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
Ph.D. Candidates
Marija Sorokina, M.Sc. Chemistry
Computational Chemist
phone: +49 345 5524986, e-mail:
marija.sorokinaATstudent.uni-halle.de
Oybek Dosov, B.Sc. student, Biochemistry
Biochemist [3-month BSc Thesis]
phone: +49 345 5524986, e-mail:
oybek.dosovATstudentDOTuni-halleDOTde
Anna Eggers, M.Sc. student, Biochemistry [intern]
Biochemist [6-week FOR practical]
phone: +49 345 5524985, e-mail:
anna.eggersATstudentDOTuni-halleDOTde
[replace DOT and AT with symbols]
Jonas Döbler, M.Sc. student, Biochemistry
Biotechnologist [6-week FOR practical]
phone: +49 345 5524986, e-mail:
jonas.doeblerATstudentDOTuni-halleDOTde
Alumni
Ph.D. students (graduated)
(2019-2023) Dr. Kevin Janson, Ph.D. Membrane Biophysicist
DESY Hamburg scientist (Hamburg, DE)
(2018-2022) Dr. Fotios Kyrilis (also short post-doc), Ph.D. cryo-EM
ERA Chair Junior Group Leader (NHRF, Athens, GR)
(2019-2022) Dr. Lisa Schmidt, Ph.D. Biochemistry
Post-doc at Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (Leipzig, DE)
(2019-2023) Dr. Ioannis Skalidis (also short post-doc), Ph.D. cryo-EM
Post-docs (completed)
(2020-2021) Dr. Tommy Hofmann, Ph.D. Lipidomics
Scientist at IDT Biologika (Dessau-Rosslau, DE)
(2019-2022) Dr. Dmitry A. Semchonok, Ph.D. Electron microscopy
Group Leader in cryo-EM, ITQB NOVA (Lisbon, PT)
(2020-2022) Dr. Jaydeep Belapure, Ph.D. Physics
Sr. Scientist Bioinformatics & AI, Navigo Proteins GmbH (Halle, DE)
Scientific Assistants (completed)
(2020-2021) Paola Modicano, M.Sc. Biology
Project Coordinator at Medpace (Munich, DE)
(2021) Dr. Felix Börrnert, Ph.D. Microscopy
Scientist at CEOS GmbH (Heidelberg, DE)
M.Sc. and B.Sc. students (internships completed)
(2023) Noah Binay, M.Sc. student, Biochemist – MLU Halle M.Sc.
[6-week FOR practical]
(2023) Emilia-Louis Mühle, B.Sc. student, Biochemist – MLU Halle B.Sc.
[3-month B.Sc. Thesis]
(2023) Jacob Köllner, B.Sc. student, Biochemist – MLU Halle B.Sc. Student
[6-week B.Sc. FOR practical]
(2023) Nina Esposito, M.Sc. student, Biochemist – MLU Halle M.Sc. Student
[6-week M.Sc. FOR practical]
(2023) Vedashree Tanksale, M.Sc. student, Pharmacist – MLU Halle M.Sc. Student in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
[6-week M.Sc. FOR practical]
(2023) Shree Abivarnikha, M.Sc. student, Pharmacist – MLU Halle M.Sc.
Student in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
[6-week M.Sc. FOR practical]
(2021) Felix Wiebe, M.Sc. Biochemistry
Ph.D. student at Feller Group (Halle, DE)
[6-week M.Sc. FOR practical]
(2021) Johannes Müller, M.Sc. Biochemistry
Ph.D. student at Pietzsch Group (Halle, DE)
[6-week M.Sc. FOR practical]
(2021) Toni Träger, M.Sc. Biochemistry
Ph.D. student in my Group (Halle, DE)
[6-week FOR practical, Projectstudium, 6-month M.Sc. Thesis]
(2021) Anna Eggers (back in lab for 2024), Biochemistry
Student in Biochemistry (Halle, DE)
[6-week FOR practical]
(2020) Wiebke Schultze, B.Sc. Biochemistry
Ph.D. student at Sinz Group (Halle, DE)
[6-week FOR practical]
