Lab Members » Present
Dr. Zara-Lousie Cowan
Post-Doc
Crown-of-thorns seastars
Post-Doc
Crown-of-thorns seastars
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. Nicola Conci
(PhD student 2015-2020, DFG)
Genetics of coral biomineralization
(supervisor Gert Wörheide & Sergio Vargas)
Now (since June 2020) PostDoc
(PhD student 2015-2020, DFG)
Genetics of coral biomineralization
(supervisor Gert Wörheide & Sergio Vargas)
Now (since June 2020) PostDoc
Dr. Michael Eitel
Project Manager
ITN IGNITE
Project Manager
ITN IGNITE
PD Dr. Sergio Vargas
(Assistant Professor)
(Assistant Professor)
Prof. Dr. Dirk Erpenbeck
Extraordinary Professor
Scientific Lab Manager
Scientific Secretary of the GeoBioCenter at LMU
Extraordinary Professor
Scientific Lab Manager
Scientific Secretary of the GeoBioCenter at LMU
PD 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)
Joëlle van der Sprong
PhD student in SPP "Taxon-OMICS" (DFG funded project on Sponge TaxonOMICs v2)
2021 -
(Supervisors: Gert Wörheide, Sergio Vargas, Dirk Erpenbeck)
PhD student in SPP "Taxon-OMICS" (DFG funded project on Sponge TaxonOMICs v2)
2021 -
(Supervisors: Gert Wörheide, Sergio Vargas, Dirk Erpenbeck)
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)
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
Saudat Alishayeva
EES Internship
Student Research Assistant
Genomics
EES Internship
Student Research Assistant
Genomics
Vani Tirumalasetty
Student Research Assistant
SpongeTaxonOMICs v2
Student Research Assistant
SpongeTaxonOMICs v2
Leonard Namuth
MSc Student MGAP
Supervisor Dirk Erpenbeck
MSc Student MGAP
Supervisor Dirk Erpenbeck
Emily Schrödel
BSc student 2021
Deep sea sponges
Supervisor Dirk Erpenbeck, Gert Wörheide
BSc student 2021
Deep sea sponges
Supervisor Dirk Erpenbeck, Gert Wörheide
Sonja Kleucker
BSc student 2021
Moving Tethya
Supervisor: Oliver Voigt, Gert Wörheide
BSc student 2021
Moving Tethya
Supervisor: Oliver Voigt, Gert Wörheide
