Dr. Kristina Kuprina

Research Associate

Position: Postdoc

Email: kristina.kuprinauni-greifswaldde

Phone: +49 3834 420 4132

Soldmannstraße 15, Room 1.19

Research interests

  • Phenotypic and genetic variation of plant and animal species.
  • Ecology of wetland plants and their performance along environmental gradients.
  • Population genetics and genotype dynamics.
  • Plant–fungal interactions and root-associated fungal communities.
  • Biodiversity, species delimitation and hybridization.
Portrait of Dr. Kristina Kuprina

Kuprina K, Haldan K, Saenko S, Safwaan GM, Kreyling J, Schnittler M, Bog M (2025). How drought and ploidy level shape gene expression and DNA methylation in Phragmites australis. Plant Cell Reports 44(9): 197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-025-03585-9

Kuprina K, Wirth M, Luque MS, Heklau H, Rimgailė-Voicik R, Bog M, Schnittler M (2025). Phylogenetically distant but cohabiting: Fungal communities of fine roots in Diphasiastrum complanatum, Pinus sylvestris, and Vaccinium myrtillus in a Lithuanian pine forest. Rhizosphere 34: 101053. DOI

Haldan K, Kuprina K, Düsterhöft C, Eller F, Fiehn A, Garthen A, Krauß N, Schnittler M, Bog M, Kreyling J (2025). Higher ploidy coincides with inferior performance and no difference in drought tolerance in a mesocosm experiment with common reed (Phragmites australis). Environmental and Experimental Botany: 106267. DOI

Rudyk AI, Kuprina K, Bergaliev AM, Galkina SA, Romanovich AE, Novikov EA, Volodina EV, Smorkatcheva AV (2025). Genetic diversity and fine-scale structure of two populations of a subterranean rodent, Ellobius talpinus. Mammalian Biology 105(7). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-025-00498-8

Kuprina K, Smorkatcheva A, Rudyk A, Galkina S (2024). Numerous insertions of mitochondrial DNA in the genome of the northern mole vole, Ellobius talpinus. Molecular Biology Reports 51: 36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-023-08913-4

Kuprina K, Seeber E, Rudyk A, Wichmann S, Schnittler M, Bog M (2023). Changes in genotype composition and morphology at an experimental site of common reed (Phragmites australis) over a quarter of a century. Wetlands 43: 90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-023-01736-w

Haldan K, Kuprina K, Haase MI, Kieckhäfer F, Schade L, Schmoldt J, Schock LS, Stein M, Wille A, Schnittler M, Bog M, Kreyling J (2023). Choose wisely: Great variation among genotypes of promising paludiculture crop Phragmites australis. Plants 12: 1045. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12051045

Kuprina K, Seeber E, Schnittler M, Landeau R, Lambertini C, Bog M (2022). Genetic diversity of common reed in the southern Baltic Sea region – Is there an influence of disturbance? Aquatic Botany 177: 103471. DOI

Kuprina K, Smorkatcheva A (2019). Noninvasive age estimation in rodents by measuring incisors width, with the Zaisan mole vole (Ellobius tancrei) as an example. Mammalia 83(1): 64–69. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2017-0163

Smorkatcheva A, Kuprina K (2018). Does sire replacement trigger plural reproduction in matrifilial groups of a singular breeder, Ellobius tancrei? Mammalian Biology 88: 144–150. DOI

Smorkatcheva A, Kumaitova A, Kuprina K (2016). Make haste slowly: reproduction in the Zaisan mole-vole, Ellobius tancrei. Canadian Journal of Zoology 94(3): 155–162. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2015-0051