- 2005-2011 Studies in Biology, Institut für Spezielle Botanik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Diploma thesis: Phylogeny and Evolution of Adenostyles (Asteraceae)
- 2011-2014 Dissertation in Biology, Institut für Organismische und Molekulare Evolutionsbiologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Thesis: Phylogeny and Evolution of Minuartia (Caryophyllaceae)
- 2014-2016 Postdoctoral researcher at the Institut für Organismische und Molekulare Evolutionsbiologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Topic: Evolution of Facchinia (Caryophyllaceae)
- 2016-2018 DFG stipend at the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University. Topic: Origin of the decaploid Fragaria cascadensis (Rosaceae)
- 2018-2021 Postdoctoral researcher at the Institut für Organismische und Molekulare Evolutionsbiologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Topic: Hybrid speciation in Saxifraga subsect. Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae)
- 2021-2025 Postdoctoral researcher at the Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin. Topic: Molecular systematics of Caryophyllaceae
- Since 2026 Reserach data curator and Caryophyllales TEN coordinator at the BGBM, Freie Universität Berlin
Forschungsinteressen
- Plant Evolution
- Molecular Systematics
- Plant Taxonomy
- Caryophyllaceae
Forschungsprojekte
- Molecular systematics of Caryophyllaceae
- Species-level checklist of Caryophyllaceae
- Species delimitation and evolution in the Dactylorhiza majalis complex (Orchidaceae)
Mitgliedschaft in wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften
Papers in peer reviewed journals (published and in press)
Dillenberger M. S. & Rabeler R. K. 2025: Lectotypification of Arenaria howellii (Caryophyllaceae). – J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 19(3): 205 – 208.
Fajardo‐Gutiérrez F., Calbi M., Dillenberger M. S., Tello S., Fuentes A., Oleas N. H., Segovia R. A., Edwards C. E., Pillon Y., Richardson J. E. & Borsch T. 2025: Expelled by the Antarctic ice: Evolutionary history of the tribe Cunonieae (Cunoniaceae). – J. Syst. Evol. 63(6): 1–17.
Rabeler R. K. & Dillenberger M. S. 2024: (3032) Proposal to conserve Spergularia, nom. cons., against the additional name Corion (Caryophyllaceae, Sperguleae). – Taxon 73: 914–915.
Iamonico D. & Dillenberger M. S. 2023: On the identity of the name Spergularia nobreana (Caryophyllaceae). – Phytotaxa 598: 254–258.
Bernhardt P. D. H., Dillenberger M. S. & Kadereit J. W. 2022: Identität, Verbreitung und mögliche Verwandtschaft von Elymus arenosus. – Kochia 15: 1–10.
Mohr D. R., Dillenberger M. S. & Kadereit J. W. 2022: Die Verwandtschaft von Onosma arenaria vom Mainzer Sand. – Kochia 15: 11–18.
Gerschwitz-Eidt M. A., Dillenberger M. S. & Kadereit J. W. 2022: Phylogeny of Saxifraga sect. Saxifraga subsect. Arachnoideae (Saxifragaceae) and the origin of shade-dwelling species. – Ecol. Evol. 13: e9728.
Hühn P., Dillenberger M. S., Krause S. & Kadereit J. W. 2022: Polyploid hybrid speciation in the Calcarata species complex of Viola sect. Melanium (Violaceae) – relating hybrid species to parent species distribution and ecology. – Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 201: 309–328.
Dillenberger M. S. & Kadereit J. W. 2022: The distinction between Sagina apetala and S. micropetala (Caryophyllaceae: Sagineae), their phylogenetic relationships, and a note on the coastal origin of some widespread ruderals. – Willdenowia 52: 5–23.
Alban D. M., Biersma E. M., Kadereit J. W. & Dillenberger M. S. 2022: Colonization of the Southern Hemisphere by Sagina and Colobanthus (Caryophyllaceae). – Pl. Syst. Evol. 308: 1.
Müller F., Ritz C. M., Welk E., Aas G., Dillenberger M., Gebauer S., Kadereit J. W., Kropf M., Peterson A., Peterson J. & Wesche K. 2022: Erläuterungen und Kommentare zu Neuerungen, Abweichungen von der Standardliste der Gefäßpflanzen Deutschlands sowie zu Gattungs- und Artkonzepten in der Rothmaler Exkursionsflora, Auflage 22. – Schlechtendalia 39: 180–219.
Kadereit J. W., Laux P. & Dillenberger M. S. 2021: A conspectus of Tephroseris (Asteraceae: Senecioneae) in Europe outside Russia and notes on the decline of the genus. – Willdenowia 51: 271–317.
Hühn P., Dillenberger M. S., Gerschwitz-Eidt M., Hörandl E., Los J. A., Messerschmid T. F. E., Paetzold C., Rieger B. & Kadereit G. 2021: How challenging RADseq data turned out to favor coalescent-based species tree inference. A case study in Aichryson (Crassulaceae). – Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 167: 107342.
Gregor T., Dillenberger M. S., Schmidt M., Hand R., Abdank A., Böcker R., Ciongwa P., Diewald W., Dunkel F. G., Ehmke W., Finus P., Frank D., Hammel S., Hofstetter A., Hohla M., Horst E., John H., Klotz J., Korsch M., Mause R., Meierott L., Müller F., Möbius F., Peintinger M., Reichert H., Ringel H., Schneider R., Schröder C. N., Timmermann-Trosiener I. & Mutz S. 2020: Scrophularia neesii und S. umbrosa in Deutschland – ähnliche Ökologie, aber unterschiedliche Verbreitung zweier Sippen eines Autopolyploidie-Komplexes. – Kochia 13: 37–52.
Dillenberger M. S., Wei N., Tennessen J. A., Ashman T.-L. & Liston A. 2018: Plastid genomes reveal recurrent formation of allopolyploid Fragaria. – Amer. J. Bot. 105(5): 1–3.
Dillenberger M. S. & Rabeler R. K. 2018: A new combination in Mononeuria (Caryophyllaceae). – Phytotaxa 350(1): 93–96.
Moore A. J., Valtueña F. J., Dillenberger M. S., Kadereit J. W. & Preston C. D. 2017: Intraspecific haplotype diversity in Cherleria sedoides L. (Caryophyllaceae) is best explained by chloroplast capture from an extinct species. – Alpine Bot. 127: 171–183.
Legler B. S. & Dillenberger M. S. 2017: Two new species of Sabulina (Caryophyllaceae) from Washington State, U.S.A. – PhytoKeys 81: 79–102.
Dillenberger M. S. & Kadereit J. W. 2017: Simultaneous speciation in the European high mountain flowering plant genus Facchinia (Minuartia s.l., Caryophyllaceae) revealed by genotyping-by-sequencing. – Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 112: 23–35.
Moore A. J. & Dillenberger M. S. 2017: A conspectus of the genus Cherleria (Minuartia s.l., Caryophyllaceae). – Willdenowia 47: 5–14.
Dillenberger M. S. 2016: Two new combinations in Sabulina (Caryophyllaceae). – Schlechtendalia 30: 41–44.
Steffen S., Dillenberger M. S. & Kadereit J. W. 2016: Of dwarfs and giants: phylogeny of the Petasites clade (Asteraceae–Senecioneae) and evolution of miniaturization in arctic–alpine environments. – Pl. Syst. Evol. 302: 545–559.
Kadereit J. W., Albach D. C., Ehrendorfer F., Galbany-Casals M., Garcia-Jacas N., Gehrke B., Kadereit G., Kilian N., Klein J. T., Koch M. A., Kropf M., Oberprieler C., Pirie M. D., Ritz C. M., Röser M., Spalik K., Susanna A., Weigend M., Welk E., Wesche K., Zhang, L.-B. & Dillenberger M. S. 2016: Which changes are needed to render all genera of the German flora monophyletic? – Willdenowia 46: 39–91.
Valtueña F. J., Dillenberger M. S., Kadereit J. W., Moore A. J. & Preston C. D. 2015: What is the origin of the Scottish populations of the European endemic Cherleria sedoides L. (Caryophyllaceae)? – New J. Bot. 5: 13–25.
Dillenberger M. S. & Kadereit J. W. 2015: A revision of Facchinia (Minuartia s.l., Caryophyllaceae). – Edinb. J. Bot. 72: 353–389.
Dillenberger M. S. & Kadereit J. W. 2014: Maximum polyphyly: Multiple origins and delimitation with plesiomorphic characters require a new circumscription of Minuartia (Caryophyllaceae). – Taxon 63: 64–88.
Dillenberger M. S. & Kadereit J. W. 2013: The phylogeny of the European high mountain genus Adenostyles Cass. (Asteraceae–Senecioneae) reveals that edaphic shifts coincide with dispersal events. – Amer. J. Bot. 100: 1171–1183.
Dillenberger M. S. & Kadereit J. W. 2012: Two new combinations in Adenostyles (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a conspectus of the genus and key to its species and subspecies. – Willdenowia 42: 57–61.
Book chapters and monographs (published and in press)
Dillenberger M. S. 2021: Caryophyllaceae. – Pp. 582–604 in: Müller F., Ritz C. M., Wesche K. & Welk E. (ed.), Rothmaler – Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Gefäßpflanzen: Grundband, ed. 22. Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum.