
Lab Members » Present

Prof. Dr. Gert Wörheide
(Lab head)
(Lab head)

Ksenia Juravel
PhD student in ITN IGNITE (2018-2021)
Deep phylogeny
Supervisor: Gert Wörheide
PhD student in ITN IGNITE (2018-2021)
Deep phylogeny
Supervisor: Gert Wörheide

Dr. Michael Eitel
Project Manager
ITN IGNITE
Project Manager
ITN IGNITE

Dr. Martin Dohrmann
Post Doc (2016 - ongoing)
DFG Research Fellow
(2013-2016)
Post Doc (2016 - ongoing)
DFG Research Fellow
(2013-2016)

Dr. Sergio Vargas
(Assistant Professor)
(Assistant Professor)

Dr. Dirk Erpenbeck
Lecturer and Research Scientist
Scientific Lab Manager
Scientific Secretary of the GeoBioCenter at LMU
Lecturer and Research Scientist
Scientific Lab Manager
Scientific Secretary of the GeoBioCenter at LMU

Dr. Oliver Voigt
Lecturer and Research Scientist
Topic Coordinator Masters Program "Geobiology and Paleobiology"
Lecturer and Research Scientist
Topic Coordinator Masters Program "Geobiology and Paleobiology"

Dr. Peter Naumann
(Research Aquaria)
(Research Aquaria)

Gabriele Büttner
(Lab technician, Molecular Biology)
(Lab technician, Molecular Biology)

Simone Schätzle
(Lab technician, Molecular Biology, Aquaria)
(Lab technician, Molecular Biology, Aquaria)

Killian Smith
PhD student in ITN IGNITE (2019-2021)
Model development
Supervisor: Gert Wörheide
PhD student in ITN IGNITE (2019-2021)
Model development
Supervisor: Gert Wörheide

Ramon Rivera
PhD student in ITN IGNITE (2018-2021)
Sponge holobiont genomics
Supervisor: Gert Wörheide
PhD student in ITN IGNITE (2018-2021)
Sponge holobiont genomics
Supervisor: Gert Wörheide

Fabian Deister
PhD student in SPP "Taxon-OMICS" (DFG funded project on Sponge TaxonOMICs)
2018 -
(Supervisors: Gert Wörheide, Sergio Vargas, Dirk Erpenbeck)
PhD student in SPP "Taxon-OMICS" (DFG funded project on Sponge TaxonOMICs)
2018 -
(Supervisors: Gert Wörheide, Sergio Vargas, Dirk Erpenbeck)

Luis Porras
PhD student (DFG)
Sponge Evolution
(supervisor Gert Wörheide)
PhD student (DFG)
Sponge Evolution
(supervisor Gert Wörheide)

Nicola Conci
(PhD student, DFG)
Genetics of coral biomineralization
(supervisor Gert Wörheide & Sergio Vargas)
(PhD student, DFG)
Genetics of coral biomineralization
(supervisor Gert Wörheide & Sergio Vargas)

Adrian Galitz
PhD student 2016
(supervisor Dirk Erpenbeck)
MSc student 2014/15
Implications of phylogeny and secondary metabolites on Collospongia auris and the dictyoceratid clade
BSc student 2013: Climate change and marine organisms: corals
PhD student 2016
(supervisor Dirk Erpenbeck)
MSc student 2014/15
Implications of phylogeny and secondary metabolites on Collospongia auris and the dictyoceratid clade
BSc student 2013: Climate change and marine organisms: corals

Students

Neda Rahnamae
MGAP Masters Student 2018/2019
Supervisor Dirk Erpenbeck
MGAP Masters Student 2018/2019
Supervisor Dirk Erpenbeck

Madeleine Kündgen
Bachelor Student 2018/2019
Spervisor Dirk Erpenbeck
Bachelor Student 2018/2019
Spervisor Dirk Erpenbeck

Emilie Kaltenbacher
MGAP Masters Student 2018/1019
Supervisor Gert Wörheide
MGAP Masters Student 2018/1019
Supervisor Gert Wörheide

Elsa Girard
MGAP Masters Student 2018/2019
Supervisor Gert Wörheide
MGAP Masters Student 2018/2019
Supervisor Gert Wörheide
