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Congratulations to Ruben Eichfeld!

09/12/2025 CategoryTraining & Careers

CEPLAS Graduate School member Ruben Eichfeld sucessfully defended his PhD thesis!

Ruben Eichfeld PhD defence

We are pleased to congratulate Ruben Eichfeld, a member of the CEPLAS Graduate School, on successfully defending his PhD thesis “Function of chitinases from beneficial root endophytes during fungal antagonism and host-immune evasion”.

Ruben completed his doctoral work in the group of Prof. Alga Zuccaro at the University of Cologne.

Well done, Ruben – best wishes for your next steps!