Dr. Seyma Alcicek (1992)
Medicine, Physics, Biology
MSc Medicine (2016), Yildirim Beyazit University, Türkiye
PhD Physical Science (2023), Jagiellonian University, Krakau, Polen
Thesis: "Zero- and Ultralow-Field NMR for Chemical and Biochemical Analysis"
seit 4/2022: Postdoctoral Fellow, University Hospital, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt a.M.
Project: "Non-invasive Imaging of Tumor Metabolism Using In vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy"

Katharina Karkowski (1991)
Biology
MSc Computer Science (2016), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
PhD Thesis (since 2020), University Hospital Bonn, Department of Epileptology
"Semantic Tuning of Single Neurons in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe"

Dr. Marketa Icha Kubankova (1989)
Medicine, Physics, Bioinformatics
MSc Biomedicaland Clinical Technology (2013), Czeck Technical University Prag, Czeck Republic
PhD Chemical Physics (2018),  Imperial College London, UK
Thesis: "Molecular Rotors as Novel Probes of Protein Aggregation"
since 11/2018: Postdoctoral Fellow, MPI for the Science of Light, Biological Optomechanics, Erlangen
Project: "Deformability cytometry as a label-free high-throughput method for probing the mechanical properties of cells in blood and tissues"

Dr. Victoria Martinez-Miguel (1991)
Biology, Biochemistry
MSc Biological Sciences (2014), Lancaster University, UK
PhD Molecular Biology (2019), University College London, UK
Thesis: "The role of decreased protein synthesis in delaying ageing- emphasis on translation accuracy"
since 1/2020: Postdoctoral Fellow, MPI for Biology of Ageing, Antebi Department, Köln
Project: "Role of the nucleolus in ageing"

Dr. Ivana Mejdrova (1989)
Chemistry
MSc Chemistry (2013), Palacky´s University in Olomouc, Czech Republic
PhD Organic Chemistry (2018), University of Chemical Technology in Prague, Czech Republic
Thesis: "Synthesis of novel heterocyclic compounds as inhibitors of viral replication"
2018 - 2022: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague
since 9/2022: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Institute of chemical epigenetics
Project: "Hammerhead ribozymes"

Dr. Chi Ngo (1990)
Psychology
MSc Experimental Psychology (2013), Seton Hall University, NJ, USA
PhD Psychology and Neuroscience (2019), Temple University, PA, USA
Thesis: "The decomposition of memory development from a process-focused approach"
since 1/2020: MPI for Human Development Center for Lifespan Psychology, Berlin
Projects: "The process structure of memory abilities in early and middle childhood", "Charting the neural bases of memory development"

Daria Pankova (1995)
Physics, Geoscience
MSc Environmental Science (2020), St. Petersburg State University, Russland
PhD Thesis (since 2022), University of Bonn, Geophysics, 
"Characterizing open-system pingo structure and development in isostatically uplifting fjord environment by means of geophysical imaging and physical modeling"

Dr. Alina Pushkarev (1984)
Biology, Biochemistry
MSc Microbiology (2013), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
PhD Marine Microbiology (2019), Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Thesis: "The search for new ways to harvest light using functional metagenomics"
since 9/2019: Postdoctoral Fellow, Humboldt University of Berlin, Experimental Biophysics, Berlin
Project: "Crustaceans as a source of new bistable and far red absorbing rhodopsins for the use in optogenetics"

Dr. Alona Shagan Shomron (1990)
Material Science, Engineering
MSc Chemical Engineering (2016), Technicon - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
PhD Polymer Science (2020), Technicon - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Thesis: "Rational Design of Smart Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications"
since 1/2021: Postdoctoral Fellow, MPI for Intelligent Systems, Robotic Materials, Stuttgart
Project: "Wearable Actuators for Salient and Versatile Fingertip Haptic Feedback"

Dr. Komal Soni (1988)
Biology, Biochemistry
MSc Bioinformatics (2012),  Delhi Technological University (formerly DCE), India
PhD Structural Biology (2017), Technische Universiät München
Thesis: "Structural and functional characterization of RBM5/6/10 in alternative splicing regulation"
since 12/2017: Postdoctoral Fellow, Universität Heidelberg,Biochemistry Center (BZH)
Project: "Molecular insights into the role of MTREC in lncRNA processing and degradation"

Marie Luise Speiger (1993)
Psychology
MSc Psychology (2020), Goethe Universität Frankfurt
PhD Thesis (since 2020), MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
"The cognitive and neural basis of implicit and explicit Theory of Mind in pre-schoolers"

Dr. Sabine Thürauf (1989)
Medicine, Bioinformatics, Engineering
MSc Informatics (2014), TU München
PhD Informatics/Medical Robotics (2018), TU München
Thesis: "Accurate and Efficient Calibration of a Robotic C-Arm System Based on X-Ray Observations"
since 9/2022: Postdoctoral Fellow, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering
Projects: seit 2022  "Intuitive Robot Control", seit 2023  "Variable Stiffness Exosuit"

Dr. Liyun Wang (1987)
Physics, Biology, Material Science
MSc Food Quality & Food Safety (2011), Jiangnan University, China
PhD Food Quality & Food Safety (2016), Jiangnan University, China
Thesis: "Bacteria adhesion and growth on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) surfaces at single-cell resolution"
since 2/2021: Postdoctoral Fellow, MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, Department of Systems and Synthetic Microbiology
Project: "Develop a toolbox of FRET-based biosensors of c-di-GMP and its FRET-To-Sort application for genome-wide mapping of the second m"

Kim-Sara Wagner (1994)
Biology
MSc Biological Oceanography (2020), Universtiät Kiel
PhD Thesis (since 2020), Kiel University, Marine Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute
"Sex-specific parental transfer of microbiota"

Justine Wolter (1992)
Biology, Medicine, Physics
MSc Physics (2020),Georg-August Universität, Göttingen
PhD Thesis (since 2021), University Medical Center Göttingen und MPI für Dynamics and Self Organisation Göttingen
"Implementation and Study of a three dimensional electromechanical model of cardiac tissue"

Dr. Anna Zieleniewska (1990)
Chemistry, Material Science
MSc Medical Technology (2014), Warsaw University of Technology, Polen
PhD Physical Chemistry (2019), FAU-Erlangen-Nürnberg
Thesis: "Towards a Molecular Future - Investigation of Organic Wires in Electron Donor-bridge-acceptor Conjugates"
7/2019 - 3/2021: Postdoctoral Fellow, Natural Renewale Energy Laboratorium, Colorado, USA
since 1/2023: Postdoctoral Fellow, Technical University of Munich Campus Straubing
Project: "Bringing heat into the bright side in bio-hybrid LEDs – Heat-BLED"