Professor Martin Genner
B.Sc.(Liv.), M.Sc.(Aberd.), Ph.D.(Soton.)
Current positions
Professor in Evolutionary Ecology
School of Biological Sciences
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Research interests
I am interested in the ecological and evolutionary processes have shaped spatial and temporal patterns of biological diversity, primarily in aquatic environments. I have mainly worked on two systems: European marine fishes, and African freshwater fishes .
Topics currently being pursued include:
- Speciation and adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes
- Historical phylogeography of African freshwater fishes
- Influence of climate change and fishing on marine fish assemblages
- Conservation genetics of European marine fishes
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Seeing the invisible, hearing the inaudible: revealing estuarine mysteries through art and science
Principal Investigator
Description
In what ways can engagement in the nocturnal human-environment entanglements of the River Erme foster curiosity and care for the river by those living within its catchment, and does this…Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/02/2022 to 31/05/2022
Environmental DNA survillance for health and food security in Africa
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/10/2019 to 31/03/2022
Characterising the biodiversity of freshwater fishes of Africa using environmental DNA metabarcoding: A case study within the Kilombero river system of Tanzania
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
31/03/2019 to 31/01/2022
Aquatic environmental DNA for enhanced health and food security in Tanzania
Principal Investigator
Description
Trace “environmental” DNA (eDNA) in water samples can be analysed to determine the presence and relative abundance of species. This project will evaluate eDNA applications in two sustainable development contexts:…Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/02/2019 to 31/07/2019
Can phenotypic plasticity and DNA methylation promote adaptive radiation?
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/01/2019 to 31/10/2022
Thesis supervisions
Hybridization and conservation of tilapia cichlid fish biodiversity in Tanzania
Supervisors
Morphological and Molecular Approaches for Assessing Diversity of East African Freshwater Fishes
Supervisors
Molecular approaches to improve understanding of the distribution of human-infecting Schistosoma species
Supervisors
Body size and latitude predict the presence of multiple stressors in global vertebrate populations
Supervisors
Allometric scaling of the extinction vortex
Supervisors
Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions of Lanternfishes
Supervisors
Competitive Behaviour, Impact and Success of Invasive Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Supervisors
Unrecognised endemic biodiversity within East African Chiloglanis catfish populations
Supervisors
Ecomorphological diversification during adaptive radiation of East African cichlid fishes
Supervisors
Exploring phenotypic plasticity and gene co-expression networks in the jaw apparatus of speciating cichlid fishes
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
10/06/2025Genome analyses reveal diverse riverine genetic contributions to the Lake Malawi cichlid radiation
Molecular Ecology
Ancient and recent hybridization in the Oreochromis cichlid fishes
Molecular Biology and Evolution
A whole-body micro-CT scan library that captures the skeletal diversity of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes
Scientific Data
Climate warming drives population trajectories of freshwater fish
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Community structure of indigenous fishes relative to habitat variation and invasive tilapia in lakes of Quintana Roo, Mexico
Environmental Biology of Fishes
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