Doctoral Researchers

Members of the CEPLAS Graduate School

Abdulkabir Abdulmalik

Doctoral Candidate, Research Area 2

Institute of Population Genetics
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Ganiyat Akinade

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2022

Svenja Augustin
Doctoral Candidate, Research Area 1,3

Institute of Developmental Genetics
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Shivsam Bady

Doctoral Candidate, Research Area 1,2

Institute for Plant Sciences
Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Eva Sabine Blanckertz

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2023

Lars Bröker

Doctoral Candidate, Research Area 3

Institute of Synthetic Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Noah Busch

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2023

Kumsal Ecem Çolpan

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute for Plant Genetics
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Sabrina Egli

Doctoral Candidate, Research Area 1

Institute of Cell and Interaction Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Ruben Eichfeld

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Institute for Plant Sciences
Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Jona Ejike

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute of Molecular Physiology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Büşra Elkatmış
Doctoral Candidate, Research Area 2

Institute for Plant Sciences
Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Alonso Fariña-Fernandez

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2023

Justine Floret
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 4

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Jan Gaertner

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
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

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2023

Jorge Luis Hernández Ayala

Doctoral Candidate, Research Area 2,4

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Nicole Ivanov

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2023

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

Patrick Lederer

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2023

Ella Ludwig

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2023

Tiago Moreira Machado
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 4

Institute for Plant Sciences, COPT Center
University of Cologne

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 Candidate, Research Area 2

PhD Representative
Institute for Plant Sciences
Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Daniel Moser
Docotoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Lucas Müller

Doctoral Candidate, Research Area 1,4

Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Jérémie Muller-Prokob

Doctoral Researcher, Reserach 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 Candidate, Reserach Area 1,3,4

Institute of Molecular Photosynthesis
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Aminat Odejide
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Institute of Population Genetics
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Ellen Oldenburg
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2,4

Institute for Quantitative and Theoretical Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Sena Parlak
Doctoral Candidate, Research Area 1,2

Institute for Plant Sciences
Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Tobias Pfennig

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 4

Institute for Computational Life Science
RWTH Aachen

Itzel Fernanda Pineda Valentino

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2023

Anastasija Plett
Anstasija Plett
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Krzysztof Pukacz
Doctoral Candidate, Research Area 1

Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Laura Alexandra Randarevitch
Doctoral Candidate, 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 Candidate, Research Area 1

Institute of Molecular Physiology
Heinrich Heine University

Pia Saake
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Leonie Schrage

Doctoral Candidate, Research Area 1

Institute of Developmental Genetics
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Kerstin Schulz
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 4

Botanical Institute, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Laia Segura Broncano
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 3

Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Susana Sierra Peláez

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2023

Emely Silz

Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Zarah Sorger
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Merle Stein
Doctoral Candidate, Research Area 3,4

Institute for Computational Cell 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
Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Sebastian Triesch
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Susanne Katja Vollmer
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1, 3, 4

Deputy PhD Representative
Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Luca Weber

CEPLAS Graduate School
Class of 2023

Tom Winkler
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 4

Botanical Institute,Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Pengxin Yu
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1

Institute for Plant Sciences
Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne