Leadership

Executive Board

Prof. Dr. Erika Kothe

JSMC Coordinator

Professor for Microbial Phytopathology, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Institute of Microbiology
Neugasse 25, 07743 Jena

Prof. Dr. Thilo Figge

JSMC Deputy Coordinator

Professor for Applied Systems Biology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Beutenbergstraße 11a, 07745 Jena

Dr. Mark Gresnigt

JSMC Deputy Coordinator

Leader of the Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)Jena

Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena

Prof. Dr. Kai Papenfort

JSMC Deputy Coordinator

Professor for General Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Institute of Microbiology
Bioinstrumentezentrum (BIZ)
Winzerlaer Straße 2, 07745 Jena

Dr. Jasmin Mertens

JSMC Scientific Manager

Jena School for Microbial Communication
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Neugasse 23, 07743 Jena, Germany

The JSMC Doctoral Speakers

The JSMC Postdoctoral Speakers

Dr. Lorenzo Cristiani

lorenzo.cristiani@leibniz-hki.de

Dr. Fabio Palmieri

fabio.palmieri@uni-jena.de

Tasks of the Speakers:

  • organization of (social) events for the JSMC Community
  • coordinating the MiCo Colloquium Stars
  • communicating ideas and feedback from the JSMC doctoral researchers to the management
  • representing the JSMC doctoral researchers on the JSMC Executive Board
  • organization of the alternative careers in science lecture series

Former members

Prof. Dr. Axel A. Brakhage

Professor for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Director of the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute (HKI) Jena

Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology -
Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena

Prof. em. Dr. Wilhelm Boland

Professor for Bioorganic Chemistry at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Jena

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, 07745 Jena

Dr. Falk Hillmann

Leader of the Research Group Evolution of Microbial Interactions, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)Jena

Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology -
Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena

Dr. Sarah Nettemann

Postdoctoral Speaker 2023 - 2025

Dr. Anna Czapka

Postdoctoral Speaker 2022 - 2024

Gaurvanshi Gupta

Doctoral Speaker 2024 - 2025

Lena Gauthier

Doctoral Speaker 2020 - 2024

Moemi Kawashima

Doctoral Speaker 2022 - 2024

Kerstin Unger

Doctoral Speaker 2022 - 2024

Rafiq Muhammad

Doctoral Speaker 2020 - 2022

Ayda Azar

Doctoral Speaker 2020 - 2022

Anthony Chukwubuikem

Doctoral Speaker 2020 - 2021

Teresa Mayer

Doctoral Speaker 2018 - 2020

Lia Ivanova

Doctoral Speaker 2018 - 2020

Annica Pschibul

Doctoral Speaker 2017 - 2019

Felicia Stanford

Doctoral Speaker 2017 - 2019

Iuliia Ferling

Doctoral Speaker 2016 - 2018

Wolfgang Vivas

Doctoral Speaker 2016 - 2018

Friedrich Schiller Universtität Jena Balance of the Microverse

Funded by

Freistaat Thüringen. Ministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur. Carl Zeiss Stiftung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft