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) |















