Doctoral researchers

Jaime David Acosta España
Surface proteins of Lichtheimia corymbifera as virulence determinants
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Jena Microbial Resource Collection

Parastoo Akbari Moghaddam
parastoo.akbarimoghaddam@hki-jena.de
Quantitative Analysis of Microbial Dynamics in Organ-on-Chip Models
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Applied Systems Biology

Raquel Alonso Roman
The interaction of Candida albicans with antagonistic bacteria in a Gut-on-Chip model
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms

Mandana Azari Samani
Mandana.AzariSamani@med.uni-jena.de
hPNFs modifications: antimicrobial, osteoblast promoting and immunomodulatory effects

Marcel Baecker
Analyze the effect of spatial structure on microbiome properties
Friedrich Schiller University
Viral Ecology and Omics

Wibke Böhnke (née Krüger)
Gut microbiome dependent host immune response to Candida albicans infection
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Immunology

Roos Brouns
Influences of abiotic factor on community structure
Friedrich Schiller University
Viral Ecology and Omics

Cole Carlson
Heterologous phenazine production in biotech hosts for bioelectrochemical applications
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Bio Pilot Plant

Xiuqiang Chen
Microbiota-driven risk assessment, prevention and clearance of invasive aspergillosis
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbiome Dynamics

Ya-Fan Chen
Development of a semantic knowledge base for digitized antimicrobial biomaterials

Kar On Cheng
Defining vulvovaginal candidiasis to identify elements of infection and remedy
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies

Joel Ching Kuma Mbanghanih
joel.ching.kuma.mbanghanih@uni-jena.de
Tracking the Dynamics of Interacting Microbial Populations
Friedrich Schiller University
Theoretical Microbial Ecology

Beatriz Cristóvão
Beatriz.Cristovao@leibniz-hki.de
Unravelling the impact of interferon-immunotherapy on epithelial resistance to Candida albicans translocation and dissemination
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies

Tony Dib
Ultrasensitive Raman-based detection of natural products in microbial communication (RaMiCo)
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute of Physical Chemistry

Shalu Dwivedi
Modelling and computer simulation of biochemical defense and evasion mechanisms
Friedrich Schiller University
Matthias Schleiden Institute - Bioinformatics

Friedrich Johannes Ehinger
Non-canonical diversification strategies of nonribosomal peptides in bacteria
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Biomolecular Chemistry

Marie-Luise Enghardt
Marie-Luise.Enghardt@leibniz-ipht.de
High-throughput strategies for the identification and susceptibility testing of bacterial pathogens against anti-infectives based on Raman spectroscopy
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute of Physical Chemistry

Adrian Feile
Probing cholera infection on a chip
Friedrich Schiller University
Microphysiological Systems

Romy Feldmann (neé Rietschel)
Natural products in reconstituted microbiomes
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Biomolecular Chemistry