Dr. Daniel Rissi

Curriculum vitae

2025 - Current Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Hamburg

Research Focus: Community-scale metabolic modelling of the Elbe estuary, Plasmid diversity in the Elbe estuary, and database development

04.2021 - 08.2025 PhD in Natural Science Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany

Thesis topic: Comparative genomics show temperature and ecosystem adaptations of freshwater fungi

10.2021 - 08.2023 MBA in Data Science & Analytics, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Thesis topic: Prediction of psychrophilic enzymes and proteins using machine learning algorithms.

04.2016 - 02.2018 MSc in Bioinformatics, Federal University of Parana, Brazil

Thesis topic: Metagenomic analysis of microbial communities in Paraná soils based on the 16S rRNA gene.

04.2016 - 04.2018 Specialist in Genetic Engineering, Positive University, Brazil

Thesis topic: Analysis of tools for identifying CRISPR genes in metagenomics data and study of virus/host interaction.

03.2010 - 11.2015 BSc in Biotechnology, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Brazil

Thesis topic: Metagenomic analysis of soils under semi-deciduous forest and no-till system.

Publications

Rissi, D. V., Ijaz, M., & Baschien, C. (2024). Comparative Genomics of Different Lifestyle Fungi in Helotiales (Leotiomycetes) Reveals Temperature and Ecosystem Adaptations. Journal of Fungi, 10(12), 869. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10120869

Rissi, D. V., Ijaz, M., & Baschien, C. (2024). Comparative Genomics of Fungi in Nectriaceae Reveals Their Environmental Adaptation and Conservation Strategies. Journal of Fungi, 10(9), 632. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10090632

Rissi, D. V., Ijaz, M. & Baschien, C. (2023). Comparative genome analysis of the freshwater fungus Filosporella fistucella indicates potential for plant litter degradation at cold temperatures. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics. DOI:10.1093/g3journal/jkad190

Haotian Wang; Kenneth Dumack; Daniel V Rissi; Damien R Finn; Michael Bonkowski; Christoph C Tebbe (2024). Impact of an antifungal peptide nucleic acid probe (PNA) on the detection of eukaryotic 18S rRNA gene amplicon sequences from soil DNA. Applied Soil Ecology. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105464

Trivedi, C. B., Keuschnig, C., Larose, C., Rissi, D. V., Mourot, R., Bradley, J. A., ... & Benning, L. G. (2022). DNA/RNA preservation in glacial snow and ice samples. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, 894893. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.894893

Borda-Molina, D., Roth, C., Hérnandez-Arriaga, A., Rissi, D., Vollmar, S., Rodehutscord, M., ... & Camarinha-Silva, A. (2020). Effects on the ileal microbiota of phosphorus and calcium utilization, bird performance, and gender in Japanese quail. Animals, 10(5), 885. DOI: 10.3390/ani10050885

Vendruscolo, E. C. G., Mesa, D., Rissi, D. V., Meyer, B. H., de Oliveira Pedrosa, F., de Souza, E. M., & Cruz, L. M. (2020). Microbial communities network analysis of anaerobic reactors fed with bovine and swine slurry. Science of the Total Environment, 742, 140314. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140314

Souza, F. F., Rissi, D. V., Pedrosa, F. O., Souza, E. M., Baura, V. A., Monteiro, R. A., ... & Huergo, L. F. (2019). Uncovering prokaryotic biodiversity within aerosols of the pristine Amazon Forest. Science of the total environment, 688, 83-86. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.218

Huergo, L. F., Rissi, D. V., Elias, A. S., Gonçalves, M. V., Gernet, M. V., Barreto, F., ... & Cruz, L. M. (2018). Influence of ancient anthropogenic activities on the mangrove soil microbiome. Science of the Total Environment, 645, 1-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.094