Our Awesome Group Members
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PhD Students
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Markus Müller, M.Sc (M.Sc: Gulder, TUM; Ind: Boehringer-Ingelheim; PhD Ex: Miller, UCB) Markus joined us for his PhD in 2019, researching photoresponsive TRP channel probes and pushing the conceptual boundaries of probe methodology (Boehringer Exploration Grant co-applicant; BaCaTec scholar; Joachim Herz fellow; ACIE; BioRxiv; ACIE). markus-mueller@cup.lmu.de (NB: hyphen!); C2.028; -77259 |
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Lukas Zeisel, M.Sc (M.Sc: Thorn-Seshold; Industry: Bayer; PhD Ex: Myers, Harvard) Lukas joined us in 2019 for his MSc, interned at Bayer, then returned for his PhD in 2020 on selenium-based redox prodrugs (Chem, Pat. 1, Pat. 2, NatComm, JACS, PE, Synthesis, ACS Cent Sci, Pat. 3, ChemEur, JACS). (Römer MSc prize, Lindau scholar, FCI-Kekule PhD scholar, Otto Bayer fellow, CeNS Publication award). lukas.zeisel@cup.lmu.de; C2.028; -77021 |
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Philipp Mauker, M. Sc (M.Sc: Thorn-Seshold; Industry: Bayer; PhD Ex: Urano, Tokyo) Philipp joined us for his MSc in 2019 on controlling cell entry and cell exit. He returned in 2020 for his PhD, and added photochemical tagging methods (Studienstiftung PhD scholar; Joachim Herz fellow; JACS; ACIE). philipp.mauker@cup.lmu.de; C2.026; -77263 |
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Carina Schmitt, M. Sc (M.Sc Thorn-Seshold) Carina joined us for her OC-F Prak on redox (2020), returned for her MSc in chemical-genetic photocontrol (2021), then started her PhD in 2022 to expand these concepts and bring them together, all while tackling a new element in the TS lineup (Studienstiftung PhD scholar; ACIE; JACS; Redox Biol). carina.schmitt@cup.lmu.de; C2.028; -77021 |
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Lucas Dessen Weissenhorn Lucas joined us from 03.2023 for his MD/PhD thesis on basic and translational redox biology, working at the intersections of chemical probes, cell biology, and disease models for inflammation and ferroptosis (FöFoLe MD/PhD scholar). lucas.dessen-weissenhorn@cup.lmu.de; C2.084; -71034 |
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Carmen Zecha Carmen joined us from 09.2023 for her MD/PhD thesis on basic and translational chemical biology, working at the intersections of chemical probes, photophysics, imaging and cell biology. carmen.zecha@cup.lmu.de; C2.084; -71034 |
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Jan Philip Prohaska, M.Sc (M.Sc: Carreira, ETH Zürich) Jan rejoins us for his PhD in 2024, after doing his OC-F praktikum with Markus on photoacoustics fundamentals in 2022. He aims to unite the several novel concepts needed for high-performance photocontrol over cytoskeleton biology, as the culmination of our 10 years' work on microtubule photocontrol. |
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Alexander Wiegand, M.Sc (M.Sc: Carreira, ETH Zürich) Alexander rejoins us for his PhD in 2025, after an OC-F Prak on redox probes in 2022 (paper 43), and 2 HiWis on NIR photoswitching and fluorescence stabilisation in 2023-2024 (papers 45, 46, and patent 51). He now aims to pioneer the conceptual framework for generalised high-performance photocontrol over receptors and signaling circuits. |
Postdocs
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Dr. Julia Thorn-Seshold, née Ahlfeld (PhD: Schüller, LMU Hospital; Postdoc: Rothenfusser, LMU Hospital) Julia joined in 2018 with experience in cell biology and in vivo disease models. She led the BMBF GO-Bio NanoCapture project from 2021, and is the senior scientist in charge of biology in the group (Joachim Herz Fellow; CeNS Investment fund; JACS; ACS CentSci; Chem; JACS; NatComm; OBC; PLoS One*; ACIE; ACIE; Pat. 1; JACS). julia.thorn-seshold@cup.lmu.de; C2.084, -71034 |
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Dr. Martin Reynders (M.Sc & PhD: Trauner, NYU) Martin joined us in 2021 with experience in photopharmacology, synthesis and chemical biology. He works on photoswitchable tools for protein control in cells (SPP1926 Young Investigator grant; CeNS Young Investigator award; ACIE*; ChemRxiv; ChemSci; ChemRxiv). martin.reynders@cup.lmu.de; C2.026; -77263 |
Interns
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Julia Brandmeier After completing an excellent Pharma BSc with Philipp in 2021, then a research exchange in Australia supported by a PROSA-LMU scholarship, and her MSc on redox prodrugs for inflammation in 2023, Julia rejoined us for another 6 months of HiWi-ship research in 2024. j.brandmeier@campus.lmu.de; C2.026; -77263 |
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