the people who make it all happen…

Current Team

Sébastien Ferreira-Cerca – Principal Investigator (CV)

Tom Garnier – PhD candidate (École polytechnique)

Mingling Yu – PhD candidate (CSC-Scholarship)

Rafael Mannarelli – PhD candidate (CNRS)

Dr. Magdalena Gerhalter – Postdoctoral fellow (IPP – E4H)

Daniela Strauß – Ingénieure d’études (ANR – CNRS)

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Alumni

PhD Students

  • Michael Jüttner (2019-2023): now postdoctoral scientist – University of Ulm, Germany. Thesis title: “Characterization of cis– and trans-acting elements involved in Ribosome Biogenesis in Archaea“
  • Robert Knüppel (2016-2020): now team leader at Richter-Helm (Hamburg, Germany). Thesis title: “Small changes, unexpected consequences: Molecular insights into substrate-dependent adaptation of KsgA/Dim1-dependent ribosomal RNA modifications in archaea“

Master Students

  • Tom Garnier (2023) *
  • Devendra Singh (2023) *
  • Tom Dielforder (2021)
  • Maximilian Liebl (2021)
  • Diana Russow (2020)
  • Michael Jüttner (2018)
  • Matthias Weiß (2016)
  • Robert Knüppel (2015)
  • Corinna Reglin (Kuttenberger) (2015)

Bachelor Students

  • Luka Barovic (2025) *
  • Jakob Chovas (2020)
  • Hannah Medinger (2018)
  • Nina Ostheimer (2015)
  • Michael Kern (2016)
  • Matthias Weiß (2013)

Scientific Staff

  • Clara Moch (2023-24)
  • Nicolas Alexandre (2020-2023)

*Co-supervision

Internships

At École polytechnique

  • Lilou Thomas (2025)*
  • Tomas Babelis (2024-25)
  • Artem Zakharenko (2024) *
  • Luka Barovic (2024) *
  • Ángela Garcinuño Feliciano (2024) *
  • Tiphaine Pioch (Erasmus) (2024)
  • Clémence Mottez (2024) *
  • Tudor-Gabriel Mocioi (2024) *
  • Shanice Mephane (2024)
  • Alexandre De Melo Gomes (2023)
  • Marine Lapawa (2023)

At the University of Regensburg

  • Severin Graml (2021 & 2022)
  • Jakob Chovas (2020 & 2021)
  • Maximilian Liebl (2019)
  • Victoire Petitcuenot (2019)
  • Hannah Medinger (2018)
  • Bernd Daller (2018)
  • Andrea Ochsenkühn (2017)
  • Michael Jüttner (2016)
  • Nina Ostheimer (2016)
  • Michaela Bauer (2016)
  • Michael Kern (2015)
  • Regina Kufer (2015)
  • Matthias Weiß (2014)
  • Robert Knüppel (2014)
  • Corinna Reglin (Kuttenberger) (2013)

*Co-supervision

Former visiting scientists