RTG 2737 – STRESSistance
Team
Within the RTG 2737 nine PIs from the faculties of Biology and Chemistry and about 20 PhD students from all over the world and with different scientific backgrounds are closely collaborating within nine subprojects. One associated PI supports the STRESSistance team as associated member. Learn more about our team by following the buttons below.
Principal Investigators
+49 (0)631-205-2885
Doctoral Students
+49 (0)631-205-3045
Associated Doctoral Students
Student Assistants
2026
Narin Can (Molecular Genetics, January 2026 – June 2026)
Lars-Yannik Hock (Plant Physiology, April 2026 – June 2026)
Zoé Wenz (Computational Systems Biology, April 2026 – June 2026)
Simon Föllinger (Computational Systems Biology, April 2026 – June 2026)
Nicolas Bayer (Nanophysiology, April 2026 – June 2026)
Janna Setzkorn (Molecular Genetics, March 2026 – May 2026)
Annika Schödel (Molecular Genetics, March 2026 – May 2026)
Ina Stutz (Zoology & Neurobiology, March 2026 – June 2026)
Lena Kröller (Zoology & Neurobiology, March 2026 – June 2026)
Marius Kranz (Cell Biology, March 2026 – May 2026)
Mottie Amirhossein (Cell Biology, January 2026 – February 2026)
Josephine Scheid (Computational Systems Biology, January 2026 – June 2026)
Ermia Nezaminargabad (Biochemistry, January 2026 – June 2026)
Annika Paul (Computational Systems Biology, January 2026 – June 2026)
Sophie Pompejus (Molecular Botany, January 2025 – March 2026)
Sofiia Hutsal (Plant Physiology, January 2026 – March 2026)
2025
Ermia Nezaminargabad (Biochemistry, November 2025 – December 2025)
Laura Gjermani (Cell Biology, August 2025 – October 2025)
Sofiia Hutsal (Plant Physiology, July 2025 – December 2025)
Lars-Yannik Hock (Molecular Genetics, July 2025 – August 2025)
Sophie Pompejus (Molecular Biotechnology, June 2025 – August 2025; Molecular Botany, July 2025 – December 2025)
Katrin Hieronimus (Molecular Biotechnology, Juli 2025 – August 2025)
Alexander Nies (Cell Biology, February 2025 – May 2025)
Katharina Gauch (Molecular Genetics, February 2025 – March 2025)
Cedric Diaz (Biochemistry, January 2025 – August 2025)
Anna-Maria Bergmann (Molecular Genetics, February 2025)
Simon Föllinger (Computational Systems Biology, January 2025 – December 2025)
Annika Paul (Computational Systems Biology, January 2025 – December 2025)
Celina Hirschelmann (Molecular Genetics, January 2025 – July 2025)
Miriam Kubik (Molecular Biotechnology, January 2025 – July 2025)
Tobias Scheid (Computational Systems Biology, January 2025 – December 2025)
Nicolas Bayer (Nanophysiology, January 2025 – June 2025)
2024
Miriam Kubik (Molecular Biotechnology, October 2024 – December 2024)
Alissa Agovic (Biochemistry, August 2024 – October 2024)
Celina Hirschelmann (Molecular Genetics, August 2024 – December 2024)
Joscha Carra (Computational Systems Biology, August 2024 – December 2024)
Carolina Quintero Uribe (Cell Biology, August 2024 – November 2024)
Katrina Keiser (Molecular Biotechnology, August 2024 – October 2024)
Tobias Scheid (Computational Systems Biology, July 2024 – December 2024)
Laura Pirrung Martinez (Zoology & Neurobiology, Juni 2024 – August 2024)
Sarah Link (Zoology & Neurobiology, Juni 2024 – August 2024)
Kevin Schuster (Zoology & Neurobiology, Juni 2024 – August 2024)
Annika Paul (Computational Systems Biology, June 2024 – December 2024)
Simon Föllinger (Computational Systems Biology, January 2024 – December 2024)
Jennifer Buchholz (Zoology & Neurobiology, June 2024 – September 2024)
Zahra Pourmanouchehri (Molecular Genetics, March 2024 – June 2024)
Lisa Probst (Plant Physiology, January 2024 – February 2024; June 2024 – August 2024)
Pragya Kaushik (Molecular Ecology, January 2024 – June 2024)
Laura Leiskau (Biochemistry, January 2024 – March 2024)
Nicolas Bayer (Nanophysiology, January 2024 – December 2024)
2023
Sandra Janina Wolfarth (Zoology & Neurobiology, November 2023 – December 2023)
Sarah Link (Zoology & Neurobiology, November 2023 – December 2023)
Simon Föllinger (Computational Systems Biology, November 2023 – December 2023)
Lisa Probst (Plant Physiology, July 2023 – October 2023; December 2023)
Devi Bala Murugan (Molecular Genetics, July 2023 – October 2023)
Pragya Kaushik (Molecular Ecology, June 2023 – December 2023)
Lora Ruggiu (Cell Biology, April 2023 – July 2023)
Caroline Erler (Molecular Genetics, April 2023 – June 2023)
Hannah Jansohn (Molecular Botany, February 2023 – July 2023)
Fabienne Sophie Haspel (Cell Biology, January 2023 – March 2023)
Laura Leiskau (Biochemistry, January 2023 – June 2023; November 2023 – December 2023)
Nidhi Preman (Molecular Ecology, January 2023 – February 2023)
Lena Maria Lion (Zoology & Neurobiology, January 2023)
Giulia Rech (Molecular Ecology, January 2023)
Nicolas Bayer (Nanophysiology, January 2023 – December 2023)
2022
Giulia Rech (Molecular Ecology, December 2022)
Nicolas Bayer (Nanophysiology, November 2022 – December 2022)
Sakshi Sharma (Molecular Botany, November 2022 – December 2022)
Laura Fischer (Molecular Biotechnology, November 2022 – December 2022)
Antonia Katz (Plant Physiology, November 2022 – December 2022)
Michelle Fritzler (Plant Physiology, November 2022 – December 2022)
Selina Ziegler (Computational Systems Biology, September 2022 – December 2022)
Lea Thullen (Biochemistry, October 2022)
Kevin Schuster (Zoology & Neurobiology, September 2022 – December 2022)
Carola Marcia Rudolph (Zoology & Neurobiology, September 2022)
Annika Egeler (Cell Biology, July 2022 – October 2022)
Nidhi Preman (Molecular Genetics, July 2022 – August 2023)
Farbod Mohseni (Molecular Genetics, July 2022 – August 2022)
Leah Johnson (Molecular Genetics, July 2022 – August 2022)
Stefan Redel (Molecular Genetics, July 2022 – August 2022)
Anna-Luisa Hertel (Molecular Genetics, July 2022 – August 2022)
Tabea Donauer (Biochemistry, July 2022)
Barth, Marlene (Zoology & Neurobiology, May 2022 – June 2022)
Buket Yilancioglu (Biochemistry, April 2022 – August 2022)
Pavel Simakin (Cell Biology, April 2022 – June 2022)
Alumni / Alumnae
Dr. Meerim Arystanbek
Plant Physiology, March 2026
Dr. Johannes Ebding
Zoology & Neurobiology, December 2025
Dr. Saskia Zeilfelder
Molecular Biotechnology, December 2025
Dr. Jan-Eric Bökenkamp
Molecular Genetics, December 2025
Dr. Fiorella Mazzone
Nanophysiology, November 2025
Dr. Alexandra Hilse
Nanophysiology, November 2025
Dr. Büsra Kizmaz
Cell Biology, October 2025
Dr. Dario Lasser
Zoology & Neurobiology, October 2025
Dr. Anna Probst
Molecular Biotechnology, July 2025
Dr. Britta Husemann
Biochemistry, May 2025
Dr. Saskia Rödl
Cell Biology, November 2024
Dr. Eileen Bischoff
Biochemistry, July 2024
Melike Gond
Plant Physiology
Dr. Sabine Filker
Molecular Ecology
(PI during the first STRESSistance funding period)
Management
STRESSistance is managed and represented by the elected spokesperson Johannes Herrmann and the vice-spokesperson Zuzana Storchová. They both conduct the affairs of the RTG in particular, the administrative tasks, the organization of the qualification measures and the supervision of the training program.
Gabriele Amoroso serves as scientific coordinator of STRESSistance and is the central contact person in the program.
Every year in the students-only meeting, the students will elect two student representatives for the ‘PhD board’, which represents the students in any affairs.
PIs and PhD students of the RTG meet twice per year to discuss general developments, progress of projects, use of instruments and facilities and, in case there are any, problems.
Johannes Herrmann
Spokesperson
Zuzana Storchovà
Vice-Spokesperson
Gabriele Amoroso
Scientific Coordinator
Subasini Thangamani
Spokesperson Doctoral Students
Benjamin Ziehmer
Vice-Spokesperson Doctoral Students