People

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.
Cryo-EM Engineer, Specialist in Electron Microscope Operation
phone: +49 345 5524984, e-mail:
farzad.hamdi(at)bct.uni-halle.de

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. Christian Tüting, Ph.D.
Biochemist & Computational Structural Biologist
phone: +49 345 5524985, e-mail:
christian.tueting(at)biochemtech.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
Dr. Ioannis Skalidis, Ph.D.
cryo-electron microscopist, structural & systems biologist
phone: +49 345 5524986, e-mail:
ioannis.skalidis(at)bct.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

M.Sc. Students, Scientific Assistants and Interns

Noah Binay, B.Sc., Biochemistry
Molecular Biologist
phone: +49 345 5524986, e-mail:
noah.binayATstudentDOTuni-halleDOTde
Oybek Dosov, B.Sc. student, Biochemistry
Biochemist
phone: +49 345 5524986, e-mail:
oybek.dosovATstudentDOTuni-halleDOTde
Emilia-Louis Mühle, B.Sc. student, Biochemistry
Biochemist
phone: +49 345 5524985, e-mail:
emilia-louis.muehleATstudentDOTuni-halleDOTde
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Jakob Köllner, B.Sc. student, Biochemistry [intern]
Biochemist
phone: +49 345 5524985, e-mail:
jakob.koellnerATstudentDOTuni-halleDOTde 
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Alumni

Ph.D. students (graduated)
(2019-2023) Dr. Kevin Janson, Ph.D., Membrane Biophysicist
DESY Hamburg scientist (Hamburg, DE)
(2018-2022) Dr. Fotios Kyrilis, Ph.D. Biochemistry
ERA Chair Junior Group Leader (NHRF, Athens, GR)
(2019-2022) Lisa Schmidt, M.Sc. Molecular Biology [waiting to defend]
Scientist at Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (Leipzig, DE)
 
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)
 
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) Nina Esposito, M.Sc. student, Biochemist – MLU Halle M.Sc. Student in Biochemistry
(2023) Vedashree Tanksale, M.Sc. student, Pharmacist – MLU Halle M.Sc. Student in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
(2023) Shree Abivarnikha, M.Sc. student, Pharmacist – MLU Halle M.Sc. Student in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
(2021) Felix Wiebe, M.Sc. Biochemistry
Ph.D. student at Feller Group (Halle, DE)
(2021) Johannes Müller, M.Sc. Biochemistry
Ph.D. student at Pietzsch Group (Halle, DE)
(2021) Anna Eggers, Biochemistry
Student in Biochemistry (Halle, DE)
(2020) Wiebke Schultze, B.Sc. Biochemistry
Ph.D. student at Sinz Group (Halle, DE)