Matthias Pilecky, MSc PhD

Anparasan, L.; Pilecky, M.; Ramirez, M.I.; Hobson, K.A.; Wassenaar, L.; Kainz, M.J. (2026). Drought-driven lipid deficits in overwintering monarch butterflies revealed by d²H and fatty acid analysis. Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 3: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70577

Pilecky M., Kainz M. (2026). Global Change Reshapes Biosynthesis of LC-PUFA in Northern Lake Food Webs. Global Change Biology, Vol. 32, Issue 8: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.71070

Pilecky M., Wassenaar L.I. (2026). Method dependency of exchangeable hydrogen determination in amino acids: a cautionary comparison of liquid- and vapor-phase equilibration. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies: https://doi.org/10.1080/10256016.2026.2698122

Pilecky, M.; Sedlmayr, I.; Kesti, P.; Schnorr, S.L.; Obermair, G.J.; Kouba, A.; Kainz, M. (2026). Diet and environmental factors shape retinal lipid composition in common carp (Cyprinus carpio). PLEFA-Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 211: 10.1016/j.plefa.2026.102768

Gmeiner, I.; Vitecek, S.; Wassenaar, L.; Kainz, M. J.; Pilecky, M. (2025). Selective retention of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in Heptageniidae (Ephemeroptera) of subalpine streams. Freshwater Biology, Volume70, Issue6: e70052

Génier, C.; Pilecky, M.; Kainz, M. J.; Guglielmo, C.; Hobson, K. (2025). Barn swallows and purple martins convert precursors to long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids: Implications for conservation of riparian- vs. inland-nesting habitats. Conservation Physiology, Volume 13, Issue 1,: coaf068

Koene, J. P.; Závorka, L.; Pilecky, M.; Elmer, K. R.; Adams, C. E. (2025). Influences of Diet Quality, Nursery-Habitat Complexity and Sex on Brain Development and Cognitive Performance of Brown Trout (Salmo trutta L.). Ecology and Evolution, Volume15, Issue8: e71924

Pilecky, M.; Meador, T.B.; Wassenaar, L.I. (2025). Advancements in Compound-Specific Hydrogen Stable-Isotope Analysis of Fatty and Amino Acids. Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Volume 186: 118194

Valtonen, A.; Holm, S.; Korkiatupa, E.; Malinga, G.M.; Nakadai, R.; Nyeko, P.; Roininen, H.; Strandberg, U.; Wassenaar, L.I.; Pilecky, M. (2025). Combined hydrogen isotope and genetic analyses reveal frequent long-distance movement by the African edible bush-cricket. Ecological Entomology, Volume50, Issue2: Pages 299-310

Anparasan, L.; Pilecky, M.; Ramirez, M. I.; Hobson, K. A.; Kainz, M. J.; Wassenaar, L. I. (2024). Essential and nonessential fatty acid composition and use in overwintering monarch butterflies. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-024-01727-0

Cont, D.; Harm, S.; Schildboeck, C.; Kolm, C.; Kirschner, A.K.T.; Farnleitner, A.H.; Pilecky, M.; Zottl, J.; Hartmann, J.; Weber, V. (2024). The neutralizing effect of heparin on blood-derived antimicrobial compounds: impact on antibacterial activity and inflammatory response. Front Immunol, 15: 1373255

Pilecky, M. Turunen, A.; Sohrabi, M. S.; Ghimire, S.; Ilo, T.; Kesti, P.; Vitecek, S.; Fehlinger, L.; Akkanen, J.; Taipale, S. J.; Vainikka, A.; Kahilainen, K. K.; Kainz, M. J.; Strandberg, U. (2024). Chironomids regulate long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid levels independent of lake nutrient or dissolved organic carbon concentrations. OIKOS, 2024:e10816: https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10816

Pilecky, M., Kämmer, S.-K., Winter, K., Ptacnikova, R., Meador, T. B., Wassenaar, L. I., Fink, P., Kainz, M. J. (2024). Compound-specific stable isotope analyses of fatty acids indicate feeding zones of zooplankton across the water column of a subalpine lake. Oecologia, 205:325-337: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-024-05574-3

Pilecky, M; Kainz, M. J.; Wassenaar, L. I. (2024). Exploring hydrogen isotope fractionation in lipid biomolecules of freshwater algae: implications for ecological and paleoenvironmental studies. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies: https://doi.org/10.1080/10256016.2024.2419880

Pilecky, M; Kainz, M.J.; Wassenaar, L. (2024). Evaluation of lipid extraction methods for fatty acid quantification and compound-specific d13C and d2Hn analyses. Analytical Biochemistry, Vol. 687, April 2024: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2023.115455

Valtonen, A.; Holm, S.; Korkiatupa, E.; Malinga, G. M.; Nakadai, R.; Nyeko, P.; Roininen, H.; Strandberg, U.; Wassenaar, L. I.; Pilecky, M. (2024). Inferring long-distance movements of insects using combined hydrogen isotope and genetic analyses: A case study of the African edible bush-cricket. Ecological Entomology, Vol. 49, Issue 6: https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13410

Kainz, M. J., Pilecky, M., Guo, F. (2024). Diet tracers in food webs: fatty acids and their carbon and hydrogen stable isotopes. In: Calver, M. and Loneragan, N., Quantifying diets of wildlife and fish: practical and applied methods: 105-117, CSIRO Publishing, Australien

Abonyi, A.; Kainz, M. J.; Ptacnik, R.; Rasconi, S. (2023). Chytrids enhance Daphnia fitness by selectively retained chytrid-synthesised stearidonic acid and conversion of short chain to long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Freshwater Biology: https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14010

Abonyi, A.; Pilecky, M.; Rasconi, S.; Ptacnik, R.; Kainz, M. J. (2023). Chytrids alleviate the harmful effect of heat and cyanobacteria diet on Daphnia via PUFA-upgrading. Journal of Plankton Research, Vol. 45, Issue 3: https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbad012

Fehlinger, L.; Mathieu-Resuge, M.; Pilecky, M.; Parmar, T.P.; Twining, C.W.; Martin-Creuzburg, D.; Kainz, M. J. (2023). Export of dietary lipids via emergent insects from eutrophic fishponds. Hydrobiologia, Vol. 850, pages 3241-3256: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-022-05040-2