Our Awesome Group Members

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PhD Students & Postdoc

	Li Gao, M.Sc (M.Sc: Trauner, LMU; Industry: Bayer) Li was the first to join the Group, starting his PhD in 2017 and helping enormously to get our research running. With a background in organic synthesis, he works on semisynthetic & fully synthetic photoswitchable tubulin inhibitors (1,2,3), with a sideline in topoisomerase inhibitors. li.gao@cup.lmu.de; K0.036/C1.011; +49 89 2180-71035
	Adrian Müller-Deku, M.Sc (M.Sc: Didier, LMU; Industry: Solvay and Bayer) Adrian started his PhD in 2017 with a background in organic and inorganic synthesis. His projects focus on the synthesis of tubulin-targeted photoswitchable inhibitors (1) and chemical biology reagents. He is also in charge of Synthesis Denksports. (CeNS Award) adrian.mueller-deku@cup.lmu.de; C01.011; -77232
	Alexander Sailer, M.Sc (M.Sc: Holzgrabe, Würzburg & Szklarzewicz, Cracow) Alexander started his PhD with us in 2018. With a background in synthetic chemistry, he has been applying then-"emerging" (now emerged) photoswitches to modulate microtubule dynamics and function (1,2,3). (DAAD scholar) alexander.sailer@cup.lmu.de; C1.011; -77926
	Jan Felber, M.Sc (M.Sc: Thorn-Seshold, LMU; Industry: Bayer) Jan joined us in 2018 for his MSc, then after a stint at Bayer returned for his PhD. Jan balances organic synthesis with in vitro biology, researching probes and prodrugs for redox biology (1,2,3). (Römer MSc prize, Studienstiftung PhD scholar) jan.felber@cup.lmu.de; C1.009; -77925
	Markus Müller, M.Sc (M.Sc: Gulder, TUM; Industry: Boehringer-Ingelheim) Markus joined us for his PhD in 2019, with a background in organic and natural product synthesis. He is researching photoresponsive TRP channel probes, and pushing the boundaries of chemical probe methods. markus-mueller@cup.lmu.de (NB: hyphen!); C1.009; -77231
	Ben Winkler, M.Sc (M.Sc: Schneider, ETH Zürich; Industry: Roche Diagnostics) Ben joined us in 2019 for a PhD involving photoredox probes and TRP channel modulators (Boehringer-Ingelheim PhD scholar). benedikt.winkler@cup.lmu.de; C1.011; -77232
	Lukas Zeisel, M.Sc (Internship: Toste, UCB; M.Sc: Thorn-Seshold; Industry: Bayer) Lukas joined us in 2019 for his MSc, interned at Bayer, then returned for his PhD in 2020. Having trained in organic synthesis, he is synthesising redox-activated prodrugs for cell and in vivo biology (Römer MSc prize, Lindau scholar and FCI-Kekule PhD scholar). lukas.zeisel@cup.lmu.de; C1.009; -77925
	Lena Poczka (medical student) Lena joined us in 2020. With a medical studies background, she is pursuing Dr. med. research into redox biology under Dr. Julia Thorn-Seshold (FöFoLe / GRK2338 Lungentoxikologie Dr. med. scholar). lena.poczka@cup.lmu.de; K0.036; -71035
	Dr. Martin Maier (MSc & PhD: Trauner, LMU/NYU) Martin joined us in 2020 with extensive experience in total synthesis and in photopharmacology. He is now postdoc'ing on the synthesis of redox biology probes and prodrugs. martin.maier@cup.lmu.de; C1.009; -77925
	Philipp Mauker, M. Sc (Internship: Hall, Newcastle; M.Sc: Thorn-Seshold; Industry: Bayer) Philipp did his MSc with us in 2019 on synthesis of fluorogenic compounds and cell-permeation probes, and returned in 2020 for his PhD expanding this concept to genetic tags and markers of axon injury. philipp.mauker@cup.lmu.de; C1.011; -77926
	Elena Fajardo Ruiz, M. Sc (M.Sc: Bonnet, Montpellier / LMU Munich) Elena joins us for her PhD from 2020, with experience in synthetic biology and microbiology. She researches hybrid chemical-genetic methods for photocontrol of microtubule dynamics and protein localisation, and applications of cell-permeation probes. elena.fajardoruiz@cup.lmu.de; C0.065; -77224

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Interns

	Sabrina Doerrich Sabrina and Lukas join forces on redox chemistry (2021.03).
	Julia Brandmeier Julia and Philipp explore the magical world of Phosphorus (2021.03).

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