Niko Leisch
Science/Data
Scientist
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Niko Leisch is a postdoctoral fellow with the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology. Niko is interested in the interactions between deep-sea mussels and their symbiotic bacteria.
Niko Leisch graduated from the University of Vienna, Austria in 2010 with a degree in marine biology and completed his PhD at the University of Vienna in 2015.
"The ocean and its inhabitants has me mesmerized since I was a child. This chance to explore its hidden depths has me all excited!"
Expeditions
Niko participated in the following Ocean Exploration Trust expeditions:
Selected Publications
2021
(2021). Coming together—symbiont acquisition and early development in deep-sea bathymodioline mussels. Proc. R. Soc.
