Dr Bernd Haenfling

Senior Lecturer/ Chair of the Evolutionary Biology Group (EvoHull)

+44 (0)1482 465804 | B.Haenfling@hull.ac.uk

Faculty and Department

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Department of Biological and Marine Sciences

Biography Outputs Research/PhD

Summary

Dr Bernd Hänfling is a senior lecturer and molecular ecologist with more than 20 years' experience in studying the ecology and evolution of freshwater organisms. He has been applying his scientific expertise to teach undergraduate students in ecology, evolutionary biology and conservation since 2007. Current research projects focus on the application of eDNA and 'next generation sequencing' approaches. They include eDNA analysis of freshwater fish communities, assessing the impact of invasive species and population genomics of pond fish. School of Environmental Sciences

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

Targeted and passive environmental DNA approaches outperform established methods for detection of quagga mussels, Dreissena rostriformis bugensis in flowing water

Blackman, R. C., Ling, K. K. S., Harper, L. R., Shum, P., Hänfling, B., & Lawson-Handley, L. (2020). Targeted and passive environmental DNA approaches outperform established methods for detection of quagga mussels, Dreissena rostriformis bugensis in flowing water. Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6921

Environmental DNA metabarcoding provides enhanced detection of the European eel Anguilla anguilla and fish community structure in pumped river catchments

Griffiths, N. P., Bolland, J. D., Wright, R. M., Murphy, L. A., Donnelly, R. K., Watson, H. V., & Hänfling, B. (2020). Environmental DNA metabarcoding provides enhanced detection of the European eel Anguilla anguilla and fish community structure in pumped river catchments. Journal of fish biology, 97, 1375-1384. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14497

Jon Bolland

Simple, sensitive and species-specific assays for detecting quagga and zebra mussels (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis and D. polymorpha) using environmental DNA

Blackman, R. C., Benucci, M., Donnelly, R., Hänfling, B., Harper, L. R., Sellers, G. S., & Lawson-Handley, L. (2020). Simple, sensitive and species-specific assays for detecting quagga and zebra mussels (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis and D. polymorpha) using environmental DNA. Management of Biological Invasions, 11(2), 218-236. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2020.11.2.04

Generating and testing ecological hypotheses at the pondscape with environmental DNA metabarcoding: A case study on a threatened amphibian

Harper, L. R., Lawson Handley, L., Hahn, C., Boonham, N., Rees, H. C., Lewis, E., …Hänfling, B. (2020). Generating and testing ecological hypotheses at the pondscape with environmental DNA metabarcoding: A case study on a threatened amphibian. Environmental DNA, 2(2), 184-199. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.57

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding of pond water as a tool to survey conservation and management priority mammals

Ghazali, M., Harper, L. R., Lawson Handley, L., Carpenter, A. I., Murray-Dickson, G., Di Muri, C., …Hänfling, B. (2019). Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding of pond water as a tool to survey conservation and management priority mammals. Biological Conservation, 238(October 2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108225

Thomas Breithaupt Callum Macgregor

Postgraduate supervision

Dr Hänfling welcomes applications in the fields of environmental DNA, population genomics and phylogeography. Completed PhDs PhDs - Dr Hastings Zidana (2006-2008) - Thomas Mathers (2009-2013) - Dr Andrea Simon (2008-2012) - Cathleen Thomas (2008-2012) - Dr Daniel Jeffries (2011-2015) Postdocs - Dr David Weetman (2003-2006) - Dr Helen Wilcock (2004) - Dr Thorid Zierold (2006-2007) - Dr Isabela Douterelo-Soler (2008) - Dr Mark Cullings (2010-2013) - Dr Caitriona McInnerney (2013-2014) - Dr Helen Kimbell (2015-2016) - Dr Harriet Johnson (2016-2017) - Dr Peter Shum (2016-2017) - Dr Hayley Watson (2016-2017) Current PhD supervisions - Jianlong Lee (from 2014) - Rosetta Blackman (from 2014) - Lynsey Harper (from 2015) - Marco Benucci (from 2015) - Graham Sellers (from 2015) - Cristina Di Muri (from 2016)