Matter to Life PhD Candidates

Portrait picture of Karim Ajmail
karim.ajmail@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

PhD Phase
Lab of Joachim Spatz
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg

Research interests: Immunology • Biophysics • Microfluidics • Mechanobiology more
Sakshi Alegaonkar

Sakshi Alegaonkar

Master Phase
Heidelberg University
Portrait picture of Florian Aubermann
florian.aubermann@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

PhD Phase
Lab of Joachim Spatz
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg

Research interests: Immunology & Immunotherapy • Microfluidics • Machine Learning more
Ole Berendes

Ole Berendes

PhD Phase
University of Göttingen
Portrait picture of Nitin Bohra
nitin.bohra@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

PhD Phase
Lab of Tobias Erb
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg

Research interests: Metabolic pathway Engineering • Cell free TXTL more
Portrait picture of Ina Braun
ina.braun@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen

Research interests: Machine Learning-Based Medical Applications more
Lázara Bravo Martínez

Lázara Bravo Martínez

Master Phase
Heidelberg University
Portrait picture of Stephen Casale
stephen.casale@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

PhD Phase
Lab of Christine Selhuber-Unkel
Heidelberg University

Research interests: Neuroscience • 3D printing • In vitro neuronal networks more
Chin-Yao Chang

Chin-Yao Chang

PhD Phase
Lab of Andreas Janshoff
University of Göttingen
Portrait picture of I Chen

I Chen

PhD Phase
Lab of Ada Cavalcanti-Adam
University of Bayreuth
Yixin Chen

Yixin Chen

Yu-Hsun Chen

Yu-Hsun Chen

PhD Phase
Lab of Hans-Georg Kräusslich
Heidelberg University Hospital
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Suehyun Cho

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Luca Chicoș

Luca Chicoș

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Portrait picture of Marcos Conde-González
marcos.conde-gonzalez@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

PhD Phase
Lab of Franziska Thomas
Heidelberg University

Research interests: Protein design • Bioinorganic Chemistry • Small-molecule activation more
Gabriel de Barros Righes

Gabriel de Barros Righes

PhD Phase
Lab of Ada Cavalcanti-Adam
University of Bayreuth
Nora Deiringer

Nora Deiringer

Master Phase
University of Göttingen
Pelin Demirci
pelin.demirci@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University more
Portrait picture of Kshitij Deshpande

Kshitij Deshpande

Master Phase
Heidelberg University
Portrait picture of Tobias Dorer
tobias.dorer@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen

Research interests: Protein Dynamics (Molecular Dynamics) • Protein Engineering (Deep Learning) more
Renan dos Reis
renan.dos-reis@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Research Interests: Origin of Life • Origin of Multicellularity •  Physics of Evolution more
Matěj Dvořák

Matěj Dvořák

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Portrait picture of Sunnatullo Fazliev

Sunnatullo Fazliev

Juan Figueroa Macías
juan.figueroa-macias@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University more
Frida Sofía García Castro

Frida Sofía García Castro

Jan Felix Geisler

Jan Felix Geisler

Anna Gómez Plchová
anna.gomez-plchova@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Research interests: Synthetic biology • Origin of life & astrobiology more
Christina Goss

Christina Goss

Paulius Greicius

Paulius Greicius

Master Phase
Heidelberg University
Vitalii Grigorev
vitalii.grigorev@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University more
Luis Gutiérrez Mondragón

Luis Gutiérrez Mondragón

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Portrait picture of Johannes Hahmann
PhD Phase
Lab of Andreas Herrmann
DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials in Aachen

Research Interests: mechanochemistry •
DNA nanotechnology • sonogenetics • sonopharmacology
more
Sophia Hampe

Sophia Hampe

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Portrait picture of Lars Henning Hansen

Lars Henning Hansen

Master Phase
University of Göttingen
Portrait picture of Jan-Niklas Haug

Jan-Niklas Haug

Portrait picture of Arsenii Hordeichyk
hordeichyk.arsenii@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

PhD Phase
Lab of Andreas Bausch
Technical University of Munich

Research interests: Actin cytoskeleton • Synthetic biology more
Portrait picture of Till Hülsmann

Till Hülsmann

Octavian Ianc

Octavian Ianc

octavian.ianc@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Ava Jahad Mohammadi

Ava Jahad Mohammadi

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Jan Jedryszek

Jan Jedryszek

PhD Phase
Lab of Karen Alim
Technical University of Munich
Josef Kaenders

Josef Kaenders

Christoph Karfusehr
christoph.karfusehr@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

PhD Phase
Lab of Friedrich Simmel
Technical University of Munich

Research interests: DNA, RNA and protein nanotechnology • Molecular and Macro-molecular machines more
Portrait picture of Tim Karrasch

Tim Karrasch

PhD Phase
Lab of Kerstin Göpfrich
Heidelberg University
Portrait picture of Michelle Kemper

Michelle Kemper

PhD Phase
Lab of Ada Cavalcanti-Adam
Heidelberg University
Portrait picture of Agi Kishore

Agi Kishore

PhD Phase
Lab of Peter Comba
Heidelberg University
Emirhan Koca

Emirhan Koca

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Portrait picture of Santiago Kuhl
santiago.kuhl@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen

Research Interests: statistical biophysics • cellular decision-making • population dynamics more
Raphaela Küppers

Raphaela Küppers

Master Phase
Heidelberg University
Nathan Kłoszewski

Nathan Kłoszewski

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
David Bryan Lao

David Bryan Lao

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Kathrin Laxhuber

Kathrin Laxhuber

Hong Anh Le

Hong Anh Le

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Rom Lerner

Rom Lerner

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Markos Lill
markos.lill@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Research Interests: Computational Drug Discovery • Neuropharmacology • Nucleic Acid Chemistry • Protein Design more
Zihao Liu

Zihao Liu

Master Phase
University of Göttingen
Ming Hong Lui

Ming Hong Lui

PhD Phase
Lab of Erwin Frey
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Marlene Maager
marlene.maager@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Research interests: chemical biology/bioorganic chemistry • structural biology • protein design more
András Major

András Major

PhD Phase
Lab of Tim Salditt
University of Göttingen
Polina Malova

Polina Malova

Master Phase
University of Göttingen
Jakub Malerczyk

Jakub Malerczyk

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Ahandeep Manna

Ahandeep Manna

Tarun Mascarenhas

Tarun Mascarenhas

Portrait picture of Silvia Morales Manzano
silvia.morales-manzano@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Research interests: Active Matter • Self-Organization • Collective Behavior more
Anna Mukhina

Anna Mukhina

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Jorge Muñoz

Jorge Muñoz

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Portrait picture of Fenja Murken
fenja.murken@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
Heidelberg University

Research Interests: biochemistry •
structural biology • cryo-EM • RNA-origami more
Portrait picture of Deus Mwesigwa
deus.mwesigwa@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
Heidelberg University

Research Interests: Virology •
Immunology • Vaccinology • Immunotherapeutic developments • Synthetic Biology more
Samuel Novák
Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Research interests: Thermodynamics • Origin of Life • Cell Biology • Disease Models • Organoid Research • Microscopy more
Kristian Angeli Pajanonot
Master Phase
University of Göttingen

Research interests: Active cytoskeletal systems • Biomolecular condensates • Machine Learning
more
Irene Pellini
irene.pellini@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Research Interests: active matter • living matter physics more
Yong Han Phee

Yong Han Phee

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Portrait picture of Anamarija Pišpek

Anamarija Pišpek

Elizaveta Pogarskaya

Elizaveta Pogarskaya

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Yogesh Pratap

Yogesh Pratap

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Louis Puhlfürst

Louis Puhlfürst

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Krishna Ramesh

Krishna Ramesh

PhD Phase
Lab of Christine Selhuber-Unkel
Heidelberg University
Misael Real-Enriquez

Misael Real-Enriquez

Chandan Muni Reddy

Chandan Muni Reddy

Master Phase
Heidelberg University
Gabriele Rigano
gabriele.rigano@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University more
Bettina Royen

Bettina Royen

Master Phase
University of Göttingen
Iris Ruider

Iris Ruider

PhD Phase
Lab of Andreas Bausch
Technical University of Munich
Anna Rusetskaya
anna.rusetskaya@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Research interests: Neuroscience • Organoids • Tissue Engineering • Medical Applications of Technology • Synthetic Biology more
Rajlaxmi Saha

Rajlaxmi Saha

Portrait picture of Saúl Sandoval Hernandez

Saúl Sandoval Hernandez

Master Phase
Heidelberg University
Harshita Saxena

Harshita Saxena

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Portrait picture of Anastassiya Schramm
anastassiya.schramm@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

PhD Phase
Lab of Joachim Spatz
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg

Research interests: Chemistry • Synthetic Vesicles • Gold and Magentic Nanoparticles • Trigger-Responsive Materials for biomedical applications more
Portrait picture of Maximilian Schuler

Maximilian Schuler

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Julian Schulz

Master Phase
University of Göttingen
Laurin Schulze-Forster

Laurin Schulze-Forster

Boris Schüpp

Boris Schüpp

Matter to Life PhD candidate Pratulya Shah
pratulya.shah@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen

Research interests: Synthetic biology • Nucleic acid nanotechnology more
Portrait picture of Lena Strieker

Lena Strieker

PhD Phase
Lab of Ada Cavalcanti-Adam
Heidelberg University
Andrey Sysoev
andrey.sysoev@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Research Interests: Protein Design •
Bioengineering • Cell Biology more
Nutsa Tsirekidze

Nutsa Tsirekidze

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Ria Vikrant Vaishampayan

Ria Vikrant Vaishampayan

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Ana Valenzuela

Ana Valenzuela

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Cade Vallero
cade.vallero@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Research interests: Genetic engineering • DNA repair • Stem cell mediated therapies • Cellular aging more
Chirag Verma

Chirag Verma

Master Phase
University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University
Katharina Weber

Katharina Weber

PhD Phase
Lab of Karen Alim
Technical University of Munich
Everett Weber

Everett Weber

Master Phase
Heidelberg University
Hao Yuan Yang

Hao Yuan Yang

PhD Phase
Lab of Friedrich Simmel
Technical University of Munich
Portrait picture of Mussa Yedigenov
mussa.yedigenov@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
Heidelberg University

Research interests: Signaling dynamics • Collective behavior • Complex systems more
Silja Zedlitz

Silja Zedlitz

silja.zedlitz@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
Heidelberg University
Xizhu Zhao
xizhu.zhao@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Master Phase
University of Göttingen

Research interests: Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics • Stochastic Thermodynamics • Biological Physics more
Portrait picture of Aysecan Ünal
aysecan.unal@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

PhD Phase
Lab of Frauke Gräter
Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS)

Research Interests: Structural Biology - Structure of connective tissue and cryo-electron microscopy more
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