Staff list
Name (Position)
Email
Department, Groups, Units
Vrunda Avnishkumar Patel
student/graduate assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
Mohammad Ali Abbasi-Vineh, Dr
Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PostDoc
Iván Acosta
Group Manager, Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PostDoc
Nora Adib
Lab assistant
- Service Unit
- Media Kitchen
Shraddha Ahuja
student/graduate assistant
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cell Biology and Morphodynamics
Jessica Alpers
Technical Assistant
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
Johanna Alz
PhD student
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
- PhD
Ashwin Ananthanarayanan
Guest PhD Student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
- PhD
Federico Apelt, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Intercellular Macromolecular Transport
- PostDoc
Fayezeh Arabi, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
- PostDoc
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
Anthony Artins
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
- PostDoc
Arren Bar-Even (passed away), Dr.
Max Planck Research Group Leader
- Max Planck Research Group
- Systems and Synthetic Metabolism
Rouhollah Barahimipour, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PostDoc
Luis Pablo Barrientos
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PostDoc
Daniela Barro-Trastoy
Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- PostDoc
Nicole Bartels
Guest Student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
Linda Bartetzko
Agricultural engineer
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cultivation and Transformation
Shruti Shantanu Bawaskar
student/graduate assistant
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
Patrick Behrens, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- PostDoc
Heike Bellin
Gardener
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cultivation and Transformation
Heinrich Bente
Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
Philipp Berg
PhD student
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- PhD
Florian Berger
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
Ruiling Bian, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Max Planck Research Group
- Viral Replication and Plant Tolerance
- PostDoc
Marianna Boccia
Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
- PostDoc
Carsten Bochan
Head of IT Service
- Service Unit
- IT Service
Ralph Bock, Prof. Dr.
Director and Research Group Leader
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
Antje Bolze
Biotechnology Engineer
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
Sven Borngraeber
Employee IT Service
- Service Unit
- IT Service
Kristina Braun
Employee Accounting
- Administration
- Accounting
Ana Catarina Brejo de Alemeida e Silva
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
- PostDoc
Catalina Brown Arancibia
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
Franziska Brückner
Technical Assistant
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
Kees Buhrman
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PhD
Katrin Büntig
Gardener
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cultivation and Transformation
Ines Burock
Head of Accounting
- Administration
- Accounting
Yuval Bursztyn
PhD student
- Algal cell biology and biophysics
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- PhD
Hannah Callenius
PhD student
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PhD
Maria Can
Lab assistant
- Service Unit
- Media Kitchen
Murielle Chegno Talla
student/graduate assistant
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
Xufeng Chen
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
- PhD
An-Po Cheng, Dr
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PostDoc
Dominik Cichos
PhD student
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Service Unit 'Synthetic Biology'
- PhD
Alicia Clarke, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
- PostDoc
Marion Clavel
Max Planck Research Group Leader
- Max Planck Research Group
- Viral Replication and Plant Tolerance
Sandra Marcela Correa Cordoba
Guest Scientist
- Cooperative Research Group
- Systems Biology and Mathematical Modelling
- PostDoc
Beril Daloglu
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PhD
Prabal Das
PhD student
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cell Biology and Morphodynamics
- PhD
Guillaume Decros, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
- PostDoc
Gerardo Del Toro-De León
Guest Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- PostDoc
Vaishnavi Dharma
Trainee
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
Juan Camilo Diez-Marulanda
PhD student
- Max Planck Research Group
- Plant Germline Antiviral Immunity"
- PhD
Duarte Dionísio Figueiredo
Research Group Leader
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Seed Development and Apomixis
Andreas Donath
Employee IT Service
- Service Unit
- IT Service
Daniel Dunkelmann, Dr.
Research Group Leader
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
- PostDoc
Wojciech Dziegielewski, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Seed Development and Apomixis
- PhD
Stefanie Ebschner
Employee Human Resources
- Administration
- Human Resources
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Seed Development and Apomixis
- PhD
Alexander Erban
Biotechnology Engineer
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Applied Metabolome Analysis
Dila Erdem
student/graduate assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Translational Regulation in Plants
Alisdair Fernie, Prof. Dr.
Research Group Leader
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
Beatrice Ferretti
PhD student
- Max Planck Research Group
- Plant Germline Antiviral Immunity"
- PhD
Mac Flanagan
PhD student
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
- PhD
Alexander Förderer, Dr.
Research Group Leader
- Receptor Structures at the Plant-Microbe Interface
- PostDoc
Manon Forestier
Trainee
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
Joachim Forner, Dr.
Head of service unit
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Service Unit 'Synthetic Biology'
- PostDoc
Jeanine Friese
Lab assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
Anja Fröhlich
Technical Assistant
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cell Biology and Morphodynamics
Heiko Fröhlich
Employee Technical Service
- Service Unit
- Technical Services
Robert Gaebel
Employee Store
- Service Unit
- Store
Yang Gao, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Translational Regulation in Plants
- PostDoc
Anny Garces-Palacio
PhD student
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cell Biology and Morphodynamics
- PhD
Lucia Garcia-Ordonez
Guest PhD Student
- Max Planck Research Group
- Plant Germline Antiviral Immunity"
Thies Garling
Employee IT Service
- Service Unit
- IT Service
André Gehrmann
Head of Technical Services
- Service Unit
- Technical Services
Thomas Geigengack
Employee Technical Service
- Service Unit
- Technical Services
Dione Gentry
Guest PhD Student
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Applied Metabolome Analysis
- PhD
Krupa Maria George
Trainee, student/graduate assistant
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cell Biology and Morphodynamics
Ines Gerlach
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Translational Regulation in Plants
Alaleh Ghannad Zadeh
student/graduate assistant
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
Daniel Gögelein
student/graduate assistant
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Receptor Structures at the Plant-Microbe Interface
Enrique Gonzalez Duran
Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PostDoc
Juergen Gremmels, Dr.
Programmer, Scientist
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Bioinformatics
- PostDoc
Annett Grimm
Technical Assistant
- Max Planck Research Group
- Viral Replication and Plant Tolerance
Andreas Grüneberg
Employee Technical Service
- Service Unit
- Technical Services
Fabian Günther
Technical Assistant
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
Manuela Günther
Technical Assistant
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Applied Metabolome Analysis
Caroline Gutjahr, Prof. Dr.
Director and Research Group Leader
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
Manisha Haag
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PhD
Marko Häckel
Guest Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PostDoc
Yuki Hamamura
Imaging Specialist
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cell Biology and Morphodynamics
Fränze Hana
Head of service unit
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Proteomics
Sina Hanisch
Head of Purchasing
- Administration
- Purchasing
Yagmur Hasbioglu
Guest PhD Student
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Intercellular Macromolecular Transport
- PhD
Cindy Hauptvogel
Lab assistant
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Intercellular Macromolecular Transport
Britta Hausmann
Gardener
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cultivation and Transformation
Koki Hayashi
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
- PhD
Stefan Heinich
Programmer
- Service Unit
- IT Service
Heidi Hempel
Employee Accounting
- Administration
- Accounting
Carlos Hernandez Cortes
Technical Assistant
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
Sofia Hernandez Luelmo, Master
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PhD
Ilona Heymann
Employee Human Resources
- Administration
- Human Resources
Karen Hobecker, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PostDoc
Gesa Hoffmann
Scientist
- Max Planck Research Group
- Plant Germline Antiviral Immunity"
- PostDoc
Rainer Höfgen, Dr.
Guest Scientist
Melanie Höhne
Technical Assistant
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
Matthijs Hölscher, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PostDoc
Manuela Holz
Employee Purchasing
- Administration
- Purchasing
Chi-Ying Hsueh
PhD student
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Seed Development and Apomixis
- PhD
Margit Hundert
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Service Unit 'Synthetic Biology'
Ömer Iltas, Dr
Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Seed Development and Apomixis
- PostDoc
Marco Incarbone
Max Planck Research Group Leader
- Max Planck Research Group
- Plant Germline Antiviral Immunity"
Axel Ivander
Guest Student
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Bioinformatics
Valerie Jacob
Assistant to Director
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
Adel Jafari
student/graduate assistant
- Max Planck Research Group
- Viral Replication and Plant Tolerance
Domingo Jiménez-López, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Intercellular Macromolecular Transport
- PostDoc
Maike Joos
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PhD
- Max Planck Research Group
- Technical Services
- Viral Replication and Plant Tolerance
Diksha Hemantkumar Kankaran
student/graduate assistant
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
Ankit Gopilal Kapasia
student/graduate assistant
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
Sandrine Kappel
Scientist
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Biophysics and Photosynthesis
- PostDoc
Daniel Karcher, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PostDoc
Uta Keller
Assistant to Director
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Emeritus Prof. Willmitzer
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
Abul Khayer
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PhD
Judith Kikel
Head of Human Resources
- Administration
- Human Resources
Dana Kissel
Employee Funding/Grants Office
- Administration
- Accounting
Annabella Klemmer
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
- PhD
Karin Köhl, Dr.
Plant Cultivation and Transformation
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cultivation and Transformation
Claudia Köhler, Prof. Dr.
Director and Research Group Leader
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
Joachim Kopka, Dr.
Research Group Leader
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Applied Metabolome Analysis
Friedrich Kragler, Dr.
Research Group Leader
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Intercellular Macromolecular Transport
Ina Krahnert
Technical Assistant
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
Ursula Krause
Technical Assistant
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
Marisa Krauß
PhD student
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- PhD
Xenia Kroop
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
Danny Krüger
Employee Technical Service
- Service Unit
- Technical Services
Juliane Krüger
Assistant to Director
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
Jenna Krumbach
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PhD
Rokas Kubilinskas
Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- PostDoc
Charleen Kuckel
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
Dilsher Kulaar
PhD student
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Seed Development and Apomixis
- PhD
Tim Jacob Lange
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Receptor Structures at the Plant-Microbe Interface
- PhD
Josephin Laskowski
Guest PhD Student
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Translational Regulation in Plants
- PhD
Youngsuk Lee
Guest Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Intercellular Macromolecular Transport
Andrea Leiße
Technical Assistant
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Receptor Structures at the Plant-Microbe Interface
Hania León Contreras
PhD student
- Max Planck Research Group
- Plant Germline Antiviral Immunity"
- PhD
Katrin Lepa-Klabe
Gardener
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cultivation and Transformation
Leonie Leutner
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Service Unit 'Synthetic Biology'
Douglas Henry Lewis
Lab assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
Zhengzhou Li
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
- PhD
Henry Liebner
Employee Store
- Service Unit
- Store
Meng-Hsuan Lin, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Receptor Structures at the Plant-Microbe Interface
Steffen Lindner-Mehlich, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Max Planck Research Group
- Systems and Synthetic Metabolism
- PostDoc
Yuhan Liu
PhD student
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
- PhD
Tobias Lortzing, Dr.
Research Coordinator
Klaus Lubinus
Guest Scientist
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Bioinformatics
Guan-Yu Luo
PhD student
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- PhD
Qiuci Luo
Guest PhD Student
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PhD
Ziming Ma
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PhD
Anika Maerten
PhD student
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Intercellular Macromolecular Transport
- PhD
Luca Magnani
Guest Student
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
Tejaswini Mahajan
Guest Student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
Riikka Mäkilä, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PostDoc
Tommaso Maltoni
PhD student
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
- PhD
Aelisha Sanjaybhai Manavadariya
student/graduate assistant
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Intercellular Macromolecular Transport
Tanya Mathur, Dr.
Scientist
- Max Planck Research Group
- Viral Replication and Plant Tolerance
Masood Mayanbari
Guest Student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Receptor Structures at the Plant-Microbe Interface
Camilo Mayr-Wolf
PhD student
- Algal cell biology and biophysics
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
Alain Julio Mbebi, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Cooperative Research Group
- Systems Biology and Mathematical Modelling
- PostDoc
Margaret Mbree
Lab assistant
- Service Unit
- Media Kitchen
Sriyanth Meduri
PhD student
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- PhD
Sezgin Mengin, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Intercellular Macromolecular Transport
- PostDoc
Änne Michaelis
Technical Assistant
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
Christopher Möbus
Trainee/Apprentice
- Service Unit
- IT Service
Tejasvinee Mody, Dr
Guest Scientist
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cell Biology and Morphodynamics
- PostDoc
Florens Mommert
Trainee
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
Yasoo Morimoto
PhD student
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
- PhD
Sanika Mukadam
student/graduate assistant
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cell Biology and Morphodynamics
Jens Christian Mülders
PhD student
- Max Planck Research Group
- Viral Replication and Plant Tolerance
- PhD
Bernd Müller-Röber, Prof. Dr.
Head of Cooperative Research Group
- Cooperative Research Group
- Plant Signalling
Shahran Ahmed Nayem, Dr
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PostDoc
Juliane Neupert
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
George Ngamotu
Employee Technical Service
- Technical Services
Amira Susana del Valle Nieva, Dr.
PhD student
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Applied Metabolome Analysis
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
Adrian Nievergelt , Dr.
Research Group Leader
- Algal cell biology and biophysics
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PostDoc
Zoran Nikoloski, Prof. Dr.
Head of Cooperative Research Group
- Cooperative Research Group
- Systems Biology and Mathematical Modelling
Kathrin Nixdorf
Lab assistant
- Service Unit
- Media Kitchen
Jacqueline Nowak, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Cooperative Research Group
- Systems Biology and Mathematical Modelling
- PostDoc
Marcel Nowotny
Trainee/Apprentice
- Service Unit
- IT Service
Stephan Obst
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
Ege Okumus
Guest Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
Andrè-Patrick Ottenhus
Employee Store
- Service Unit
- Store
Yinan Ouyang
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
- PhD
Anna Ovodova
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Receptor Structures at the Plant-Microbe Interface
- PhD
Markus Pabel
Gardener
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cultivation and Transformation
Avik Kumar Pal, Dr
Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- PostDoc
Jiuyue Pan
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
Ana-Maria Pantazica, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PostDoc
Josephine Peitsch
Technical Assistant
- Algal cell biology and biophysics
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
Haoran Peng, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- PostDoc
Carolina Piegnitz
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
Matteo Pivato, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
Alina Plaksina
Lab assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
Swarna Sree Potta
student/graduate assistant
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Seed Development and Apomixis
Stephanie Preusche
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- Max Planck Research Group
- Plant Germline Antiviral Immunity"
Rency Pulickal
PhD student
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Seed Development and Apomixis
Anja Pustlauck
Technical Assistant
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Seed Development and Apomixis
Yichun Qiu
Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- PostDoc
Milad Rahimi Majd
Guest PhD Student
- Cooperative Research Group
- Systems Biology and Mathematical Modelling
- PhD
Ram-Sevak Raja-Kumar, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
Sanjay Krishna Dasarathan Rajkumar
student/graduate assistant
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
Zahra Razaghimoghadamkashani, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Cooperative Research Group
- Systems Biology and Mathematical Modelling
- PostDoc
Rebecca Reiprich
student/graduate assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
Ivonne Remus-Dörries
Technical Assistant
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cultivation and Transformation
Bailing Ren
PhD student
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PhD
Berit Rettig
Gardener
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- Plant Cultivation and Transformation
Tobias Rindfleisch
PhD student
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Bioinformatics
- PhD
Marcus Rochow
Employee Technical Service
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- Technical Services
Hannah Rohwedder
PhD student
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cultivation and Transformation
- PhD
Sven Roigk
Gardener
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cultivation and Transformation
David Rolo
Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PostDoc
Leah Rosental
Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Translational Regulation in Plants
- PostDoc
- Service Unit
- Public Relations
Stephanie Ruf, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PostDoc
Sri Pravallika Sadhu
PhD student
- Max Planck Research Group
- Plant Germline Antiviral Immunity"
- PhD
Julian Saegert
Trainee/Apprentice
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- Store
Anne Salacroup-Laurent
Trainee
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cell Biology and Morphodynamics
Camille Salaun
Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Seed Development and Apomixis
- PostDoc
Arun Sampathkumar, Dr.
Research Group Leader
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cell Biology and Morphodynamics
Juan Santos-González
Guest Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- PostDoc
Anne Schadach
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
Birgit Schäfer
Employee Travel Management and International Office
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Jan Scharein
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Christian Scheffler
Employee Technical Service
- Service Unit
- Technical Services
Markus Schemmel
Scientist
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Bioinformatics
- PostDoc
Dana Schindelasch
Technical Assistant
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Intercellular Macromolecular Transport
Armin Schlereth, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Applied Metabolome Analysis
- PostDoc
Antonia Schmitt
PhD student
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Intercellular Macromolecular Transport
- PhD
Laura Schollbach
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Service Unit 'Synthetic Biology'
Mark Aurel Schöttler, Dr.
Research Group Leader
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- Biophysics and Photosynthesis
Stefanie Seeger
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
Joachim Selbig, Prof. Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Emeritus Group System Regulation
Jannet Ruth Selvakumar
student/graduate assistant
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Seed Development and Apomixis
Alvy Semlov
Trainee
- Max Planck Research Group
- Plant Germline Antiviral Immunity"
Yang Si, Dr
Guest Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PostDoc
Amandeep Singh
Guest PhD Student
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Bioinformatics
- PhD
Jacqueline Sommer
Employee Human Resources
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Long Song, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- PostDoc
Svetlana Spann
Employee Administration
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Asimina Spanou
Trainee
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
Nese Sreebivasulu
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
Sandra Stegemann
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
Theresia Steiger
Technical Assistant
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
Mark Stitt, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.
Director and Research Group Leader (emer.)
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Joanna Strohmeier
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PhD
- Administration
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Benno Stüwe
Guest PhD Student
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Plant Cell Biology and Morphodynamics
- PhD
Oliver Sulkowski
PhD student
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Receptor Structures at the Plant-Microbe Interface
- PhD
Claudia Tagge
Head of Administration
- Administration
Ina Talke, Dr.
coordinator PhD Program / IMPRS
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Babak Tarighi
PhD student
- Cooperative Research Group
- Systems Biology and Mathematical Modelling
Zachary Taylor
Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PostDoc
Lars Teschke, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- PostDoc
Wolfram Thiele
Technical Assistant
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Biophysics and Photosynthesis
Hannah Thieron, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PostDoc
Sreeja Theresa Thomas
fellowship holder
- Max Planck Research Group
Jiaxing Tian, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Intercellular Macromolecular Transport
- PostDoc
Michael Kien Yin Ting
Guest Scientist
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- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PostDoc
Hao Tong, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Cooperative Research Group
- Systems Biology and Mathematical Modelling
- PostDoc
Manasa Uppala
PhD student
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
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- PhD
Rebecca Vaßen
Research Coordinator
Varsha Vasudevan
Guest PhD Student
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- PhD
Alzbeta Vittekova
PhD student
- Max Planck Research Group
- Viral Replication and Plant Tolerance
Claudia Voigt
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
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Julia von Steimker
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
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- PostDoc
Yannic Wagner
PhD student
- Infrastructure and Service Group
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- PhD
Mario Walenko
gardener's helper
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Dirk Walther, Prof. Dr.
Research Group Leader
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- Bioinformatics
Jiaojiao Wang
PhD student
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PhD
Kai Wang
Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- PostDoc
Patricia Weber
PhD student
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
Regina Wendenburg
Technical Assistant
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
- The Genetics of Crop Metabolism
Laura Westphal
Gardener
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- Plant Cultivation and Transformation
Juliette Wieschke
Trainee/Apprentice
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Lothar Willmitzer, Prof. Dr.
Director and Research Group Leader (emer.)
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Jeremy Wilsdorf
Trainee/Apprentice
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Jakob Wimmer
PhD student
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
- PhD
Luisa Wittemeier
Guest Scientist
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Applied Metabolome Analysis
- PhD
Dietlind Witzger
Lab assistant
- Service Unit
- Media Kitchen
Matthias Wolff
Trainee/Apprentice
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Mengting Wu, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PhD
Tong Wu, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PostDoc
Wenye Wu
Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- PostDoc
Rudan Xu
Guest PhD Student
- Cooperative Research Group
- Systems Biology and Mathematical Modelling
- PhD
Xiaocai Xu
Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- PostDoc
Yijia Yan, Dr
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PostDoc
Liliya Yaneva-Roder
Technical Assistant
- Plant Cultivation and Transformation
Dami Yang, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
- PostDoc
Sükran Yildiz
Guest PhD Student
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Intercellular Macromolecular Transport
- PhD
Lili You, Dr
Scientist
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- PostDoc
Mina Yu, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Receptor Structures at the Plant-Microbe Interface
Asli Yüksek
Guest Student
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Bioinformatics
Kerstin Zander
Technical Assistant
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Seed Development and Apomixis
Tian Zeng, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PostDoc
Dirk Zerning
Gardener
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- Plant Cultivation and Transformation
Haifei Zhang, Dr.
Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza
- PostDoc
Shijun Zhang
PhD student
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Intercellular Macromolecular Transport
- PhD
Zuying Zhang, Dr.
Guest Scientist
- Department 1 (Prof. Gutjahr): Root Biology and Symbiosis
- Central Metabolism
Jiali Zhu, Dr
Scientist
- Department 2 (Prof. Köhler): Plant Reproductive Biology and Epigenetics
- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant Reproduction
- PostDoc
Karoline Ziesecke
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant Synthetic Biology
Hanne Zillmer
PhD student
- Infrastructure and Service Group
- Bioinformatics
- PhD
Carolin Zinsky
Technical Assistant
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology
- Administration
Lara Zöllner
Guest Student
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Service Unit 'Synthetic Biology'
Reimo Zoschke, Dr.
Research Group Leader
- Department 3 (Prof. Bock): Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology
- Translational Regulation in Plants
Jeanny Zumpe
Employee Purchasing
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