Sten Anslan

Sten Anslan serves as an Academy Research Fellow at the Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, University of Jyväskylä, with office location YA C410.2 and contact details sten.s.anslan@jyu.fi / +358504612239.

His research centers on environmental DNA metabarcoding for organism identification in ecological samples, with specialized focus on soil faunal networks and micro-mycobiome interactions. He systematically evaluates bioinformatics pipelines for sequence data analysis to optimize methodological approaches for diverse environmental datasets, bridging molecular biology and ecosystem ecology.

Analysis of his 2024-2025 publications reveals dominant themes in biodiversity assessment through DNA-based techniques, spanning soil microbial databases, machine learning applications for rare species identification in Madagascar, and marine ecosystem studies in the Galápagos. His work consistently addresses methodological innovation for ecological monitoring and restoration science.

Dr. Anslan actively contributes to the Predictive Community Ecology Group, a collaborative research initiative led by Nerea Abrego and Otso Ovaskainen focused on biodiversity modeling and community assembly mechanisms.