
Principal Investigator

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

Sonja Koller
Team Assistant since February 2023
Phone: +49 9421 187-399
Email: sonja.koller “at” tum.de

Imre Banlaki
PhD student since October 2020
MSc: University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Email: imre.banlaki “at” tum.de

Auksė Gaižauskaitė
PhD student since September 2021
MSc: Vilnius University, Lithuania
Email: aukse.gaizauskaite “at” stum.de

Emma Crean
PhD student since September 2023
BSc, First Class Honours Degree: The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Email: emma.crean “at” tum.de

Jan Kalkowski
PhD student since September 2023
MSc: TU Darmstadt, Germany (thesis at MPI Marburg)
Email: jan.kalkowski “at” tum.de
At MPI Marburg

Dr. François-Xavier Lehr
Postdoc since October 2020
PhD: TU Darmstadt, Germany
Email: francois.lehr “at” synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de

Clemens Böhm
Master student since May 2022
University of Marburg
Email: Clemens.boehm “at” synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de

Eric Bumüller
Master student since July 2022
University of Marburg
Email: Eric.bumueller “at” mpi-marburg.mpg.de

Katarzyna Lipinska
Master student since September 2022
University of Marburg
Email: katarzyna.lipinska “at” mpi-marburg.mpg.de
Join the lab!
We are always excited to hear from enthusiastic postdoc and PhD candidates. We also have student projects available for Bachelor and Master theses or for internships. Contact Henrike if you are interested in joining.

Alumni

Amon Becher
Bachelor student and student assistant, March 2022 – June 2023
Marburg University

Sara Gilles
Bachelor student and student assistant, December 2021 – March 2023
Marburg University

Irving Francisco
Internship March-September 2022
BSc: Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México

Thibault Mercier
Internship February-August 2022
University of Paris Saclay
MSc: Imperial College London

Gülce Çelen
Erasmus+ Internship April-June 2022
MSc: Yıldız Technical University, Turkey

Arpita Sahoo
Internship April-September 2021
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

William Fischer
Internship April-June 2021
BSc: University of Konstanz, Germany