2020 - 2021: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, DE
2018 - 2020: M.Sc. in Biowissenschaften, Universität Münster, DE
2015 - 2018: B.Sc. in Biowissenschaften, Universität Münster, DE
Veröffentlichungen
Kösters, L., Karbstein, K., Hodač, L., Albreht, L.,
Sahuquillo Balbuena, E., Botello, D., Hardy, O., Odufuwa, P., Pardo
Otero, E., Phang, A., Pimentel, M., Piñeiro, R., Smith, J., Wilkie, P.,
Mäder, P., Wäldchen, J. (2026). Balanced DNA interpolation improves
learning of genetic distance-informed embeddings in plants. PLOS Computational Biology, 22(9): e1014722.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014722
Kösters, L.,
Karbstein, K., Hofmann, M., Hodač, L., Mäder, P., Wäldchen, J. (2025).
Data Fusion for Integrative Species Identification using Deep Learning. Systematic Biology, 74: 2025.01.22.634270. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaf026
Hodač, L., Karbstein, K., Kösters, L., Rzanny, M., Wittich, H. C., Boho,
D., Šubrt, D., Mäder, P., Wäldchen, J. (2024). Deep learning to capture leaf shape
in plant images: Validation by geometric morphometrics. The Plant Journal, 120(4), 1343-1357. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.17053
Hofmann, M., Kiel, S., Kösters, L. M., Wäldchen, J., & Mäder, P.
(2024). Inferring Taxonomic Affinities and Genetic Distances Using
Morphological Features Extracted from Specimen Images: A Case Study with
a Bivalve Data Set. Systematic Biology, 73(6), 920-940. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syae042
Karbstein, K., Kösters, L., Hodač, L., Hofmann, M., Hörandl, E., Tomasello,
S., Wagner, N. D., Emerson, B. C., Albach, D. C., Scheu, S., Bradler, S., de Vries, J.,
Irisarri, I., Li, H., Soltis, P., Mäder, P., Wäldchen, J. (2024). Species delimitation
4.0: integrative taxonomy meets artificial intelligence. Trends in Ecology and Evolution,39(8), 771-784. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.11.002
Lehmanski, L. M., Kösters, L. M., Huang, J., Göbel, M., Gershenzon, J., & Hartmann, H. (2024). Windthrow causes declines in carbohydrate and phenolic concentrations and increased monoterpene emission in Norway spruce. Plos one, 19(5), e0302714. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302714
Mäckelmann, S., Känel, A., Kösters, L. M., Lyko, P., Prüfer, D., Noll, G. A., & Wicke, S. (2024). Gene complementation analysis indicates that parasitic dodder plants do not depend on the host FT protein for flowering. Plant Communications,5(5), 100826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2024.100826
Wiechers, S., Kösters, L. M., Quandt, D., Borsch, T., Wicke, S., &
Müller, K. F. (2023). BarKeeper—a versatile web framework to assemble,
analyse and manage DNA barcoding data and metadata. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14(3), 799-805. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14047
Kösters, L. M., Wiechers, S., Lyko, P., Müller, K. F., & Wicke, S.
(2021). WARPP—web application for the research of parasitic plants. Plant Physiology, 185(4), 1374-1380. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaa105
