People
Current group picture (Jun 2025) © B CUBE
Group picture (Sep 2023) © B CUBE
Farewell get-together (Mar 2023) © B CUBE
Group picture (Sep 2022) © B CUBE
Group picture in B CUBE backyard (2020) © TUD/Magdalena Gonciarz
Our group members located in Potsdam-Golm: Dr. Ronald Seidel (L), Dr. Maryam Tadayon (R) and our cooperators: Ayesha Talib, Oliver Späker (mid.) (2020) © R. Seidel
Team building in Potsdam (Sep 2022) © B CUBE
At synchrotron facility BESSY in Berlin (2021) © B CUBE
At synchrotron facility BESSY in Berlin; preparing the next experiment (2021) © B CUBE
During beamtime with our collaborator Ernesto Scoppola (2021) © B CUBE
During team excursion (2021) © B CUBE
Group Leader
Yael Politi, Prof. Dr.
Room 313
Tel. +49 (351) 463 44301
E-mail to Yael
Personal page
Senior Scientist
Luca Bertinetti, Ph.D.
Room 312
Tel. +49 (351) 463 44295
E-mail to Luca
Personal page
Administrative Assistant
Nora Fröhlich, B.A.
Room 314
Tel. +49 (351) 463 44300
E-mail to Nora
Lab Engineer
Alice Ludewig, M.Sc.
Room 308
Tel. +49 (351) 463 44291
E-mail to Alice
Postdocs
Gargi Joshi, Ph.D.
Fellow scientist Maria Reiche Program
Room 315
Tel. +49 (351) 463 44298
E-mail to Gargi
Personal page
Aurimas Narkevicius, Ph.D.
Room 314
Tel. +49 (351) 463 443299
E-mail to Aurimas
Personal page
Jamal Ibrahim, Ph.D.
Fellow scientist Alexander von Humboldt
Room 315
Tel. +49 (351) 463 44297
E-mail to Jamal
Predocs
Vinolia Dmello, M.Sc.
Room 308
Tel. +49 (351) 463 44291
E-mail to Vinolia
Yohaan Kudtarkar, M.Sc.
Fellow scientist ESF Plus Program
Room 308
Tel. +49 (351) 463 44291
E-mail to Yohaan
Antonia Kaestner, M.Sc.
Fellow scientist Maria Reiche Program
Room 307
Tel. +49 (351) 463 44291
E-mail to Antonia
Other Scientists, Bachelor/Master Students and Guests
Ike Hermann Jürgens
Room 307
Tel. +49 (351) 463 44291
E-mail to Ike
Alumni
Postdocs and Predocs
| Name | Position | Time | Moved to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catarina Faustino | Predoc | 2025 | EUTOPIA program - coming back |
| Carolin Fischer | Pre-/Postdoc | 2020-25 | |
| Yin Chang | Postdoc | 2021-25 | |
| André Eccel Vellwock | Postdoc | 2022-24 | MPIKG Potsdam-Golm |
| Maryam Tadayon | Postdoc | 2019-24 | MPIKG Potsdam-Golm |
| Oliver Späker | Postdoc | 2023-24 | |
| Ayesha Talib | Predoc | 2022-24 | |
| Vincenzo Scribano | Predoc | 2020-22 | |
| Ronald Seidel | Postdoc | 2019-21 | University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel University |
| Anja Buttstedt | Postdoc | 2020 | University of Pretoria, SA |
Bachelor/Master Students, Guests and other Scientists
| Name | Position | Time | Moved to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janamitra Arjun | WHK | 2023-25 | IPF Dresden |
| Leonore Gremm | SHK | 2025 | |
| Vincent Tiedemann | Bachelor student | 2025 | |
| Helen Rothfuß | Master student | 2024 | |
| Konrad Handrich | Bachelor student | 2024 | |
| Sarah Hinz | SHK | 2023-24 | |
| Hedda Wern | Rotation student | 2024 | |
| Guilhem Debaig | WHK | 2024 | ENS Paris, FR |
| Gabriel Pinto Veas | Rotation student | 2024 | |
| Maximilian Angermann | Bachelor student | 2023 | Wageningen University, NL |
| Mnar Ghrayeb | Guest Scientist | 2022-23 | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IL |
| Akash E. Aravindan | WHK | 2022-23 | |
| Shraddha Shravani Peri | WHK | 2022 | |
| Maximilian Schmitt | M.Sc. student | 2020-21 | Formigas GmbH, Konstanz |
| Tzu-Chia Wang | M.Sc. student | 2020-21 | Roche Deutschland Holding GmbH |
| Shyla Singh | M.Sc. student | 2020-21 |
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL |
| Melanie Hänsel | Technician | 2019-21 | Parental leave |