Since April 2023

Scientific employee and teaching staff at the Department of Systematics, Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants, Georg-August-University of Göttingen| Göttingen, Germany

Oct. 2022 – March 2023
Teaching and laboratory staff at the Faculty of Nature and Environmental Sciences, Hochschule Zittau Görlitz (University of Applied Science) | Zittau, Germany
Nov. 2022 – Graduation to Dr. rer. nat. Technische Universität Dresden | Dresden, Germany

March 2017 –  June 2022 
Scientific assistant at the Chair of Ecosystem Service, International Institute Zittau, TU Dresden | Zittau, Germany

July 2018 –     April. 2022
Doctoral rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.): TU Dresden and Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz | Germany.

PhD Scholarship, Graduation Academy of TU Dresden

Dissertation: Evolutionary biology and population genetics of key dryland species: Artemisia frigida Willd. (Anthemideae, Asteraceae)

Oct. 2015 – March 2018

Master of Science (MSc.): Biodiversity and Collection Management, International Institute (IHI) Zittau / TU Dresden | Dresden, Germany
MSc. scholarship, Senckenberg Research Institute "Dietmar-Schmidt-Education-Fond"

Master thesis: Impact of changing grazing and precipitation on genetic structure of key-stone feather grasses of Central Asian drylands

June 2014  –   Sept. 2015 

Labor manager and technical assistant at the Molecular Ecology Laboratory, National University of Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Sept. 2010 –    June 2014

Bachelor of Science (BSc.): Ecology and Nature Conservation, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Publication List:

Oyundelger, K., Munkhzul, O., Ritz, C. M., & Wesche, K (2023). Long-term grazing exclusion           affects populations genetics and functional traits of Artemisia frigida in Mongolia. Journal   of Arid Environments. 209, 104900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2022.104900

Tsegmed, Z., Baasanmunkh, S., Oyundelger, K., Oyuntsetseg, B., Bayarsaikhan, U., Erst, A., &       Choi, H. J. (2023). Predicting the current and future suitable habitats, species distribution   and      conservation assessment of Fritillaria dagana (Liliaceae). Journal of Asia-Pacific        Biodiversity.             https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2023.01.004.

Baasanmunkh, S., Batlai, O., Tsegmed, Z., Magsar, U., Oyundelger, K., Nyamjantsan, N.,    Nudkhuu, N., Erst, A., Altangerel, U. and Choi, H.J., (2022). Distribution of vascular plants in Mongolia - II part. Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences. 20 (2), 35-63. https://doi.org/10.22353/mjbs.2022.20.13

Baasanmunkh, Sh, Urgamal, M., Oyuntsetseg, B., Sukhorukov, A.P., Tsegmed, Z., Son, D.C., Erst,   A., Oyundelger, K., Kechaykin, A.A., Norris,J., Kosachev, P., Ma, J-Sh., Chang, K.S. and       Choi, H.J (2022). Flora of Mongolia: Annotated checklist of native vascular plants.      PhytoKeys. 192, 63-169. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.192.79702

Baasanmunkh, Sh., Oyuntsetseg, B., Tsegmed, Z., Oyundelger, K., Urgamal, M., Gantuya, B., Javzandolgor, Ch., Nyambayar, N., Petr., K. and Choi, H.J. (2022). Distribution of vascular plants in Mongolia - I Part 1. Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences. 20 (1), 3-28. https://doi.org/10.22353/mjbs.2022.20.01

Oyundelger, K., Harpke, D., Herklotz, V., Troeva, E., Zheng, Z., Li, Z., Oyuntsetseg, B., Wagner, V., Wesche, K. and Ritz, C.M. (2021b). Phylogeography of Artemisia frigida (Anthemideae, Asteraceae) based on genotyping-by-sequencing and plastid DNA data: Migration through Beringia. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 35, 64-80. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13960

Baasanmunkh, Sh., Urgamal, M., Oyuntsetseg, B., Gundegmaa, V., Tsegmed, Z., Oyundelger, K., Kechaykin, A.A., Pyak, A.I. and Choi, H.J. (2021). Updated checklist of vascular plants endemic to Mongolia. Phytotaxa. 13, 619. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13120619

Dashpurev, B., Wesche, K., Jäschke, Y., Oyundelger, K., Phan, T.N., Bendix, J. and Lehnert, L.W. (2021). A cost-effective method to monitor vegetation changes in steppes ecosystems: A case study on remote sensing of fire and infrastructure effects in eastern Mongolia. Ecological Indicators. 132, 108331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108331

Munkhzul, O., Oyundelger, K., Narantuya, N., Tuvshintogtokh, I., Oyuntsetseg, B., Wesche, K. and Jäschke, Y. (2021) Systematic review of grazing effects on vegetation in Mongolian steppes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9, 703220. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.703220

Baasanmunkh, Sh., Oyuntsetseg, B., Efimov, P., Tsegmed, Z., Vandandorj, S., Oyundelger, K., Urgamal, M., Undruul, A., Khaliunaa, Kh., Namuulin, T. and Choi, H.J. (2021) Orchids of Mongolia: Taxonomy, species richness and conservation status. Diversity. 13, 302. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13070302

Oyundelger, K., Herklotz, V., Harpke, D., Oyuntsetseg, B., Wesche, K. and Christiane. R. (2021a) Contrasting effects of local environment and grazing pressure on the genetic diversity and structure of Artemisia frigida. Conservation Genetics, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01375-w

Baasanmunkh, Sh., Oyuntsetseg, B., Oyundari, Ch., Oyundelger, K., Urgamal, M., Darikhand, D., Soninkhishig. N., et al. (2021) The vascular plant diversity of Dzungarian Gobi in western Mongolia, with an annotated checklist. Phytotaxa. 501(1): 1-55. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.501.1.1

Baasanmunkh, Sh., Nyamgerel, N., Bayarmaa, G., Oyuntsetseg, B., Oyundelger, K. and Choi, H.J. (2020). A new record of critically endangered Saussurea bogedaensis (Asteraceae) from Dzungarian Gobi, Mongolia. PhytoKeys. 160: 109-121. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.160.55603

Oyundelger. K., Ritz, C., Oyunbileg, M., Lang, B., Ahlborn, J., Oyuntsetseg, B., Römermann, C. and Wesche, K. (2020). Climate and land use affect genetic structure of Stipa glareosa P. A. Smirn. in Mongolia. Flora – Special Issue on Steppe Ecology. 266: 151572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2020.151572

Baasanmunkh, Sh., Oyuntsetseg, B., Oyundelger, K., Khaliunaa, Kh., Urgamal, M., Batkhuu, N., Shiga, T., Chung. G.Y. and Choi, H.J. (2019). Contribution to the knowledge on the flora of northern Mongolia. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 12(4): 643-660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2019.08.009

Oyuntsetseg, B., Baasanmunkh, Sh., Oyundelger, K., Oyunbileg, M., Kim, J.Y., Cho, H.J, Batkhuu, N., Chung, G.Y. and Choi, H.J. (2017). Contribution to the knowledge on the flora of Munkhkairkhan mountain area, Mongolia. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 10 (4): 573-582.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2017.05.005.

Oyundelger. K and Pfeiffer, M. (2017). Coleoptera in the Altai Mountains (Mongolia): species richness and community patterns along an ecological gradient. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 10 (3): 362-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb. 2017.06.007.