Matter to Life PhD Candidates

Karim Ajmail

PhD Phase

karim.ajmail@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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Lab of Joachim Spatz at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg

Research interests: Immunology • Biophysics • Microfluidics • Mechanobiology

Sakshi Alegaonkar

PhD Phase

Lab of Andreas Janshoff at the University of Göttingen

Florian Aubermann

PhD Phase

florian.aubermann@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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Lab of Joachim Spatz at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg

Research interests: Immunology & Immunotherapy • Microfluidics • Machine Learning

Ole Berendes

PhD Phase

Lab of Helmut Grubmüller at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen

Nitin Bohra

PhD Phase

nitin.bohra@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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Lab of Tobias Erb at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg

Research interests: Metabolic pathway Engineering • Cell free TXTL

Ina Braun

PhD Phase

ina.braun@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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Lab of Eberhard Bodenschatz at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen

Research interests: Machine Learning-Based Medical Applications

Lázara Bravo Martínez

PhD Phase

Lab of Kerstin Göpfrich at ZMBH, Heidelberg University

Stephen Casale

PhD Phase

stephen.casale@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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Lab of Christine Selhuber-Unkel at Heidelberg University

Research interests: Neuroscience • 3D printing • In vitro neuronal networks

Chin-Yao Chang

PhD Phase

Lab of Andreas Janshoff at the University of Göttingen

I Chen

PhD Phase

Lab of Ada Cavalcanti-Adam at the University of Bayreuth

Yixin Chen

PhD Phase

Lab of Helmut Grubmüller at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen

Yu-Hsun Chen

PhD Phase

Lab of Hans-Georg Kräusslich at the Heidelberg University Hospital

Suehyun Cho

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Luca Chicoș

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Marcos Conde-González

PhD Phase

marcos.conde-gonzalez@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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Lab of Franziska Thomas at Heidelberg University

Research interests: Protein design • Bioinorganic Chemistry • Small-molecule activation

Gabriel de Barros Righes

PhD Phase

Lab of Ada Cavalcanti-Adam at the University of Bayreuth

Nora Deiringer

PhD Phase

Lab of Karen Alim at the Technical University of Munich

Pelin Demirci

Master Phase

pelin.demirci@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Kshitij Deshpande

PhD Phase

Lab of Frank Jülicher at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden

Douglas Diehl

PhD Phase

Lab of Anthony Hyman at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden

Tobias Dorer

Master Phase

tobias.dorer@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen

Research interests: Protein Dynamics (Molecular Dynamics) • Protein Engineering (Deep Learning)

Renan dos Reis

Master Phase

renan.dos-reis@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Research Interests: Origin of Life • Origin of Multicellularity • Physics of Evolution

Matěj Dvořák

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Sunnatullo Fazliev

PhD Phase

Lab of Joachim Spatz at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg

Juan Figueroa Macías

Master Phase

juan.figueroa-macias@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Frida Sofía García Castro

PhD Phase

Lab of Andreas Herrmann at the DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen

Jan Felix Geisler

PhD Phase

Lab of Stephan Grill at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden

Anna Gómez Plchová

Master Phase

anna.gomez-plchova@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Research interests: Synthetic biology • Origin of life & astrobiology

Christina Goss

PhD Phase

Lab of Frauke Gräter at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz

Paulius Greicius

PhD Phase

Lab of Frauke Gräter at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz

Vitalii Grigorev

Master Phase

vitalii.grigorev@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Luis Gutiérrez Mondragón

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Johannes Hahmann

PhD Phase

johannes.hahmann@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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Lab of Andreas Herrmann at the DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen

Research Interests: mechanochemistry • DNA nanotechnology • sonogenetics • sonopharmacology

Sophia Hampe

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Lars Henning Hansen

Master Phase

University of Göttingen

Jan-Niklas Haug

PhD Phase

Lab of Kai Johnsson at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg

Arsenii Hordeichyk

PhD Phase

hordeichyk.arsenii@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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Lab of Andreas Bausch at the Technical University of Munich

Research interests: Actin cytoskeleton • Synthetic biology

Till Hülsmann

PhD Phase

Lab of Laura De Laporte at the DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen

Octavian Ianc

Master Phase

octavian.ianc@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Adel Iusupov

PhD Phase

adel.iusupov@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Lab of Andrea Musacchio at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund

Ava Jahad Mohammadi

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Jan Jedryszek

PhD Phase

Lab of Karen Alim at the Technical University of Munich

Josef Kaenders

PhD Phase

Lab of Stephan Grill at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden

Christoph Karfusehr

PhD Phase

christoph.karfusehr@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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Lab of Friedrich Simmel at the Technical University of Munich

Research interests: DNA, RNA and protein nanotechnology • Molecular and Macro-molecular machines

Tim Karrasch

PhD Phase

Lab of Kerstin Göpfrich at Heidelberg University

Michelle Kemper

PhD Phase

Lab of Ada Cavalcanti-Adam at Heidelberg University

Agi Kishore

PhD Phase

Lab of Peter Comba at Heidelberg University

Emirhan Koca

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Santiago Kuhl

Master Phase

santiago.kuhl@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen

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

Raphaela Küppers

Master Phase

Heidelberg University

Nathan Kłoszewski

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

David Bryan Lao

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Kathrin Laxhuber

PhD Phase

Lab of Frank Jülicher at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden

Hong Anh Le

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Rom Lerner

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Markos Lill

Master Phase

markos.lill@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

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

Zihao Liu

Master Phase

University of Göttingen

Ming Hong Lui

PhD Phase

Lab of Erwin Frey at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Marlene Maager

Master Phase

marlene.maager@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

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

András Major

PhD Phase

Lab of Tim Salditt at the University of Göttingen

Polina Malova

PhD Phase

Lab of Timo Betz and lab of Stefan Klumpp at the University of Göttingen

Jakub Malerczyk

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Chee Seng Man

PhD Phase

Lab of Kai Sundmacher at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg

Ahandeep Manna

PhD Phase

Lab of Frank Jülicher at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden

Tarun Mascarenhas

PhD Phase

Lab of Frank Jülicher at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden

Silvia Morales Manzano

Master Phase

silvia.morales-manzano@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Research interests: Active Matter • Self-Organization • Collective Behavior

Anna Mukhina

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Jorge Muñoz

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Fenja Murken

PhD Phase

fenja.murken@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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Lab of Kerstin Göpfrich at ZMBH, Heidelberg University

Research Interests: biochemistry • structural biology • cryo-EM • RNA-origami

Deus Mwesigwa

PhD Phase

deus.mwesigwa@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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Lab of Joachim Spatz at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg

Research Interests: Virology • Immunology • Vaccinology • Immunotherapeutic developments • Synthetic Biology

Samuel Novák

Master Phase

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University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Research interests: Thermodynamics • Origin of Life • Cell Biology • Disease Models • Organoid Research • Microscopy

Kristian Angeli Pajanonot

PhD Phase

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Lab of Sarah Köster at the University of Göttingen

Research interests: Active cytoskeletal systems • Biomolecular condensates • Machine Learning

Irene Pellini

Master Phase

irene.pellini@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Research Interests: active matter • living matter physics

Yong Han Phee

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Anamarija Pišpek

PhD Phase

Lab of Kai Johnsson at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg

Elizaveta Pogarskaya

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Yogesh Pratap

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Louis Puhlfürst

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Krishna Ramesh

PhD Phase

Lab of Christine Selhuber-Unkel at Heidelberg University

Misael Real-Enriquez

PhD Phase

Lab of Laura De Laporte at the DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen

Chandan Muni Reddy

PhD Phase

Lab of Franziska Thomas at Heidelberg University

Gabriele Rigano

Master Phase

gabriele.rigano@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Bettina Royen

Master Phase

University of Göttingen

Iris Ruider

PhD Phase

Lab of Andreas Bausch at the Technical University of Munich

Anna Rusetskaya

Master Phase

anna.rusetskaya@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

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

Rajlaxmi Saha

PhD Phase

Lab of Helmut Grubmüller at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen

Saúl Sandoval Hernandez

PhD Phase

Lab of Friedrich Simmel at the Technical University of Munich

Harshita Saxena

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Anastassiya Schramm

PhD Phase

anastassiya.schramm@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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Lab of Joachim Spatz at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg

Research interests: Chemistry • Synthetic Vesicles • Gold and Magentic Nanoparticles • Trigger-Responsive Materials for biomedical applications

Maximilian Schuler

PhD Phase

Lab of Tanja Weil at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz

Julian Schulz

Master Phase

University of Göttingen

Laurin Schulze-Forster

PhD Phase

Lab of Richard Wombacher at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg

Boris Schüpp

PhD Phase

Lab of Frauke Gräter at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz

Pratulya Shah

Master Phase

pratulya.shah@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen

Research interests: Synthetic biology • Nucleic acid nanotechnology

Lena Strieker

PhD Phase

Lab of Ada Cavalcanti-Adam at Heidelberg University

Andrey Sysoev

Master Phase

andrey.sysoev@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Research Interests: Protein Design • Bioengineering • Cell Biology

Alena Taskina

PhD Phase

Lab of Kerstin Göpfrich at ZMBH, Heidelberg University & Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg

Nutsa Tsirekidze

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Ria Vikrant Vaishampayan

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Ana Valenzuela

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Cade Vallero

Master Phase

cade.vallero@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

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

Chirag Verma

Master Phase

University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University

Katharina Weber

PhD Phase

Lab of Karen Alim at the Technical University of Munich

Everett Weber

Master Phase

Heidelberg University

Mingqi Yan

PhD Phase

mingqi.yan@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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Lab of Erwin Frey at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Hao Yuan Yang

PhD Phase

Lab of Friedrich Simmel at the Technical University of Munich

Mussa Yedigenov

Master Phase

mussa.yedigenov@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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Heidelberg University

Research interests: Signaling dynamics • Collective behavior • Complex systems

Silja Zedlitz

PhD Phase

silja.zedlitz@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

Lab of Anthony Hyman at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden

Xizhu Zhao

Master Phase

xizhu.zhao@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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University of Göttingen

Research interests: Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics • Stochastic Thermodynamics • Biological Physics

Aysecan Ünal

PhD Phase

aysecan.unal@mtl.maxplanckschools.de

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Lab of Frauke Gräter at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz

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