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Team Members

Get to know the team and find out what they like to do outside of iGem.

Student Leaders

Alexander Hene

Alexander
Hene

Technical Biology
B.Sc., 6. semester

Role: Team leader, Sponsoring, Acquisition, BioTech

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Writing short stories and poems
  • 🧬 Reading
  • 🧬 Teaching myself how to code

Noemi Reusing

Noemi
Reusing

Technical Biology
B.Sc., 6. semester

Role: BioTech leader

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Playing table tennis
  • 🧬 Playing the piano

Theresa Maurer

Theresa
Maurer

Technical Biology
B.Sc., 6. semester

Role: Finances leader, BioTech, Social Media

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Working out
  • 🧬 Meeting up with friends
  • 🧬 Traveling
  • 🧬 Reading

Yazan Ahmad

Yazan
Ahmad

Technical Biology
B.Sc., 6. semester

Role: BioTech leader

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Football
  • 🧬 Gym
  • 🧬 Metabolic Engineering
  • 🧬 Physiology

Nathanael Strom

Nathanael
Strom

Chemistry
B.Sc., 4. semester

Role: Chemistry Leader

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Badminton
  • 🧬 Climbing
  • 🧬 Chess

Student Team Members

Amasia Schneider Rocha

Amasia
Schneider Rocha

Technical Biology
B.Sc., 4. semester

Role: BioTech, Education

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Playing the oboe and English horn in the orchestra
  • 🧬 Learning Portuguese
  • 🧬 Dry felting

Amelie Waller

Amelie
Waller

Technical Biology
B.Sc., 4. semester

Role: BioTech

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Reading
  • 🧬 Being outdoors
  • 🧬 Mountain biking
  • 🧬 Running

Ayleen Titus

Ayleen
Titus

Technical Biology
B.Sc., 6. semester

Role: BioTech, Wiki Coding, Chemistry, Modeling

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Reading
  • 🧬 Gaming
  • 🧬 Working out

Daniel Dorta Bechel

Daniel
Dorta Bechel

Bioengineering
B.Sc., 4. semester

Role: BioTech, Sponsoring, Social Media, Modeling

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Design
  • 🧬 Working out

Daniel Ringel

Daniel
Ringel

Technical Biology
B.Sc., 6. semester

Role: Chemistry, Modeling, Wiki Coding BioTech, Education

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Maths
  • 🧬 Football
  • 🧬 Coding

Janina Strauß

Janina
Strauß

Technical Biology
B.Sc., 4. semester

Role: BioTech

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Meeting up with friends
  • 🧬 Working out
  • 🧬 Drawing

Johannes Meingast

Johannes
Meingast

Technical Biology
B.Sc., 6. semester

Role: Chemistry

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Dancing
  • 🧬 Singing
  • 🧬 Climbing

Julius Stark

Julius
Stark

Technical Biology
B.Sc., 4. semester

Role: BioTech

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Meeting up with friends
  • 🧬 Volunteering

Lea Wührl

Lea
Wührl

Technical Biology
B.Sc., 4. semester

Role: BioTech

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Hiking and climbing in the mountains
  • 🧬 Bouldering
  • 🧬 Meeting with friends
  • 🧬 Playing piano

Manuel Baumann

Manuel
Baumann

Technical Biology
M.Sc., 4. semester

Role: Finances, Acquise

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Science
  • 🧬 Traveling
  • 🧬 Gaming
  • 🧬 Cooking
  • 🧬 YouTube

Nio Jess

Nio
Jess

Technical Biology
B.Sc., 6. semester

Role: BioTech

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Fotography
  • 🧬 Reading

Olivia Ronczka

Olivia
Ronczka

Technical Biology
M.Sc., 1. semester

Role: BioTech, Sponsoring

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Cooking
  • 🧬 Hiking in the mountains
  • 🧬 Reading
  • 🧬 Meeting up with friends

Paul Schart

Paul
Schart

Technical Biology
B.Sc., 4. semester

Role: BioTech

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Working out
  • 🧬 Creative stuff

Instructors

Marvin Höninger

PhD Student at IBVT

Role: Instructor

What I like to do outside of the lab:

  • 🧬 Motorcycling
  • 🧬 Gaming
  • 🧬 Car tuning

Principal Investigators (PIs)

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Björn Voß

Director of Department RNA Biology & Bioinformatics

Role: Primary PI

Prof. Dr. habil. Martin Siemann-Herzberg

Deputy Institute Director/ Academic Director

Role: Secondary PI

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Michael Heymann

Department IBBS

Role: Secondary PI