Dr. Christina Sagorny
Guest researcher
Research focus
In my PhD thesis supervised by Dr. Jörn von Döhren, I focused on taxonomy and systematics of Nemertea (ribbon worms) in Europe based on genetic data. Nemertea are unsegmented, mostly marine, vermiform animals of which approximately 1,300 species have been described so far. Morphologically differentiating between species is difficult in this group because only few external morphological characters are present. Because of this, I focused on molecular species delimitation methods (phylogenetic analyses, non-tree based, and tree-based delimitation methods) in order to discover cryptic species and help unravel nemertean phylogeny. Moreover, I analyzed the population structure and its dynamics in European nemerteans to understand variation within and between populations.
Academic Qualifications
PhD thesis
Sagorny, C. (2022) Nemertean systematics - Usefulness of DNA Barcoding and DNA Taxonomy for Species Identification, Delimitation, and Population Analyses. PhD Thesis, Uni Bonn.
Master's thesis
Sagorny, C. (2017) Cephalopods of the R/V SONNE expedition SO-249 BERING - Species descriptions of cirrate and incirrate octopods based on non-invasive imaging techniques. MSc Thesis, Uni Bonn.
Bachelor's thesis
Sagorny, C. (2014) Nachbeschreibung und Barcoding von Lineus bilineatus (Renier, 1804) (Heteronemertea, Nemertea). BSc Thesis, Uni Bonn.
