Brendan Furneaux

Brendan Furneaux

Postdoctoral Researcher
Unit
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Department / Division
Department of Biological and Environmental Science
Room number
Email
brendan.r.furneaux@jyu.fi
Mobile
+358469225077
Postal address
Survontie 9

Biography

I primarily work on the development of improved bioinformatic methods for large, global DNA metabarcoding datasets.  I am especially interested in taxonomic identification, species delimitation, and trait inference of "dark taxa", i.e. those which are known only from environmental DNA data, not from specimens or cultures.  My background is in fungal ecology, but I also work with data for other poorly known groups such as insects and protists.

Publications

Publication
2025

Ecology
Saine, Sonja
Penttilä, Reijo
Fukami, Tadashi
Furneaux, Brendan
Hytönen, Tuija
Miettinen, Otto
Monkhouse, Norman
Mäkipää, Raisa
Pennanen, Jorma
Zakharov, Evgeny V.
Ovaskainen, Otso
Abrego, Nerea
Publication
2025

Environmental Management
Crosier, Joette
Penttilä, Reijo
Miettinen, Otto
Furneaux, Brendan
Pennanen, Jorma
Hamberg, Leena
Publication
2025

Proceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences
Abrego, Nerea
Saine, Sonja
Penttilä, Reijo
Furneaux, Brendan
Hytönen, Tuija
Miettinen, Otto
Monkhouse, Norman
Mäkipää, Raisa
Pennanen, Jorma
Zakharov, Evgeny V.
Ovaskainen, Otso
Publication
2025

Molecular Ecology
Naranjo‐Orrico, D.
Ovaskainen, O.
Furneaux, B.
Purhonen, J.
Arancibia P. , A.
Burg, S.
Moser, N.
Niku, J.
Tikhonov, G.
Zakharov, E.
Monkhouse, N.
Abrego, N.
Publication
2024

Nature
Abrego, Nerea
Furneaux, Brendan
Hardwick, Bess
Somervuo, Panu
Palorinne, Isabella
Aguilar-Trigueros, Carlos A.
Andrew, Nigel R.
Babiy, Ulyana V.
Bao, Tan
Bazzano, Gisela
Bondarchuk, Svetlana N.
Bonebrake, Timothy C.
Brennan, Georgina L.
Bret-Harte, Syndonia
Bässler, Claus
Cagnolo, Luciano
Cameron, Erin K.
Chapurlat, Elodie
Creer, Simon
D’Acqui, Luigi P.
de Vere, Natasha
Desprez-Loustau, Marie-Laure
Dongmo, Michel A. K.
Jacobsen, Ida B. Dyrholm
Fisher, Brian L.
Flores de Jesus, Miguel
Gilbert, Gregory S.
Griffith, Gareth W.
Gritsuk, Anna A.
Gross, Andrin
Grudd, Håkan
Halme, Panu
Hanna, Rachid
Hansen, Jannik
Hansen, Lars Holst
Hegbe, Apollon D. M. T.
Hill, Sarah
Hogg, Ian D.
Hultman, Jenni
Hyde, Kevin D.
Hynson, Nicole A.
Ivanova, Natalia
Karisto, Petteri
Kerdraon, Deirdre
Knorre, Anastasia
Krisai-Greilhuber, Irmgard
Kurhinen, Juri
Kuzmina, Masha
Lecomte, Nicolas
Lecomte, Erin
Loaiza, Viviana
Lundin, Erik
Meire, Alexander
Mešić, Armin
Miettinen, Otto
Monkhouse, Norman
Mortimer, Peter
Müller, Jörg
Nilsson, R. Henrik
Nonti Puani, Yannick C.
Nordén, Jenni
Nordén, Björn
Norros, Veera
Paz, Claudia
Pellikka, Petri
Pereira, Danilo
Petch, Geoff
Pitkänen, Juha-Matti
Popa, Flavius
Potter, Caitlin
Purhonen, Jenna
Pätsi, Sanna
Rafiq, Abdullah
Raharinjanahary, Dimby
Rakos, Niklas
Rathnayaka, Achala R.
Raundrup, Katrine
Rebriev, Yury A.
Rikkinen, Jouko
Rogers, Hanna M. K.
Rogovsky, Andrey
Rozhkov, Yuri
Runnel, Kadri
Saarto, Annika
Savchenko, Anton
Schlegel, Markus
Schmidt, Niels Martin
Seibold, Sebastian
Skjøth, Carsten
Stengel, Elisa
Sutyrina, Svetlana V.
Syvänperä, Ilkka
Tedersoo, Leho
Timm, Jebidiah
Tipton, Laura
Toju, Hirokazu
Uscka-Perzanowska, Maria
van der Bank, Michelle
van der Bank, F. Herman
Vandenbrink, Bryan
Ventura, Stefano
Vignisson, Solvi R.
Wang, Xiaoyang
Weisser, Wolfgang W.
Wijesinghe, Subodini N.
Wright, S. Joseph
Yang, Chunyan
Yorou, Nourou S.
Young, Amanda
Yu, Douglas W.
Zakharov, Evgeny V.
Hebert, Paul D. N.
Roslin, Tomas
Ovaskainen, Otso
Publication
2024

Molecular Ecology
Burg, Skylar
Ovaskainen, Otso
Furneaux, Brendan
Ivanova, Natalia
Abrahamyan, Arusyak
Niittynen, Pekka
Somervuo, Panu
Abrego, Nerea
Publication
2024

Scientific Data
Ovaskainen, Otso
Abrego, Nerea
Furneaux, Brendan
Hardwick, Bess
Somervuo, Panu
Palorinne, Isabella
Andrew, Nigel R.
Babiy, Ulyana V.
Bao, Tan
Bazzano, Gisela
Bondarchuk, Svetlana N.
Bonebrake, Timothy C.
Brennan, Georgina L.
Bret-Harte, Syndonia
Bässler, Claus
Cagnolo, Luciano
Cameron, Erin K.
Chapurlat, Elodie
Creer, Simon
D’Acqui, Luigi P.
de Vere, Natasha
Desprez-Loustau, Marie-Laure
Dongmo, Michel A. K.
Dyrholm Jacobsen, Ida B.
Fisher, Brian L.
Flores de Jesus, Miguel
Gilbert, Gregory S.
Griffith, Gareth W.
Gritsuk, Anna A.
Gross, Andrin
Grudd, Håkan
Halme, Panu
Hanna, Rachid
Hansen, Jannik
Hansen, Lars Holst
Hegbe, Apollon D. M. T.
Hill, Sarah
Hogg, Ian D.
Hultman, Jenni
Hyde, Kevin D.
Hynson, Nicole A.
Ivanova, Natalia
Karisto, Petteri
Kerdraon, Deirdre
Knorre, Anastasia
Krisai-Greilhuber, Irmgard
Kurhinen, Juri
Kuzmina, Masha
Lecomte, Nicolas
Lecomte, Erin
Loaiza, Viviana
Lundin, Erik
Meire, Alexander
Mešić, Armin
Miettinen, Otto
Monkhause, Norman
Mortimer, Peter
Müller, Jörg
Nilsson, R. Henrik
Nonti Puani, Yannick C.
Nordén, Jenni
Nordén, Björn
Paz, Claudia
Pellikka, Petri
Pereira, Danilo
Petch, Geoff
Pitkänen, Juha-Matti
Popa, Flavius
Potter, Caitlin
Purhonen, Jenna
Pätsi, Sanna
Rafiq, Abdullah
Raharinjanahary, Dimby
Rakos, Niklas
Rathnayaka, Achala R.
Raundrup, Katrine
Rebriev, Yury A.
Rikkinen, Jouko
Rogers, Hanna M. K.
Rogovsky, Andrey
Rozhkov, Yuri
Runnel, Kadri
Saarto, Annika
Savchenko, Anton
Schlegel, Markus
Schmidt, Niels Martin
Seibold, Sebastian
Skjøth, Carsten
Stengel, Elisa
Sutyrina, Svetlana V.
Syvänperä, Ilkka
Tedersoo, Leho
Timm, Jebidiah
Tipton, Laura
Toju, Hirokazu
Uscka-Perzanowska, Maria
van der Bank, Michelle
van der Bank, Herman F.
Vandenbrink, Bryan
Ventura, Stefano
Vignisson, Solvi R.
Wang, Xiaoyang
Weisser, Wolfgang W.
Wijesinghe, Subodini N.
Joseph, Wright S.
Yang, Chunyan
Yorou, Nourou S.
Young, Amanda
Yu, Douglas W.
Zakharov, Evgeny V.
Hebert, Paul D. N.
Roslin, Tomas
Publication
2024

Restoration Ecology
Saine, Sonja
Penttilä, Reijo
Furneaux, Brendan
Monkhouse, Norman
Zakharov, Evgeny V.
Ovaskainen, Otso
Abrego, Nerea
Publication
2023

Science Advances
Mikryukov, Vladimir
Dulya, Olesya
Zizka, Alexander
Bahram, Mohammad
Hagh-Doust, Niloufar
Anslan, Sten
Prylutskyi, Oleh
Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel
Maestre, Fernando T.
Nilsson, Henrik
Pärn, Jaan
Öpik, Maarja
Moora, Mari
Zobel, Martin
Espenberg, Mikk
Mander, Ülo
Khalid, Abdul Nasir
Corrales, Adriana
Agan, Ahto
Vasco-Palacios, Aída-M.
Saitta, Alessandro
Rinaldi, Andrea
Verbeken, Annemieke
Sulistyo, Bobby
Tamgnoue, Boris
Furneaux, Brendan
Duarte Ritter, Camila
Nyamukondiwa, Casper
Sharp, Cathy
Marín, César
Gohar, Daniyal
Klavina, Darta
Sharmah, Dipon
Dai, Dong-Qin
Nouhra, Eduardo
Biersma, Elisabeth Machteld
Rähn, Elisabeth
Cameron, Erin
De Crop, Eske
Otsing, Eveli
Davydov, Evgeny
Albornoz, Felipe
Brearley, Francis
Buegger, Franz
Zahn, Geoffrey
Bonito Gregory
Hiiesalu, Inga
Barrio, Isabel
Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob
Ankuda, Jelena
Doležal, Jiri
Kupagme, John
Maciá-Vicente, Jose
Djeugap Fovo, Joseph
Geml, József
Alatalo, Juha
Alvarez-Manjarrez, Julieta
Põldmaa, Kadri
Runnel, Kadri
Adamson, Kalev
Bråthen, Kari-Anne
Pritsch, Karin
Tchan, Issifou Kassim
Armolaitis, Kęstutis
Hyde, Kevin
Newsham, Kevin K.
Panksep, Kristel
Lateef, Adebola Azeez
Hansson, Linda
Lamit, Louis
Saba, Malka
Tuomi, Maria
Gryzenhout, Marieka
Bauters, Marijn
Piepenbring, Meike
Wijayawardene, Nalin N.
Yorou, Nourou
Kurina, Olavi
Mortimer, Peter
Meidl, Peter
Kohout, Petr
Puusepp, Rasmus
Drenkhan, Rein
Garibay-Orijel, Roberto
Godoy, Roberto
Alkahtani, Saad
Rahimlou, Saleh
Dudov, Sergey
Põlme, Sergei
Ghosh, Soumya
Mundra, Sunil
Ahmed, Talaat
Netherway, Tarquin
Henkel, Terry
Roslin, Tomas
Nteziryayo, Vincent
Fedosov, Vladimir
Onipchenko, Vladimir
Yasanthika, Weeragalle, Arachchillage Erandi
Lim, Young
Van Nuland, Michael
Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda
Antonelli, Alexandre
Kõljalg, Urmas
Abarenkov, Kessy
Tedersoo, Leho
Publication
2022

Mycosphere
Houdanon, R. D.
Furneaux, B.
Yorou, N. S.
Ryberg, M.

Research groups

Research group

Predictive Community Ecology Group

A research group jointly run by Nerea Abrego and Otso Ovaskainen at the Department of Biological and Environmental Science