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Principal Investigator
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Prof. Dr. Henrike Niederholtmeyer
Professor for Synthetic Biology
Email: henrike.niederholtmeyer “at” tum.de
CV
- Tenure Track Assistant Professor for Synthetic Biology, Technical University of Munich. Since December 2022
- Emmy Noether research group leader, MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg. 2020 – 2023
- Postdoc, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSD. 2015 – 2020
- Ph.D. in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Institute of Bioengineering, EPFL. 2015
- M.Sc. in Biotechnology, University of Münster. 2010
- B.Sc. in Biology, University of Münster. 2007
Lab members
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Sonja Koller
Team Assistant since February 2023
Phone: +49 9421 187-399
Email: sonja.koller “at” tum.de
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Marc Kolesch
Technical Assistant since December 2023
Phone: +49 9421 187-390
Email: m.kolesch “at” tum.de
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Dr. François-Xavier Lehr
Postdoc since October 2020,
at TUM since February 2024
PhD: TU Darmstadt, Germany
Email: francois.lehr “at” synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de
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Imre Banlaki
PhD student since October 2020
MSc: University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Email: imre.banlaki “at” tum.de
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Auksė Gaižauskaitė
PhD student since September 2021
MSc: Vilnius University, Lithuania
Email: aukse.gaizauskaite “at” stum.de
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Emma Crean
PhD student since September 2023
BSc, First Class Honours Degree: The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Email: emma.crean “at” tum.de
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Jan Kalkowski
PhD student since September 2023
MSc: TU Darmstadt, Germany (thesis at MPI Marburg)
Email: jan.kalkowski “at” tum.de
Join the lab!
We are always excited to hear from enthusiastic postdoc and PhD candidates. For Bachelor and Master students, we often have projects available for theses or for internships. You can find more information about open positions and internship/thesis projects here. Contact Henrike if you are interested in joining.
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Alumni
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Clemens Böhm
Master student, May 2022 – February 2024
University of Marburg
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Eric Bumüller
Master student, July 2022 – December 2023
University of Marburg
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Katarzyna Lipinska
Master student, September 2022 – July 2023
University of Marburg
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Amon Becher
Bachelor student and student assistant, March 2022 – June 2023
Marburg University
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Sara Gilles
Bachelor student and student assistant, December 2021 – March 2023
Marburg University
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Irving Francisco
Internship March-September 2022
BSc: Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México
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Thibault Mercier
Internship February-August 2022
University of Paris Saclay
MSc: Imperial College London
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Gülce Çelen
Erasmus+ Internship April-June 2022
MSc: Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
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Arpita Sahoo
Internship April-September 2021
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
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William Fischer
Internship April-June 2021
BSc: University of Konstanz, Germany