People

Group Leader

Panagiotis L. Kastritis, 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
2018-2024 Jun.-Prof., Center for Innovation Competence HALOmem, Halle, Germany
2024-present Prof., Department of Integrative Structural Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Halle, Germany
phone: +49 345 5524983, e-mail:
panagiotis.kastritis(at)bct.uni-halle.de

Staff Scientists

Dr. Farzad Hamdi, Ph.D.
Cryo-EM Engineer, Specialist in Electron Microscope Operation
phone: +49 345 5524984, e-mail:
farzad.hamdi(at)bct.uni-halle.de
Uwe Fandrich
Molecular Biologist, Biochemist
phone: +49 345 5524984, e-mail:
uwe.fandrich(at)biochemtech.uni-halle.de

Post-Docs

Dr. Annette Meister, PD, Ph.D. [from January 2024: collaborating scientist]
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. Rameez Arshad, Ph.D.
Cryo-EM Specialist, Photosystem research
Marie Curie Fellow, Funded by Czech Republic
phone: +49 345 5524986, e-mail:
rameez.arshad(AT)upolDOTcz
Dr. Christian Tüting, Ph.D.
Biochemist & Computational Structural Biologist
phone: +49 345 5524985, e-mail:
christian.tueting(at)biochemtech.uni-halle.de

Ph.D. Candidates

Marija Sorokina, M.Sc. Chemistry
Computational Chemist
phone: +49 345 5524986, e-mail:
marija.sorokinaATstudent.uni-halle.de
Toni Träger, M.Sc. Biochemistry
Biochemist
phone: +49 345 5524986, e-mail:
toni.traegerATpharmazie.uni-halle.de
Ermis Geladas, M.Sc. Chemistry
Biochemist, electron microscopist
phone: +49 345 5524986, e-mail:
ermis.geladasATbct.uni-halle.de
Jana Baradei, M.Sc. Biochemistry
Biochemist, electron microscopist
phone: +49 345 5524986, e-mail:
jana.baradeiATbct.uni-halle.de

M.Sc. Students, Scientific Assistants and Interns

Jonas Döbler, M.Sc. student, Biochemistry
Biotechnologist [6-week FOR practical & MSc Thesis]
phone: +49 345 5524986, e-mail:
jonas.doeblerATstudentDOTuni-halleDOTde
Christina Stöhr, M.Sc. student, Biochemistry
Biochemist [6-week FOR practical]
phone: +49 345 5524985, e-mail:
n/a

Leonie Peter, M.Sc. student, Biochemistry

Biochemist [6-week FOR practical / HiWi]
phone: +49 345 5524985, e-mail:
leonie.peterATstudentDOTuni-halleDOTde

Visiting Professors/Researchers

Dr. Flavio Di Pisa
Principal investigator at the Biophysics Institute of National Research Council (CNR), Milan, Italy (2024)
Prof. Dr. Barry D. Bruce
Professor of BCMB and Microbiology, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA (2023)

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-doc at Förster Group, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research (Utrecht University, NL)
 
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)
2024
(2023) Janek Buchold, M.Sc. student, Biochemist – MLU Halle M.Sc. Student
[6-week M.Sc. FOR practical]
(2024) Oybek Dosov, B.Sc. student, Biochemist – MLU Halle B.Sc.
[3-month B.Sc. Thesis]
(2023-2024) Noah Binay, M.Sc. student, Biochemist – MLU Halle M.Sc.
[6-week FOR practical, 6-month MSc project]
Ph.D. student at Briggs Group (Munich, MPB, DE)
(2024) Anna Eggers (back in lab for 2024), Biochemistry
Student in Biochemistry (Halle, DE)
[6-week FOR practical]
2023
(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
(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
(2020) Wiebke Schultze, B.Sc. Biochemistry
Ph.D. student at Sinz Group (Halle, DE)
[6-week FOR practical]