Group Members

Current group members

Dunja Arsenijević
visiting PhD student
(since October 2025)
Model membrane study of the antimalarial activity of YAT2150
(collaboration with Xavier Fernández-Busquets and Yunuen Avalos, Nanomalaria group)
Sakshi Barhai
PhD student
ComeInCell funding
(since June 2025)
Exploring the impact of protein condensates on membrane resilience and repair mechanisms
Matilde Becheroni
PhD student
ComeInCell funding
(since March 2025)
Light-driven exocytosis of synthetic cells encapsulating condensates
Rafaela Keller
project manager
(since November 2024)
Project manager of MSCA doctoral network ComeInCell
Elias Sabri
Postdoc
(since April 2024)
Membrane poration and interaction with biomolecular condensates
Clemens Schmitt
Staff scientist; Biomaterials Department
(since June 2023)
Support for microscopy facilities
Tsu-Wang Sun
PhD student
UniSysCat funding
(since Jan 2023)
Gauging membrane tension and channel activity with light (within the framework of UniSysCat)
Matilde Accorsi
PhD student
ONR funding
(since Sept 2022)
Bottom-up nanowiring in primitive neural networks via tubulation
Kita Schmidt
Visiting PhD student, IMPRS fellow
(since Dec 2021)
Sculpting the membrane: control of membrane organization by septins
(cosupervision with Helge Ewers).