Prof. Dr.Carsten Lüter (he/him)
Scientific Head of Collection
Vita
After studying biology and completing my doctorate in zoology at the University of Göttingen, I worked as a postdoc at the University of Bielefeld and the University of Glasgow. I have been working at the Museum of Natural History as a scientist in charge of the collection since 2001. After my habilitation in 2009, I was a private lecturer at the Humboldt University in Berlin for 10 years. In 2020 I was awarded an adjunct professorship in “Evolutionary Morphology” by Humboldt University. From the beginning of my scientific career, my research interest was in marine invertebrates. I have conducted research at many marine biology stations and have taken part in 7 deep-sea expeditions so far.
Further information
Teaching: Master's module "Marine Biodiversity" (OBBE9) at the Institute of Biology at the Humboldt University in Berlin,
Publications
Lüter, C., Pennington, J.T. (2025). 17. Phylum Brachiopoda. In Boyle, M.J., Young, C.M., Sewell, M.A. (Hrsg.), Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae (2). Elsevier.
Knauber, H., Kohlenbach, K., Böhm, P., Lüter, C., Ziegler, A., Brandt, A., Saeedi, H. (2023). Deep-sea benthic crustacean and annelid data from the Bering Sea. Data in Brief, 48, 109186. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109186
Paganos, P., Ullrich-Lüter, J., Almazán, A., Voronov, D., Carl, J., Zakrzewski, A.C., Zemann, B., Rusciano, M.L., Sancerni, T., Schauer, M., Akar, O., Caccavale, F., Cocurullo, M., Benvenuto, G., Croce, J.C., Lüter, C., Arnone, M.I. (2025). Single-nucleus profiling highlights the all-brain echinoderm nervous system. Science Advances, 11(45), eadx7753. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adx7753
Benvenuto, G., Leone, S., Astoricchio, E., Bormke, S., Jasek, S., D’Aniello, E., Kittelmann, M., McDonald, K., Hartenstein, V., Baena, V., Escrivà, H., Bertrand, S., Schierwater, B., Burkhardt, P., Ruiz-Trillo, I., Jékely, G., Ullrich-Lüter, J., Lüter, C., D’Aniello, S., Arnone, M.I., Ferraro, F. (2024). Evolution of the ribbon-like organization of the Golgi apparatus in animal cells. Cell Reports, 43(3), 113791. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113791
Setyastuti, A., Solis-Marin, F.A., Lüter, C. (2024). Sea cucumbers of the genus Labidodemas (Holothuroidea: Holothuriida: Holothuriidae) from Indonesia, with the description of a new species and a revised key to the genus. Zootaxa, 5506(2), 227-244. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5506.2.4
Schlüter, N. (2024). A paedomorphic dwarf species, Gauthieria pumilio sp. nov. (Echinoidea: Phymosomatidae), from the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of Hannover, Germany. PalZ, 98, 593-601. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-024-00702-z
Canning-Clode, J., Gizzi, F., Braga-Henriques, A., Ramalhosa, P., Abreu, P., Álvarez, S., Biscoito, M., Buhl-Mortensen, P., Delgado, J., Esson, D., Freitas, M., Freitas, M., Henriques, F., Jakobsen, J., Jakobsen, K., Kerckhof, F., Lüter, C., Moura, C.J., Radeta, M., Rocha, R.M., Santos, R., Sepúlveda, P., Silva, R., Silva, T., Souto, J., Triay-Portella, R., Wirtz, P., Xavier, J.R., Bastida-Zavala, R., Bellou, N., Gueroun, S.K.M., Monteiro, J.G. (2024). A pioneering longterm experiment on mesophotic macrofouling communities in the North Atlantic. Communications Biology, 7, 1618. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-07249-4
Lüter, C. (2024). Ein Schlangenstern aus der antiken Götterwelt. In Museum Naturalienkabinett Waldenburg, Sächsische Landesstelle für Museumswesen (Hrsg.), Wunderkammer Waldenburg. Die ganze Welt im Kleinen (138-141). Dresden: Sandstein.
Lüter, C. (2025). Ein Korallenriff für Ostberlin. In Lulińska, A., Chrubasik, K., Bundeskunsthalle, GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel (Hrsg.), Expedition Weltmeere: Magazin zur Ausstellung. München: Hirmer.
Lüter, C., Brusca, R., Giribet, G., Moore, W. (2023). Phylum Brachiopoda: The Lamp Shells. In Invertebrates (4, 509-517). Oxford University Press.