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Doctoral researchers

Neetu Neetu
Optimization of microbial production biostimulants with innovative additives and mycorrhiza helper bacteria
Friedrich Schiller University
Molecular Phytopathology

Sophie Neumann
Optimization of fluorescence microscopy for microbial research
Friedrich Schiller University
Superresolution Microscopy

Liubov Nikitashina
liubov.nikitashina@leibniz-hki.de
Microbiota-driven risk assessment, prevention and clearance of invasive aspergillosis
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Molecular and Applied Microbiology

Vera Nikitashina
Mechanisms of metabolic interactions in photosymbiotic systems
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

Adrian Nowotnick
Switchable antimicrobial materials
Friedrich Schiller University
Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research - Materials Science

Janine Otto
Mass Spectrometry as Fast Tool for the Comparative DNA Methylome Analysis
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

Xiaoqing Pan
The role of RNA structure in fungal pathogenesis
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
RNA Biology of Fungal Infections

Ailton Pereira da Costa Filho
Identification of fungal-bacterial interactions in the environment that shape human pathogenicity in fungi
Friedrich Schiller University
Fungal Informatics

Victor Hugo Pérez Carrillo
victor.perez.carrillo@uni-jena.de
Dynamics of bacterial ABC transporters
Friedrich Schiller University
Biostructural Interactions

Marion Perrier
Comparative pan-transcriptomics of Aspergillus fumigatus
Friedrich Schiller University
Fungal Informatics

Levke Petersen
The Mycoremediation Potential of Ectomycorrhiza
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute of Microbiology - Microbial Communication

Wallapat Phongtang
wallapat.phongtang@uni-jena.de
Host Range Evolution Potential of Bacteriophages
Friedrich Schiller University
Viral Ecology and Omics

Simone Piccioni
Simone.Piccioni@leibniz-hki.de
Agent-based modelling of infection processes
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Applied Systems Biology

Sebastian Pietschmann
sebastian.pietschmann@uni-jena.de
Microbial succession in heavy-metal contaminated soils during in-situ phytoremediation
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute of Microbiology - Microbial Communication

Rhedia Tehrin Proma
Use of microorganisms in peat-free and peat-reduced substrates
Friedrich Schiller University
Molecular Phytopathology

Paul Rudolph
Spatiotemporal Modeling and Simulation of Fungal Infection Processes
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Applied Systems Biology

Jonathan Ruwe
Robotics-assisted discovery of antifungals and identification of synergistic effects
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Paleobiotechnology

Sneha Sabu
Screening of Entomopathogenic fungi for their potential as beneficial endophytes in plants
Friedrich Schiller University
Molecular Phytopathology

Nauman Saeed
Molecular basis of amoeba-fungus interaction
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Evolution of Microbial Interactions

Zubaish Saghir
In Situ Investigation of Pure and Co-Culture Electro Respiration
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Bio Pilot Plant