Group Members

Current group members

Krishay Sachdeva
Undergraduate student
DAAD-RISE fellow
(since June 2026)
Protective role of biomolecular condensates in destabilized membranes
Zain Raef
Visiting ComeInCell PhD student
(since May 2026)
Polymer vesicles encapsulating aqueous two-phase systems
(in collaboration with Claudia Contini)
Obed Andres Solis Gonzalez
Postdoc
SECIHTI funding
(since April 2026)
Insulin interactions with model membranes relevant to healthy and insulin-resistant states
Ladida Kalana
Visiting ComeInCell PhD student
(since April 2026)
Quantifying membrane properties of GUVs in presence of enzymatically controlled coacervates
(in collaboration with Evan Spruijt)
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
SusMax funding
(since April 2024)
Bio-Cables: nanoprinted hydrogel wires with purple membrane for light-gated sustainable iontronic devices
(in collaboration with Petra Schwille)

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
(in collaboration with Ivan Ivanov)