John Parsch

John Parsch is a Professor at the Faculty of Biology, LMU Munich since 2001. His research focuses on evolutionary and functional genomics, particularly gene expression regulation, sex chromosome evolution, and population genetic mechanisms of adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster.

• Education: PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology (University of Maryland, 1998), BA in Biology (Washington and Jefferson College, 1992)

Key research areas include:

• Evolution of X chromosome inactivation and dosage compensation
• Population-level gene expression variation
• De novo gene emergence and adaptive regulatory polymorphisms

His work has attracted multiple DFG grants (2011-2026) on topics like gene regulation dynamics and evolutionary adaptation. He serves as Associate Editor for Molecular Biology and Evolution (2010-present) and has published 15 significant studies since 2017, revealing patterns in transcriptional responses to stress, chromatin environment effects, and regulatory polymorphism maintenance.