Doctoral Researchers

Members of the CEPLAS Graduate School

Abdulkabir Abdulmalik

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Institute of Population Genetics
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Aminat Adegbenle

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Institute of Population Genetics
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Ganiyat Akinade

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Institute of Microbiology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Arun Alexander Anburaj

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Institute of Microbiology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Svenja Augustin

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1,3

Institute of Developmental Genetics
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Shivsam Bady

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1,2

Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Eva Sabine Blankertz

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1,2,4

Department of Plant Developmental Biology
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Linus Börnke

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2024

Lars Bröker

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 3

Institute of Synthetic Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Noah Busch

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1,2

Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Kumsal Ecem Çolpan Karışan

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute for Plant Genetics
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Sabrina Egli

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute of Cell and Interaction Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Ruben Eichfeld

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Jona Ejike

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute of Molecular Physiology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Büşra Elkatmış

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Alonso Fariña-Fernandez

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1,2

Institute of Plant Molecular Ecophysiology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Justine Floret

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 4

Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Jan Gaertner

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Moritz Göbel

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Josepha Grewer

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 3

Institute of Synthetic Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Florian Hänsel

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2,3

Institute for Synthetic Microbiology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Jorge Luis Hernández Ayala

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2,4

Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Nicole Ivanov

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1,4

Department of Plant Developmental Biology
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Christian-Frederic Kaiser

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 3

Institute of Cell and Interaction Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Niklas Kiel

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 4

Department of Plant Microbe Interactions
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Amelie Kok

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 4

Institute for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics of Plants
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Stanislav Kopriva

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2024

Patrick Lederer

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1,3,4

Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Ella Ludwig

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 4

PhD Representative
Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Tiago Moreira Machado

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 4

Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Julia Macholl

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 3

Institute of Synthetic Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Milena Malisic
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Department of Plant Microbe Interactions
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Benjamin Menn

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 3

Institute for Plant Cell Biology and Biotechnology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Laura Merx

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Deputy PhD Representative
Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Daniel Moser

Docotoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Lucas Müller

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1,4

Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Jérémie Muller-Prokob

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 4

Computational Cell Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Mary Ngigi

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute of Botany
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Quang Hụy Nguyen

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1,3,4

Institute of Molecular Photosynthesis
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Nathaniel Oragbon

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2024

Sena Parlak

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1,2

Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Jana Peter

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Tobias Pfennig

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 4

Institute for Computational Life Science
RWTH Aachen

Itzel Fernanda Pineda Valentino

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1,4

Institute for Biological Data Science
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Anastasija Plett
Anstasija Plett
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Laura Alexandra Randarevitch

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 4

Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Laura Redzich
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute of Molecular Physiology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Khadija Rombi

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute of Molecular Physiology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Pia Saake

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Flora Schlüter

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2024

Laia Segura Broncano
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 3

Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Amanta Seifried

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2024

Zarah Sorger

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Armando Teixeira

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 3

Institute of Synthetic Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Meik Thiele

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute of Developmental Genetics
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Nhu Tran

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 4

Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Susanne Katja Vollmer

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1, 3, 4

Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Luca Weber

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute for Plant Genetics
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Tom Winkler

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 4

Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Pengxin Yu

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Cologne

Zoé Zick

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2024