Group Leader
Panagiotis L. Kastritis, Jun.-Prof. Dr.
Specialist in Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Computational Structural Biology
2008 Diploma Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
2012 Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
2012-2013 Postdoc Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
2013-2018 Postdoc European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
since August 2018 Jun.-Prof., Center for Innovation Competence HALOmem, Halle, Germany
phone: +49 345 5524983, e-mail:
panagiotis.kastritis(at)bct.uni-halle.de
Staff Scientists
Dr. Farzad Hamdi, Ph.D.
Post-Docs
Dr. Annette Meister, PD, Ph.D.
Cryo-EM Application Specialist, Specialist in Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Physical Chemistry of Membranes
phone: +49 345 5525826, e-mail:
annette.meister(at)chemie.uni-halle.de
Dr. Jaydeep Belapure, Ph.D.
Image processing Specialist, Machine Learning for Cryo-EM
phone: +49 345 5524985, e-mail:
jaydeep.belapure(at)bct.uni-halle.de
Ph.D. Candidates
Ioannis Skalidis, M.Sc. Systems Biology
Biochemistry and Cryo-EM Scientist
phone: +49 345 5524986, e-mail:
ioannis.skalidis(at)bct.uni-halle.de
Kevin Janson, M.Sc. Biology
Membrane Biophysicist
phone: +49 345 5524986, e-mail:
kevin.janson(at)bct.uni-halle.de
Marija Sorokina, M.Sc. Chemistry
Computational Chemist
phone: +49 345 5524986, e-mail:
marija.sorokina@student.uni-halle.de
Alumni
(2022) Dr. Fotios Kyrilis, Ph.D. Biochemistry
Upcoming ERA Chair Fellow (Athens, GR)
(2022) Dr. Dmitry A. Semchonok, Ph.D. Electron microscopy
(2022) Paola Modicano, M.Sc. Biology
Project Coordinator at Medpace (Munich, DE)
(2022) Dr. Tommy Hofmann, Ph.D. Lipidomics
Scientist at IDT Biologika (Dessau-Rosslau, DE)
