Christin Manthey

Dr. Christin Manthey is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, affiliated with the Department of Insect Symbiosis since 2022. She is also an Associate Member of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv).

• Current position: Postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
• Academic affiliation: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)

Research interests focus on:

• Evolutionary mechanisms of insect metamorphosis
• Molecular ecology of insect-microbiota interactions
• Symbiont genome dynamics in developmental contexts
• Chemical ecology of host plant adaptation

Her work integrates evolutionary biology with microbiome research to understand fundamental biological transitions in insects.