Biostructural Interactions

Former Lab Members 

Former PhD Students and Postdocs

Aditya J. Basak (PhD Structural Biology, IIT Kharagpur, IN), postdoc 2022-2024

Kerstin Schwickert nee Viet (MSc Biomed. Chemie, Uni Mainz), PhD student 2019-2023, joint postdoc with Hildt lab 2023

  • Max Planck Graduate Centre PhD Fellow
  • Kerstin's papers on pubmed

Mai Anh Tran (MSc Chemie, RWTH Aachen), PhD student 2018-2023, joint postdoc with Stallforth Lab 2023-2024

  • RSCA fellowship (2 mths research stay at Haverford College, PA, USA)
  • multiple research stays at Würzburg University since 05/2019
  • Mai's papers on pubmed and BioRxiv
  • next step: postdoc with Scheller Lab, Aalto University, School of Chemical Engineering, Espoo, Finland 

Dania Rose-Sperling (MSc Chemie, Uni Leipzig), PhD student 2016-2022 (parental leave 2019-2021), Postdoc 2022

  • Hans Böckler Stiftung PhD Fellow
  • Hans Böckler Stiftung Travel Grant (3 mths stay at CNRS Lyon, 1 mth stay at Groningen University)
  • Dania's papers on pubmed 
  • next step: Science Coordinator for profile line LIFE, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Annika Wagner (Dipl. Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz), PhD student 2016-2020, Postdoc 2021 

  • Prof. Rochelmayer Stiftung Fellow (5 mths stay at Heidelberg University) 
  • Annika's papers on pubmed
  • next step: Assistant Manager Regulatory Affairs at SSC

Benedikt Goretzki (MSc Chemie, Uni Mainz), PhD student 2016-2020, Postdoc 202

  • Max Planck Graduate Centre PhD Fellow
  • EMBO Short Term Fellow (3 mths stay at Groningen University)
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Short Term Fellow (declined)
  • Bene's papers on pubmed
  • next step: Postdoc at Novartis, Basel (Innovation Postdoc Fellowship) 

Erika Diehl (MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz), PhD student 2017-2020 

  • Fulbright PhD Fellow (6 mths stay at Johns Hopkins University)
  • Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose-Stiftung PhD Fellow 
  • TransMED PhD Fellow 
  • Erika's papers on pubmed
  • next step: Science Coordinator at University Medicine, GU Frankfurt

Patrick Johé (MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz), PhD student 2016-2020 (joint with Prof. Schirmeister, Pharmacy, Mainz) 

  • Patrick's papers on pubmed
  • next step: Scientist at Ascendis Pharma

Franziska von Hammerstein (Dipl. Chemie, Uni Bonn), PhD student 2016-2018 (joint with Prof. Schirmeister, Pharmacy, Mainz)  

  • Gutenberg Academy PhD Fellow (top 25 PhD students every year at JGU Mainz)
  • Franzi's papers on pubmed

Tina Berger (MSc Molekulare Biotechnologie, TU Darmstadt), PhD student 2015-2018

  • next step: Senior Scientist at PreviPharma

 Nina Glogowski née Christ (PhD Biochemistry, Uni Frankfurt), Postdoc 2015

  • Boehringer Ingelheim Short Term Fellow (3 mths stay at Harvard University)  
  • Nina's papers on pubmed
  • next step: Lab head at Boehringer-Ingelheim

Master Students

Iryna Todoriko, MSc Biochemistry and Biomedicine, Uni Lisbon, 2023 - present

  • Erasmus fellowship

Sabine Jänsch, MSc Biochemistry, Uni Jena, 2022/2023
Tom Goetze, MSc Biochemistry, Uni Jena, 2022/2023
Kira Herwig, MSc Chemische Biologie, Uni Jena, 2022
Nina Jacobs (with AK Schindelin, Würzburg), MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2021
Pauline Schmitt, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2020/2021

Eric Schwegler, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2019/2020
Julia Nöth, MSc Biologie, Uni Mainz, 2019/2020

  •  Publication: Nature Commun., 2023, accepted 

Sarah-Ana Mitrovic, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2019

  • Award for best MSc thesis, Masterpreis der GBM (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie) 
  • Publication: Biomol. NMR Assign., 2022, 16: 205–212
  • Publication: Nature Commun., 2023, accepted

Carolin Dörr, Dipl. Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2018/2019

Luca Lauth, MSc Biologie, Uni Mainz, 2018/2019

2018
Kerstin Viet, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2018

  • Publication: Structure, 2019, 27(8):1246-1257 
  • Award for the best MSc thesis, Faculty of Chemistry, (Adolf Todt Award 2019), Uni Mainz

Erika Diehl, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2016/2017

Benedikt Goretzki, MSc Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2015/2016

  • Publication: Structure, 2018, 26(12):1583-1593 

Andrea Gellert (joint with AK Schirmeister, Mainz), Dipl. Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2015

Bachelor Students

Yannick Padberg, BSc Biochemie & Molekularbiologie, Uni Jena, 2023
Julius Bartels, BSc Chemie, Uni Jena, 2023
Vivien Sulimma, BSc Chemie, Uni Jena, 2022
Sabrina Even, BSc Chemie, Uni Jena, 2022 

Emma Hücker, BSc Chemie, Uni Jena, 2021
Nadine Rapp, BSc Molekulare Biologie, Uni Mainz, 2020
Julius Pauly, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2020
Dhana Süss, BSc Biologie, Uni Mainz, 2020
Isabell Erdmann, BSc Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2020

Thea Bruchhardt, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2020

Marc Lander, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2019

Eva Morgenthaler, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2019

Ilja Gordijenko, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2019

Moritz Weber, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2019

Nina Jacobs, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2019

  • Award for the best Bachelor thesis, Preis des Gutenberg Lehrkollegs für hervorragende studentische Arbeiten, Universität Mainz

Therese Steudter (with AK Schirmeister, Mainz), BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2018

Joscha Berger (with AK Friedland, Mainz), BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2018

Angelika Harfert, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2018

Axel Guthart, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2018

Ann-Katrin Fuchs, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2018
Pauline Schmitt, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2018

Blanca Bach-Bofill, BSc Biochemie, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, 2017/2018
Daniel Paszek, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2017

Sarah-Ana Mitrovic, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2017

Valentin Waldthausen, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2017

Tina Strauch, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2016

Sarah Chagri, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2016

Melanie Dzulko, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2016

Sabrina Cariglia (with AK Schirmeister, Mainz), BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2016

Yvonne Schmitt, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2015

Internships and HiWis

Sabine Jänsch, MSc Biochemistry, Uni Jena, 2023

Sabrina Even, BSc Chemie, Uni Jena, 2022-2023 

Vivien Sulimma, BSc Chemie, Uni Jena, 2022-2023
Nilüfer Kara, MSc Biochemistry, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2022-2023
Anh Quach, BSc Biology, Drexel University, PA, USA, 2022

  • DAAD-RISE Fellow

Natia Inadze, MSc Biochemie, Uni Jena, 2022
Florian Anderfuhr, MSc Biochemie, Uni Jena, 2021 - 2022
Nina Jacobs, MSc Biomed. Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2021-2022
Zoe Merz, BSc Chemical Biology, UC Berkeley, CA, USA, 2021-2022

Emma Hücker, BSc Chemie, Uni Jena, 2021
Jean-Martin Harder, MSc Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2020-2021

Pauline Schmitt, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2020
Nina Jacobs, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2020
Thea Bruchhardt, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2020
Julia Nöth, MSc Biologie, Uni Mainz, 2019-2020
Sarah-Ana Mitrovic, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2019

  • Publication: Biomol. NMR Assign., 2022, 16: 205–212
  • Publication: Nature Commun., 2023, accepted

Nina Jacobs, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2018

Carolin Dörr, Dipl. Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2018-2019

Jakob Silberberg, MSc Biochemie, Uni Frankfurt, 2019
Nicolas Grinberg, Chemistry Major, McGill University, Montréal, Canada, 2019

  • Schull-Yang International Experience Fellowship Awardee

Eric Schwegler, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2019
Joscha Berger (with AK Friedland, Mainz), BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2019
Karsten Brudy, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2019

Luca Lauth, MSc Biologie, Uni Mainz, 2019
Charlotte Guhl, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz & UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA, 2018

Simon Schneider, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2018

Eric Schwegler, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2018

Hannah Maus, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2018

Blanca Bach, Biochemistry, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain, 2017-2018

  • ERASMUS Fellow

Daniel Paszek, BSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2018

Kerstin Viet, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2018

Luca Lauth, Msc Biologie, Uni Mainz, 2017-2018

Carolyn Barnes, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA, 2017

  • DAAD-RISE Fellow

Dorothea Winkelvoß, MSc Biochemie, Uni Tübingen, 2017

Sarah Sullivan, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA, 2017

  • DAAD-RISE Fellow

Robin Vincent, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, USA, 2017

Marie-Luise Frey, MSc Biomedizinische Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2017

Lisa Kaiser, MSc Molekulare Biotechnologie, Uni Frankfurt, 2016

Benedikt Goretzki, MSc Chemie, Uni Mainz, 2015