Alumni pre-2022
MScs, Postdocs and scholars, pre-2022
Elena Fajardo-Ruiz worked with us in 2021 on the biology of tubulin inhibitors (paper 29), then started her PhD in Biology at the LMU.
Dominik Lonken took his Pharma MSc with us in 2020, on microtubule alkylator biochemistry, then started his PhD in pharmaceutical sciences in Hamburg.
Evangelia Ntouliou did a bio imaging scholarship with us in 2020, on photoswitches to control microtubule dynamics (paper 18).
Bekkah Hammar did her Pharma BSc and internships with us in 2017-2018, on MRI-active and fluorescent nanoparticles; in 2019 she completed an outstanding MSc on tubulin biochemistry (papers 13, 15, 18), then started her PhD in medicinal chemistry in Uppsala, Sweden.
Dr. med. Magdalena Scheck joined us in 2019 for an interim scholarship in cell biology and collaborated to publish on viral infection quantification (paper 24) before returning to her medical studies.
Dr. Kristina Loy postdoc’d with us in 2019 on redox biology and tubulin stabilisers (paper 15), then moved to cancer diagnostics industry in Munich.
Franziska Ermer researched anti-angiogenic and in vivo applications of tubulin inhibitors with us from 2018-2019 (papers 7, 13), then entered private veterinary practice.
Sonja Rieth took her M.Sc with us in 2018-2019, on new topoisomerase inhibitor scaffolds, then moved to Konstanz for a PhD in chemical biology.
Kasia Panczyk, MSc completed a DAAD scholarship with us in 2019, synthesising new scaffolds and photoswitches for TRP channels. She is now a lecturer at Uni Krakow.
Dr. Malgorzata Borowiak postdoc'd on phototoxins in 2017-18 (then pharma in Krakow).
Carsten Donau took his M.Sc in 2017-18, on photoswitchable toxins (then PhD @TUM).
Spinoff Projects
NanoCapture, 2017-2022
Dr. Annabel Kitowski (NanoCapture, 2020-2022) moved to biotech at Tubulis.
Constanze Heise, BTA (NanoCapture, 2018-2022) moved to biotech in Berlin.
Dr. Petar Marinkovic (NanoCapture lead, 2017-2021) moved to biotech at Immunic Therapeutics.
Dr. Jasmin Kuhn (NanoCapture, 2020) moved to pharma industry with Celgene.
Monique Preusse, BTA (NanoCapture, 2019-20) moved to Helmholtz Virology.
Dr. Danica Bajic (NanoCapture, 2020) moved to biotech with DSM.
Dr. Stefanie Sperling (NanoCapture, 2019-20) moved to biotech with Bavaria Nordic.
Dr. Kathrin Klar (NanoCapture, 2019) moved to biotech with Medigene.
Dr. Marina Fütterer (NanoCapture, 2017-19) moved to life sciences consultancy.
CytoSwitch, 2017 - 2020
Tilmann Petersen (CytoSwitch lead, 2019-20) moved to biotech with Amsilk.
Dr. Yelena Wainman (CytoSwitch lead, 2017-19) moved to pharma/med tech consultancy.
Dr. Wen-Hsin Liu (CytoSwitch, 2019-20).
Dr. Marcel Klingenberg (CytoSwitch, 2019-20) moved to biotech with Eurofins.
Dr. Elena Longhi (CytoSwitch, 2018-20) moved to chemical research in Italy.
Dr. Doris Mangelberger (CytoSwitch, 2017-18) moved to toxicology with MorphoSys.
Dr. Alexander Werner worked in project CytoSwitch in 2017 (then biotech in Israel).
Undergraduate Interns, pre-2022
2021
Michaela Colling-Kaltenegger did her OC-F-Praktikum with Markus in 2021 on NIR dyes. She returned in 2022 for her => MSc.
Julia Brandmeier did her Pharm Sci BSc with Philipp in 2021 on phosphorus-based probes. She returned in 2023 for her => MSc.
Sabrina Doerrich did her F-Prak with Lukas in 2021 on redox probe chemotypes.
Mikey Mertens did his F-Prak with Alex in 2021 on colchicinoids.
2020
Carina Schmitt did a great Chem F-Prak with Lukas in 2020 on redox then returned for => MSc and => PhD.
Julia Rauh did her Chem F-Prak with Jan in 2020 on redox probes.
Paula Ruppel was a TS Group member since her 3rd semester in 2018: joining our group meetings, HiWi-ing, & doing a Pharma BSc on redox with Jan in 2020.
Katja Fusser did a Chem F-Prak with Ben in 2020 on photoredox linker systems.
András Telek did his Chemistry F-Praktikum with Markus in 2020 on super chromophores.
pre-2020
Linda Pettersson HiWi'd with Alex in 2019 on tubulin switches (paper 20).
Simon Wanner did a BSc with Li in 2019 on cytotoxic SBTs.
Annika Tölke did an F-Praktikum with Adi in 2018-2019 on photoredox switches.
Fabian Heck did an F-Praktikum with Alex in 2019 on tubulin inhibitors.
Ruchira Shah, MSc joined as a CeNS Scholar in 2018-19, on topoisomerases.
Vicky Valsamidou joined Jan for a Chemistry F-Prak on redox cyclers in 2019.
Ferdinand Kiss joined Li for an F-Prak on topoisomerase inhibitors in 2018.
Rakan Saeb BSc'd with Li in 2018-2019 on topoisomerase inhibitors.
Sebastian Novosedlik F-Prak'd with Alex in 2018 on water-soluble switches.
Nurunnisa Özyürek & Nesrin Hamou made cyclic switches with Adi in 2018.
Kati Scherr did a synthesis HiWi with Li in 2018 on topoisomerase inhibitors.
Christina Wichmann did a synthesis HiWi with Jan in 2018 on redox triggers.
Marc Wegert did a synthesis HiWi with Adi in 2018 on photoswitchable toxins.
Ruben Sachsse did a BSc in 2018 on the biology of photoswitchable toxins.
Jonas Habdank joined Adi in 2018 for a BSc on photoswitchable toxins.
Carina Glas did research with us in 2017, on biaryl tubulin inhibitors (then PhD @LMU).
Leonie von Brunn did a BSc with Li in 2017 on cationic switches (then Medical studies).
Niklas Peters interned in 2017 on topoisomerase inhibitors (then PhD @Hamburg).
Andrea Stegner HiWi'd on cationic photoswitches in 2016-2017 (then PhD @Caltech).
Kristina Krauskopf HiWi'd on phototoxins in 2016-2017 (then PhD @ETH Zürich).
Beccy Bechtel HiWi'd on covalent photoswitches in 2016-2017 (then patent lawyer).
Quillian Hochhauser did a BSc in 2017 on click chemistry for covalent inhibitors.
Sandra Schmidt did a BSc in 2016 on heterocyclic tubulin inhibitors.