Jan Gogarten

Dr. Jan Gogarten is a researcher at the University of Greifswald within the Applied Zoology and Nature Conservation department. Their work focuses on primate-associated organism communities, including bacterial microbiomes, eukaryotic parasites, and pathogen-carrying flies, investigating how these communities shape primate health and conservation.

• Key collaborations with Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Robert Koch Institute, and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Research spans zoonotic pathogen detection, molecular method development for genomic data generation, and climate change impacts on primate populations. Methodologies include longitudinal studies in Taï National Park and Kibale National Park, fly-derived DNA for biodiversity monitoring, and comparative datasets on sociality costs/benefits.