Dr. Markus Weiss

Research Scientist, System Administrator and Application Developer
IT Center of the Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns

Botanische Staatssammlung München
Menzinger Straße 67
80638 München, Germany
Phone +49-(0)89-17861-303
Fax +49-(0)89-17861-193
Email: weiss@bsm.mwn.de

Research interests
Biodiversity informatics
Software development
Secondary metabolism of tree roots, colonized by mycorrhizal and pathogenic fungi
Ecology and identification of ectomycorrhizae

Current projects

• BiNHum Biodiversity Network of the Humboldt-Ring
• DiversityCollection, a database application for biodiversity collection management
• DiversityMobile Setting up an Information Network on Biological Research Data gained in the Field up to the Sustainable Storage in a Primary Data Repository (I-B-F)
• DiversityTaxonNames, a database application for managing taxon hierarchy, synonymy and nomenclatural information
• Diversity Workbench Framework
• GBIF-D Fungi & Lichens; database development
• GBOL German Barcode of Life; database development
• Global Plants Initiative; database development
• IDES Integrated data management for mobilisation and digitalisation of zoological and palaeontological collections
• Melastomataceae.Net A Site with Information on the Biodiversity of Melastomataceae

For publications check DALI