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PD Dr. Harald Schneider
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PD Dr. Harald Schneider

A-v-H Institut, Abteilung Systematische Botanik


Untere Karspüle 2
37073 Göttingen

Email:hschnei3@gwdg.de
Office hours:by arrangement
Foto PD Dr. Harald Schneider
Curriculum vitae
1992 Biology diploma passing examinations, Biology Department, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

1996 Ph.D. in Botany, Department of Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Switzerland

1996-1998 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Rijksherbarium, University of Leiden, Netherlands

1999 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Botany, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

2000 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

2001 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, U.S.A.

2002- Scientific Assistant, Department of Systematic Botany, A-v-H Institute, University of Göttingen, Germany

2007 Research Leader, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
Research interests
Early Radiation of Land Plants; Integrating Genomics and the Fossil Record in a Phylogenetic Framework (Paleogenomics)

Evolution of Ferns and related Tracheophytes in Space and Time
- global phylogeny of ferns
- phylogeny of asplenioid ferns (Aspleniaceae)
- phylogeny of water ferns (Marsileaceae+Salviniaceae)
- phylogeny of polygrammoid ferns (Grammitidaceae+Polypodiaceae)
- global phylogeny of polygrammoid ferns especially scaly tree ferns (Cyatheaceae)
- phylogeny of pteridoid ferns (Pteridaceae)

Radiations as the major source of organismic diversity
- phylogenetic structure of radiations
- the role of key innovations

Origin of heterospory
exploring the origin of heterospory in heterosporous ferns using evidence from extant and extinct taxa

Evolutionary Plant Anatomy, Development, and Morphology

Biogeography of ferns especially SE Asia, Malesia, and Madascar
Publications
in press
JANSSEN, T., N. BYSTRIAKOVA, F. RAKOTONDRAINIBE, D. COOMES, J.-N. LABAT & H. SCHNEIDER (in press) Neoendemism in Madagascan tree ferns results from recent, coincident diversification bursts. Evolution.

KREIER, H.-P., M. REX, K. WEISING. M. KESSLER, A. R. SMITH & H. SCHNEIDER (in press) Inferring the diversification of the epiphytic fern genus Serpocaulon (Polypodiaceae) in South America using chloroplast sequences and AFLPs. Plant Systematics and Evolution.

KREIER, H.-P., X.-R. ZHANG, H. MUTH, & H. SCHNEIDER (in press) The microsoroid ferns: inferring the relationships of a highly diverse lineage of Paleotropical epiphytic ferns (Polypodiacaee, Polypdiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

SALINO, A., T. E. ALMEIDA, A. R. SMITH, A. NAVARRO-GOMEZ, H.-P. KREIER & H. SCHNEIDER (in press) A new Microgramma (Polypodiaceae) from Brazil and recircumscription of the genus based on phylogenetic evidence. Systematic Botany.

SCHNEIDER, H., H.-P. KREIER, T. JANSSEN & P. HOVENKAMP (in press) Phylogenetic relationships of the fern genus Chrstiopteris shed new light onto the classification and biogeography of drynarioid ferns. Botanical Journal Linnean Society.

2008
ANSELL, S. W., M. GRUNDMANN, S. J. RUSSELL, H. SCHNEIDER & J. C. VOGEL (2008) Genetic discontinuity, breeding systems, and population history of Arabis alpina (Brassicaceae) in Italy. Molecular Ecology 17: 2245-2257.

JAMES, K., H. SCHNEIDER, S. ANSELL, M. EVERS, L. ROBBA, G. USZYNSKI, N. PEDERSEN, A. NEWTON, S. RUSSELL, J. VOGEL & A. KILIAN (2008) DArT for pan-genomic evolutionary studies of non-model organisms. PLOSone 3: e1682. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001682.



2007

Ansell, S. W., H. Schneider, N. Pedersen, M. Grundmann, S. J. Russell & J. C. Vogel (2007) Molecular evolution of a tandemly repeated trn/F pseudogene in the chloroplast genome of Arabidopsis lyrata. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 2400-2411.

Heinrichs J, J. Hentschel, R. Wilson, K. Feldberg, H. Schneider (2007) Evolution of leafy liverworts (Jungermanniidae, Marchantiophyta): estimating divergence times from chloroplast DNA sequences using penalized likelihood with integrated fossil evidence. Taxon 56: 31-44.

Hentschel J, K. Feldberg, H-J. Zuendorf, F.H. Hellwig, H. Schneider, J. Heinrichs (2007) The systematic position of Pachyglossa and Clasmatocolea (Jungermanniopsida: Lophocoleaceae) inferrred from nrNDA ITS sequences and morphology. Taxon.

Hentschel J, J. Paton, H. Schneider, J. Heinrichs (2007) Acceptance of Lopchlaena Nees and Solenostoma Mitt, the systematic position of Eremonotus Peason and notes on Jungermannia L. sl. (Jungermanniidae) based on chloroplast DNA sequnece data. Plant Systematics and Evolution 268: 147-157.

Hentschel, J., R.-L. Zhu, D. G. Long, P. G. Davison, H. Schneider, S. R. Gradstein & J. Heinrichs (2007) A phylogeny of Porella (Porellaceae, Jungermanniopsida) based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequneces. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 693-705.

Janssen, T., H-P. Kreier & H. Schneider (2007) Origin and diversification of African ferns with special emphasis on Polypodiaceae. Brittonia 59: 159-181.

Korall P, J.S. Metzgar, D.S Conant, H. Schneider, K.M. Pryer (2007) A molecular phylogeny of scaly tree ferns (Cyahteaceae). American Journal of Botany 94: 873-886.

Kreier, H-P., A.F. Rojas-Alvarado, A.R. Smith, H. Schneider (2007) Hyalotrichopteris is indeed a Campyloneurum (Polypodiaceae). American Fern Journal 97: 127-135.

Metzgar JS, Schneider H, Pryer KM (2007) Phylogeny and divergence time estimates for the fern genus Azolla (Salviniaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 168: 1045-1053.

Nagalingum, N.S., H. Schneider & K.M. Pryer (2007) Molecular phylogenetic relationships and morphological evolution in the heterosporous fern genus Marsilea. Systematic Botany 32: 16-25.

Schneider, H. (2007) Plant morphology as the cornerstone to the integration of fossil sand extant taxa in phylogenetic analyses. Species, Phylogeny and Evolution 1: 65-71.

Schuettpelz, E., H. Schneider, L. Huiet, M. D. Windham & K.M. Pryer (2007) A molecular phylogey of the fern family Pteridaceae: assessing overall relationships and the affinities of previously unsampled genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 11721-1185.

Wilson, R., S. R. Gradstein, H. Schneider & J. Heinrichs (2007) Unravelling the phylogeny of Lejeuneaceae (Jungermanniopsida): evidence for four main lineages. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43: 270-282.

Wilson, R., J. Heinrichs, S. R. Gradstein & H. Schneider (2007) Steady diversification of derived liverworts under Tertiary climatic fluctuations. Biology Letters 3: 566-569.

2006

Grundmann, M., Schneider, H., Russell, S.J. & Vogel, J.C. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of the moss genus Pleurochaete Lindb. )Bryales, Pottiaceae) based on chloroplast and nuclear markers. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 6: 33-45.

Hartmann, F. A., R. Wilson, H. Schneider & J. Heinrichs (2006) Testing hypotheses on species delimitations and disjunctions in the liverwort Bryopteris (Jungermanniopsida: Lejeuneaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 167: 1205-1214.

Heinrichs, J., Linder, M., Groth, H., Hentschel, J., Feldberg, K., Renker, C., Engel, J. J., von Konrat, M., Long, D. G. & Schneider, H. Goodbye or welcome Gondwana - insights into the phylogenetic biogeography of the leafy liverwort Plagiochila with description of Proskaurea gen. nov. (Plagiochilaceae, Jungermanniales). Plant Systematics and Evolution 258: 227-250.

Hentschel, J., Wilson, R., Burghardt, M., Zündorf H.-J., Schneider H. & Heinrichs J. Reinstatement of Lophocoleaceae (Jungermanniopsida) based on chloroplast gene rbcL data: exploring the imporatance of female invulcres for the systematic of Jungermanniales. Plant Systematics and Evolution 258: 211-226.

Hu, S., Dilcher, D. L., Schneider, H. & Jarzen, D. M. Eusporanguate ferns form the Dakota formation, Minnesota, USA. Internaiotnal Journal of Plant Sciences 167: 579-589.

Korall, P., Conant, D. S., Schneider, H., Ueda, K., Nishida, H. & Pryer, K. M. On the phylogentic position of Cystodium - it's a polypod. American Fern Journal 96: 45-53.

Korall, P., Pryer, K. M., Metzgar, J., Schneider, H. & Conant, D. S. Tree ferns: monophyleitc groups and their relaitonships as revealed by four protein-coding plastic loci. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39: 830-845.

Kreier, H.-P. & Schneider, H. 2006. Phylogeny and biogeography of the staghorn fern genus Platycerium (Polypodiaceae, Polypodiidae). American Journal of Botany 93: 217-225.

Kreier, H.-P. & H. Schneider (2006) Reinstatement of Loxogramme dictyopteris, based on phylogenetic evidence, for New Zealand endemic fern, Anarthropteris lanceoltata. Australian Systematic Botany 19: 309-314.

Nagalingum, N.S., H. Schneider, M. Skakuj & K.M. Pryer (2006) Comparative morphology of reproductive structures in heterosporous water ferns and a reevaluation of the sporocarp. International Journal of Plant Sciences 167: 805-815.

Schneider, H. (2006) Aleuritopteris. In: Johns, R.J., .PJ. Edwards, T.M.A. Utteridge & H.C.F. Hopkins. (eds.) Guide to the alpine and subalpine Flora of Mount Jaya. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. pp. 43-47.

Schneider, H., H.-P. Kreier, L. R. Perrie & P. J. Brownsey (2006) The relationships of Microsorum (Polypodiaceae) species occurring in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 44: 121-127.

Schneider, H., Kreier, H.-P., Wilson, R. & Smith, A. R. 2006. The Synammia enigma: evidence for a temperate lineage of polygrammoid ferns (Polypodiaceae, Polypodiidae) in southern South America. Systematic Botany 31: 30-40.

Smith, A.R., Kreier, H.-P., Haulfer, C. H., Ranker, T. A. & Schneider, H. (2006)Serpocaulon (Polypodiaceae), a new genus segregated from Polypodium. Taxon 55: 919-930.

Schneider, H. & E. Schuettpelz (2006) Identiying fern gametophytes using DNA sequences. Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 989-991.

Smith, A. R., K. M. Pryer, E. Schuettpelz, P. Korall, H. Schneider, and P. G. Wolf (2006) A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55: 705-731.

2005

Heinrichs, J, Gradstein, S.R., Wilson, R. & Schneider, H. 2005. Towards a natural classification of liverworts (Marchantiophyta) based on the chloroplast gene rbcL. Cryptogamic Bryology 26: 131-150.

Janssen, T. & Schneider, H. 2005. Exploring the evolution of humus collecting leaves in drznarioid ferns (Polypodiaceae, Polypodiidae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 252: 175-197.

Schneider, H., Ranker, T.A.m Russell, S.J., Cranfill, R., Geiger, J., Aguraijua, R., Wood, K.R., Grundmann, M. & Vogel, J.C. 2005. Origin and diversification of the Hawaiian fern genus Diellia coincides with the renewal of Hawaiian terrestrial life in the Miocene. Proceedings of the Royal Society London Series B 272: 455-460.

2004

Groth-Malonek, M., Heinrichs, J., Schneider, H. & Gradstein, S.R. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships in the Lejeuneaceae (Hepaticae) inferred using ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Ogranisms, Diversity & Evolution 4: 51-58.

Pryer, K. M., Schneider, H. & Magallón, S. 2004. The radiation of ferns, horsetails and see plants. in J. Cracraft & M. J. Donoghue (eds.) Assembling the Tree of Life. Oxford University Press. pp. 138-153.

Pryer, K.M., Schuettpelz, E, Wolf, P.G., Schneider, H., Smith, A.R., Cranfill, R. 2004. Phylogeny and evolution of monilophytes: a new perspective on ferns, with a focus on early-diverging leptosporangiate lineages. American Journal of Botany 91: 1582-1598.

Ranker, T.A., Smith, A.R., Parris, B. S., Geiger, J. M. O., Haufler, C. H., Straub, S. C. K. & Schneider, H. 2004. Phylogeny and evolution of grammitid ferns (Grammitidaceae): a case of rampant morphological homoplasy. Taxon 53: 415-428.

Schneider, H., Janssen, T., Hovenkamp,. P., Smith, A.R., Cranfill, R., Haufler, C.H. & Ranker, T.A. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic Malesian fern Thylacorpteris (Polypodiaceae, Polypodiidae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 165: 1077-1087.

Schneider, H., Russell, S. J., Cox, S. J., Bakker F., Henderson, S., Gibby, M. & Vogel, J. C. 2004. Chloroplast phylogeny of asplenioid ferns based on rbcL and trnL-F spacer sequences (Polypodiidae, Aspleniaceae) and its implications for the biogeography of these ferns. Systematic Botany 29: 260-274.

Schneider, H., Schuettpelz, E., Pryer, K.M., Cranfill, R., Magallón, S. & Lupia, R. 2004. Ferns diversified in the shadow of angiosperms. Nature 428: 553-557.

Schneider, H., Smith, A. R., Cranfill, R., Hildebrand, T. J., Haufler, C. H. & Ranker, T. A. 2004. Unraveling the phylogeny of polygrammoid ferns (Polypodiaceae & Grammitidaceae): exploring aspects of the diversification of epiphytic plants. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 1041-1063.

2003

Dubuisson, J-Y., Hanequin, S., Rokatondrainibe, F. & Schneider H. 2003. Ecological diversity and adaptive tendencies in the tropical fern genus Trichomanes L. (Hymenophyllaceae) with special reference to climbing and epiphytic habitats. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 142: 41-63.

Gradstein, S.R., Reiner-Drehwald, E. & Schneider, H. 2003. A phylogenetic analysis of the genera Lejeuneaceae (Hepaticae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 391-410.

Haufler, C.H., Grammer, W.A., Hennipman, E., Ranker, T.A., Smith, A.R. & Schneider, H. 2003. Systematics of the ant-fern genus Lecanopteris: testing phylogenetic hypotheses with DNA sequences. Systematic Botany 28: 217-227.

Schneider, H. & Rusea, G. 2003. Pteris. Pages 166-170 in W. P. de Winter & V. B. Amorose (eds.) PROSEA 15 (2) Ferns and Fern Allies. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.

Schneider, H. & C. S. Tawan 2003. Taenitis blechnoides. Pages 188-190 in W. P. de Winter & V. B. Amorose (eds.) PROSEA 15 (2) Ferns and Fern Allies. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.

2002

Pinter, I., Bakker, F., Barrett, J., Cox, C., Gibby, M., Henderson, S., Morgan-Richards, M., Rumsey, F., Russell, S., Terwick, S., Schneider, H. & Vogel, J.C. 2002. Phylogeneitc and biosystematic relationships in four highly disjuct polyploid complexes in the subgenera Ceterach and Phyllitis (aspleniaceae). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 2: 299-311.

Pryer, K.M., Schneider, H., Zimmer, E.A. & Banks J.A. 2002. Deciding among green plants for whole genomic studies. Trends in Plant Sciences 12: 550-554.

Schneider, H. & Pryer, K. M. 2002. Structure and function of spores in the aquatic heterosporous fern family Marsileaceae. International Journal of Plant Sciences 163: 485-505.

Schneider, H., Pryer K. M., Cranfill, R., Smith, A. R. & Wolf, P. G. 2002. The evolution of vascular plant body plans - a phylogenetic perspective. Pages 330-364 in Q. C. B. Cronk, R. Bateman & J. A. Hawkins (eds.) Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution. Taylor & Francis, London.

Schneider, H., Smith, A. R., Cranfill, R., Haufler, C. H., Ranker, T. A. & Hildebrand, T. J. 2002. Gymnogrammitis dareiformis is a polygrammoid ferns (Polypodiaceae): resolving an apparent conflict between morphological and molecular data. Plant Systematics and Evolution 234: 121-136.

2001

Pryer, K. M., Schneider, H., Smith, A. R., Cranfill, R., Wolf, P. G., Hunt, J. S. & Sipes, S. D. 2001. Horsetails and ferns are a monophyletic group and the closest living relatives to seed plants. Nature 409: 618-621.

Schneider, H. 2001. Biogeography, ecology and phylogeny of Pteridaceae (Filicatae) in Malesia: Taenitioideae and Cheilanthoideae. Pages 211-224 in L. G. Saw, L. S. L. Chua, & K. C. Khoo (eds.) Taxonomy: The Cornerstone of Biodiversity, Proceedings of the Foruth International Flora Malesia Sytmposium 1998. Ampang Press, Kuala Lumpur.

Schneider, H. & Kenrick, P. 2001. The first record of lindsaeoid ferns (Lindsaeaceae, polypodiidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Wyoming (Aspen Shale, Albian). Reviews of Palaeobotany and Palynology 115: 33-41.

Wolf, P. G., Schneider, H. & Ranker, T. A. 2001. Geographic distributions of homosporous fern taxa: does dispersal obscure evidence of vicariance. Journal of Biogeography 18: 263-270.

2000

Lupia, R., Schneider, H., Moeser, G.M., Pryer, K.M. & Crane, P.R. 2000. Marsileaceae sporocarps and spores from the late Cretaceous, U.S.A. International Journal of Plant Sciences 161: 957-988.

Schneider, H. 2000. Morphology and anatomy of roots in the filmy fern tribe Trichomaneae H.Schenider (Hymenophyllaceae, Filicatae) and the evolution of rootless taxa. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 132: 29-46.

Wollenweber, E. & Schneider, H. 2000. Lipophyleic exudates of Pteridaceae -- chemistry and chemotaxonomy. Biochemistry, Systematics and Evolution 28: 751-777.
Former and Current Lab Members
PhD students

Thomas Janssen graduated in summer 2007
Hans-Peter Kreier
graduated in summer 2007

Master/Diploma students/Lehramtskandidaten

Thomas Janssen obtained his degree in 2004
Peter Mundt
obtained his degree in 2004
Heiko Muth obtained his degree in summer 2006
Elisabeth Maria Otto
obtained her degree in winter 2007
Janine Weix obtained her degree in summer 2006

Postdocs
Andy Murdock
September 2007 until present
Niklas Pedersen January 2006 until present

Lab Visitors
Nadia Bystriakova (Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK)
April/May 2006
Sally Fletcher (University of Warwick, Warwick, UK) July/August/September 2007
Adrianna Navarro-Gomez (University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain)
January to December 2007
Kathleen Pryer (Duke University, Durham, NC, USA) Spring 2001, Spring 2007
Eric Schuettpelz (Duke University, Durham, NC, USA)
Fall 2005
Susan Sprunt (Miami University, Oxford, OH) November/December 2007
Susann Wicke (Univeristy of Vienna)
October/November 2007
Current Address and Position
Current Address and Position:
Research Leader
Department of Botany
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London SW7 5BD
UK
e-mail: h.schneider@nhm.ac.uk

Current position at the University Goettingen:
Guest Researcher (Privatdozent)
Abteilung Systematische Botanik
Albrecht-von-Haller Institut fuer Pflanzenwissenschaften
Georg-August Univeristaet Goettingen
Untere Karspuele 2
37073 Goettingen
Germany
e-mail: hschnei3@gwdg.de

Other appointments
Honory Lab Member at the Pryer Lab
Biology Department
Duke University
Durham, NC, USA.