Academic Curriculum Vitae

Academic Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Manan Shah

Updated February 2026

Key Data

Current position: Postdoc
Date of birth: 18 March 1992
Publications: 17
Citations: 358 | Hirsch-index: 10 | i10-index: 10
Academic age: (since graduation)
ORCID | Google Scholar

Current research (key words)

Bioinformatics, Microbial Ecology, Freshwater Ecosystems

Education

2025 Dr. rer. nat. (magna cum laude), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen Germany
2015 Masters in Bioinformatics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India
2013 Bachelors in Biotechnology, Jai Hind College, Mumbai, India
2008 Diploma in Web Designing, Mumbai, India

Work experience

since 2025 Post Doc in CRC Resist Project Z02
Since 2021 Project Staff/PostDoc in CRC Ressit INF project
2020-2025 PhD in Biodiversity
2016-2019 Research Assistant in National Collection of Industrial Microbes, CSIR-National Chemical Lab
2015-2016 Domain Specialist at Persistent Inc, Pune India

Publications Since 2020

    Journal articles

  • Bludau, Dana; Sieber, Guido; Shah, Manan; Deep, Aman; Boenigk, Jens; Beisser, Daniela
    Breaking the Standard : Can Oxford Nanopore Technologies Sequencing Compete With Illumina in Protistan Amplicon Studies?
    In: Environmental DNA, Vol. 7, 2025, Nr. 2, e70084
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Shah, Manan; Sieber, Guido; Deep, Aman; Beisser, Daniela; Boenigk, Jens
    Unravelling the temporal dynamics of community functions in protists induced by treated wastewater exposure using metatranscriptomics
    In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, 2025, Nr. 1, 23957
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Shah, Manan; Bornemann, Till; Nuy, Julia; Hahn, Martin W.; Probst, Alexander J.; Beisser, Daniela; Boenigk, Jens
    Genome-resolved metagenomics reveals the effect of nutrient availability on bacterial genomic properties across 44 European freshwater lakes
    In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 26, 2024, Nr. 6, e16634
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Sieber, Guido; Drees, Felix; Shah, Manan; Stach, Tom L.; Hohrenk-Danzouma, Lotta; Bock, Christina; Vosough, Maryam; Schumann, Mark; Sures, Bernd; Probst, Alexander J.; Schmidt, Torsten Claus; Beisser, Daniela; Boenigk, Jens
    Exploring the efficacy of metabarcoding and non-target screening for detecting treated wastewater
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 903, 2023, 167457
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Stach, Tom L.; Sieber, Guido; Shah, Manan; Simon, Sophie A.; Soares, André; Bornemann, Till L. V.; Plewka, Julia; Künkel, Julian; Becker, Christian; Meyer, Folker; Boenigk, Jens; Probst, Alexander J.
    Temporal disturbance of a model stream ecosystem by high microbial diversity from treated wastewater
    In: MicrobiologyOpen, Vol. 12, 2023, Nr. 2, e1347
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Sieber, Guido; Beisser, Daniela; Rothenberger, J. L.; Shah, Manan; Schumann, M.; Sures, Bernd; Boenigk, Jens
    Microbial community shifts induced by plastic and zinc as substitutes of tire abrasion
    In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 12, 2022, Nr. 1, 18684
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)

    • Thesis

  • Shah, Manan Bipin
    Hidden Signals: Employing Taxonomy and Functions to Reveal Freshwater Ecosystem Resilience Using Meta-Omics Methods
    Duisburg, Essen, 2025
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Stach, Tom Lennard
    Structural and functional response of stream microbiomes to multiple anthropogenic stressors
    Duisburg, Essen, 2025
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Deep, Aman
    The Impact of Anthropogenic Stressors on Freshwater Microbial Communities and Ecosystem Functioning
    Duisburg, Essen, 2025
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Sieber, Guido
    Microbial resilience in changing environments : evaluating anthropogenic stress and monitoring strategies
    Duisburg, Essen, 2024
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)