH, H.T.: Norman. In: "Lichen flora of the greater Sonoran region" (Hrsg.: NASH, T.H.). Ithaca. In press (2001).

LUMBSCH, H.T. & T.H. NASH: Pertusaria DC. In: "Lichen flora of the greater Sonoran region" (Hrsg.: NASH, T.H.). Ithaca. In press (2001).

LUMBSCH, H.T. & I. SCHMITT: RAPD-PCR of lichens. pp. 412-421. In: "Protocols in Lichenology" (Hrsg.: KRANNER, I. ET AL.). Springer Verlag, Berlin (2001).

LUMBSCH, H.T. & J.A. ELIX: Lecanora Ach. In: "Flora of Australia". ABRS Govt. Printer, Canberra. In press.

OTT, S. & H.T. LUMBSCH: Morphology and phylogeny of ascomycete lichens. In: "The Mycota. Volume IX" (Hrsg.: HOCK, B.). Springer Verlag, Berlin (2001).

Web publications:

LUMBSCH, H.T. & I.M. BRODO: Preliminary key to Lecanora species likely to occur in New England. (2000).

LUMBSCH, H.T. & R. GUDERLEY: Lecanora. – In: LIAS: Global Information System for Lichenized and Non-Lichenized Ascomycetes. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: – München (1998).

LUMBSCH, H.T. & R. GUDERLEY: LUMBSCH, H.T. & R. GUDERLEY: Diploschistes. – In: LIAS: Global Information System for Lichenized and Non-Lichenized Ascomycetes. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: – München (1997).