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OUR TEAM

We acknowledge and celebrate everyone who contributed to

the development of our research projects.

PD DR. RER. NAT. HANNA-MARI BALDAUF

Principle Investigator

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Hanna-Mari Baldauf has a profound knowledge of virology and molecular biology. She is also a fantastic group leader with a hands-on, team-driven approach to solve any problems that arise. Outside of work, she's a mother to two young children and loves geocaching and baking.

JOÃO VASCO CÔRTE-REAL, M.SC.

Doctoral Student

João completed a Master's degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Porto, Portgual and has now joined us as the bioinformatics and evolutionary biology expert. During his free time, he plays for the Portuguese national rugby team.

ALEJANDRO SALINAS-ILLARENA, M.SC.

Doctoral Student

Alejandro completed a Master's degree in Biochemistry at the LMU Munich. After an internship and Master's thesis with us, he is now back as a doctoral student and our is our synthetic biology expert. In his free time, he likes to swim, and try out new healthy recipes.

ALEXANDRA KOCH, M.SC.

Doctoral student

Alexandra completed her Master's degree in Animal Biology and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. She has now joined us to delve into ancient lentivirus expression mechanisms. When she's not in the lab, she enjoys doing Yoga, baking and traveling.

MIHAI-ALIN BAUR, B.SC.

Student intern

Alin will write his Master thesis in our lab. He is a professional archery apprentice. Jogging and watching series are his other passions.

MARSHALL BRICKHEIMER, M.SC.

Technical assistant

Marshall completed a Master's degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Cologne. He will be assisting with multiple projects and administrative duties within the lab. In his free time, he enjoys traveling and all forms of media entertainment.

SELIN AIDIN

Medicine doctoral student

Selin is currently a medicine student at the LMU Munich and has joined the VIIRAL team as a medicine doctoral student for a year. Besides her interest in oncology she loves to read and bake.

Photo by Chantal Bergmann

FORMER MEMBERS

Thank you for all your hard work and contributions to our projects!

RAMYA NAIR

PhD

ADRIAN
FRÖHLICH

M.Sc.

SAGARIKA GHOSH

Master's student

MARGARITA SHNIPOVA

Master's student

PUTRI SOEDARSONO

B.Sc.

MADELEINE GAPP

M.Sc.

PATRICIA PEREIRA

PhD

TOBIAS KOMAR

Master's student

BHAVNA MENON

Master's student

FABIAN KRIESEL

M.Sc.

PAULIINA JUTTILA

Master's student

VALENTIN
BÄRREITER

Master's student

DING NING

Master's student

CAROLINE KLIEM

M.Sc.

LEA KNEZ

Master's student

LIYING HUANG

Master's student

YANIS PIGNOT

M.Sc.

DENIZ ESER

Master's student

PHILIPP LEOPOLDSEDER

Master's student

SRUJITA MAHANKALI

Master's student

LU ZHANG

M.Sc.

ANTHONY AO

Master's student

INÈS WULLKOPF

M.Sc.

AUGUSTO DEL POZO BEN

Technical Assistant

LUCA SCHELLE

PhD

SATHYA DARMALINGGAM

PhD

CHUYU HAN

M.Sc.

DHANUSH RAGHUVEER

Master's Student

LUKAS LEHNEIS

Master's Student

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