
Research Area
Yuri has started his journey at COMI as a PhD student in 2018 and now works as a Postdoctoral Researcher. He is interested on the affect of increasing plant diversity on the diversity and composition of seed and soil microbial communities. He was part of the Jena experiment research unit during his PhD time.
CV
PhD in Microbial Ecology – TUM
Master of Plant Biotechnology - UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro
Bachelor in Microbiology and Immunology – UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro
Publications
Read more2025 Scientific Article in Journal of Visualized Experiments
JenaTron - An experimental approach to study the effects of plant history and soil history on grassland ecosystem functioning.
2025 Scientific Article in New Phytologist
Plant species richness promotes the decoupling of leaf and root defence traits while species-specific responses in physical and chemical defences are rare.
2025 Scientific Article in Ecology Letters
Plant species richness and the root economics space drive soil fungal communities.
2024 Scientific Article in FEMS Microbiology Ecology
The effect of successive summer drought periods on bacterial diversity along a plant species richness gradient.
2024 Scientific Article in Neurogastroenterology and motility
Akkermansia muciniphila improves chronic colitis-induced enteric neuroinflammation in mice.
2024 Scientific Article in Environmental Microbiome