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

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

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

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

Pilecky, M.; Meador, T.B.; Kämmer, S.K.; Winter, K.; Ptacnikova, R.; Wassenaar, L. I.; Kainz, M. J. (2023). Response of stable isotopes (d2H, d13C, d15N, d18O) of lake water, dissolved organic matter, seston, and zooplankton to an extreme precipitation event. Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 891, 15.9.2023, 164622: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164622

Pilecky, M.; Wassenaar, L. I.; Taipale, S.; Kainz, M. J. (2023). Protocols for sample preparation and compound-specific stable-isotope analyses (??2 H, ??13 C) of fatty acids in biological and environmental samples. MethodsX, Vol. 11: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102283

Rigaud, C.; Kahilainen, K. K.; Calderini, M. L.; Pilecky, M.; Kainz, M. J.; Tiirola, M.; Taipale, S. J. (2023). Preparing for the future offspring: European perch (Perca fluviatilis) biosynthesis of physiologically required fatty acids for the gonads happens already in the autumn. Oecologia, Vol. 203, pages 477-489: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-023-05480-0

Taipale, S. J., Rigaud, C., Calderini, M., Kainz, M. J., Pilecky, M., Uusi-Heikkilä, S., Vesamäki, J., Vuorio, K., Tiirola, M. (2023). The second life of terrestrial and plastic carbon as nutritionally valuable food for aquatic consumers. Ecology Letters, Vol. 26, Issue 8, pages 1336-1347: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14244

Wassenaar, L. I; Sisti, L; Pilecky, M.; Kainz, M. J. (2023). Reproducible measurements of the ??2H composition of non-exchangeable hydrogen in complex organic materials using the UniPrep2 online static vapour equilibration and sample drying system. MethodsX, Vol. 10: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2022.101984

Závorka, L., Blanco, A., Chaguaceda, F., Cucherousset, J., Killen, S.S., Liénart, C., Mathieu-Resuge, M., Nemec, P., Pilecky, M., Scharnweber, K., Twining, C.W., Kainz, M.J. (2023). The role of vital dietary biomolecules in eco-evo-devo dynamics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 38, Issue 1: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.08.010

Abonyi, A.; Rasconi, S.; Ptacnik, R.; Pilecky, M.; Kainz, M.J. (2022). Chytrids enhance Daphnia fitness by selectively retained chytrid-synthesised stearidonic acid and conversion of short-chain to long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Freshw Biol, 00: 1–14

Fehlinger, L.; Mathieu-Resuge, M.; Pilecky, M.; Preet Parmar, T.; Twining, C.; Martin-Creuzburg, D.; Kainz, M. (2022). Export of dietary lipids via emergent insects from eutrophic fishponds. Hydrobiologia, Vol. 850, p. 3241-3256: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-022-05040-2

Mathieu-Resuge, M., Pilecky, M., Twining, C.W., (...), Vitecek, S., Kainz, M.J. (2022). Dietary availability determines metabolic conversion of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in spiders: a dual compound-specific stable isotope approach. Oikos, Vol. 2022, Issue 7: https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08513

Mathieu-Resuge, M.; Pilecky, M.; Twining, C.W.; Martin-Creuzburg, D.; Preet Parmar, T.; Vitecek, S. and Kainz, J.M. (2022). Dietary availability determines metabolic conversion of longchain polyunsaturated fatty acids in spiders: a dual compound-specific stable isotope approach. Oikos, 7: e08513