Lara Kösters

Lara Kösters is a Doctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany, affiliated with the Biogeochemical Integration department and the Biod.AI.versity Observation & Integration research group. Her work bridges computational methods with biodiversity and biogeochemical research.

• Ph.D. student (2021–present), Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
• Research assistant (2020–2021), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• M.Sc. in Life Science (2018–2020), University of Münster
• B.Sc. in Life Science (2015–2018), University of Münster

Her research focuses on Artificial Intelligence in biodiversity studies, biogeochemical integration, and computational biology. She develops AI-driven tools for plant identification and ecological data management, as evidenced by her publications on deep learning for morphometrics, DNA barcoding frameworks, and parasitic plant research.

Lara’s recent work involves geometric morphometrics, taxonomic affinity modeling, and DNA barcoding, reflecting a trend toward data science and environmental informatics in her publications.