Team

PHD Candidate

Max Heinen

Max obtained his Bachelor and Master in Biology from the University of Karlsruhe and joined the lab in August 2023. His project is embedded in the CRC1535 where he investigates lichen fungi with a strong focus on structural bioinformatics.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2041-5011

PHD Candidate

Gabriel Mendoza-Rojas

Gabriel holds a Bachelor in Biological Sciences from the National University of Piura in Peru. He worked as a research assistant at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences until 2022, when he joined the lab as a Master student through the graduate program of the IRTG2466. Gabriel started his PhD work in October 2023 after completing his Master’s in Biology at Heinrich-Heinrich Heine University. His main research interest are fungal GPCRs with a focus on biochemistry and structural biology.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9039-8320

PHD Candidate

Philip Nakonz

Philip obtained his Master’s in Biology from Heinrich-Heine University in October 2024 and joined the lab as a PhD candidate shortly thereafter. He is interested in the influence of GPCRs on fungal physiology with a strong focus on advanced imaging techniques such as microfluidic microscopy.

PHD Candidate

Ganiyat Akinade

Ganiyat finished her Bachelor of Agriculture from University of Benin, Nigera in 2019. She joined the CEPLAS graduate school program in 2022 and started her PhD work in October 2024. In her CEPLAS project, Ganiyat is interested in the metabolic exchange between pathogenic fungi and plants.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1020-8521

Lab Technician

Theresa Heidrich

Theresa obtained her Diploma in Biology from the Philipps-University Marburg. She joined the lab in 2021.