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Meet the Team

Members

Eva-Helena Aden
Field of Study
Bachelor's Student Biology
Interests
dancing, singing, walking and exploring
Favorite Animal
Felis catus and Rattus norvegicus
Favorite Chemical
Oxytocin
Favorite Quarantine Activity
dancing in my room and watching movies
3 Things I Love
hot water bottle in winter, cold smoothie in summer and good food all year long
3 Things I Hate
I don't hate anything, i just really don't like them
Describe yourself with one word
Empathic
Languages
German, English, French
Daniel Wasim Djamriani
Field of Study
Bachelor's Student Biology
Interests
Martial-arts, Movement, Bouldern, Natural-sciences, Philosophy, Psychology
Favorite Animal
Homo erectus
Favorite Chemical
Dimethyltryptamine
Favorite Quarantine Activity
Ceiling staring
3 Things I Love
Sun, Sheeps, brazilian jiu jitsu
3 Things I Hate
Hate, Existence, Thorn bushes
Describe yourself with one word
Sheep
Languages
German, English
Christian A. Dohmann
Field of Study
Bachelor's Student Biology
Interests
Piano, Video Games, Science
Favorite Animal
Lebidobatrachus laevis
Favorite Chemical
Acetylcholine
Favorite Quarantine Activity
Playing Video Games, Sleeping
3 Things I Love
Science, Sarcasm, Meeting People Who Inspire Me with Their Spirit and Passion
3 Things I Hate
Reality TV, Crappy Internet, Procrastination
Describe yourself with one word
Cranky
Languages
German, English, Some Italian
Ferhat T. Far
Field of Study
Bachelor's Student Computer Science
Interests
computer science and science in general, psychology, poems, stories, shows, movies, music...
Favorite Animal
all kinds of birds
Favorite Chemical
oxygen I guess?
Favorite Quarantine Activity
cooking, writing texts and sleeping
3 Things I Love
writing texts and sleeping, attention, challenges
3 Things I Hate
challenges, attention, unreasonable hate and being toxic
Describe yourself with one word
lucid
Languages
German, English, Turkish
Moritz Göbel
Field of Study
Masters's Student Biology
Interests
Calisthenics, Anime, Biology
Favorite Animal
Panthera leo
Favorite Chemical
Coomassie Brilliant Blue
Favorite Quarantine Activity
Sleeping
3 Things I Love
metal, science, mountains
3 Things I Hate
Hate is such a strong word...
Describe yourself with one word
I don’t want to
Languages
German, English
Hanna Göhlmann
Field of Study
Bachelors's Student Biology
Interests
Languages, Books, Nature, Music
Favorite Animal
Ailuropoda melanoleuca (Giant Panda)
Favorite Chemical
5-hydroxytryptamine
Favorite Quarantine Activity
Procrastinating, Starting things I’ll never finish
3 Things I Love
Rock'n'Roll, hikes, travel
3 Things I Hate
corona, sold-out concerts, ignorance
Describe yourself with one word
clumsy
Languages
German, English, Bosnian
Sonya Grabowski
Field of Study
Bachelors's Student Biology
Interests
anime, gaming, music, playing the piano, drawing, Krav Maga & boxing, Jiu-Jitsu, hiking & paragliding
Favorite Animal
Dogs
Favorite Chemical
Iodine
Favorite Quarantine Activity
cooking & drinking
3 Things I Love
shopping, my boyfriend, really really salty and spicy food
3 Things I Hate
eating fish, people that walk too slow, volleyball
Describe yourself with one word
Sleepy
Languages
German, Russian, English, Polish, French, Japanese, and I am learning Swedish and Chinese
Lucas Gülcan
Field of Study
Bachelors's Student Biology
Interests
guitar, ukulele, parkour, bow shooting, sword fighting, science and others
Favorite Animal
ailurus fulgens (the red panda)
Favorite Chemical
dopamine
Favorite Quarantine Activity
games
3 Things I Love
connecting people, learning new crazy things, doing those new crazy things
3 Things I Hate
Bureaucrats (especially insurances and foresters), German rap, people who have phone calls in trains
Describe yourself with one word
Icebreaker
Languages
German & English, also small talk in Italian
Pauline Morys
Field of Study
Master's Student Biomedicine
Interests
Science, art, nature, food, music, random trivia
Favorite Animal
Breviceps adspersus
Favorite Chemical
1-Oleoyl-2-palmitoyl-phosphatidylcholine
Favorite Quarantine Activity
Playing Animal Crossing
3 Things I Love
Cats, bubble tea, late night walks
3 Things I Hate
vanilla ice cream, messy environments, warm weather
Describe yourself with one word
INFP
Languages
German, English, some French
Lucas Müller
Field of Study
Master's Student Biology
Interests
Show jumping, science, movies and music
Favorite Animal
Equus caballus
Favorite Chemical
Epinephrine
Favorite Quarantine Activity
destroying my sleep schedule
3 Things I Love
PCR which works at the first attempt, Star Wars, deeptalk
3 Things I Hate
when the cereal spoon falls into the milk, my nightmares, dating a girl who doesn't like Baby Yoda
Describe yourself with one word
Daydreamer
Languages
German, English

Advisors

Laia Segura Broncano
Field of Study
Master's Student Biology
Interests
Running, swimming, drawing, creative writing, reading
Favorite Animal
Nymphonella tapetis and Sciurus vulgaris
Favorite Chemical
Endorphins
Favorite Quarantine Activity
Running and, after injuring myself, walking and reading.
3 Things I Love
Summer, olive oil, avocado and the sea.
3 Things I Hate
Temperatures below 20ºC, grey sky and rules.
Describe yourself with one word
Mediterranean
Languages
Catalan, Spanish, English, and a bit of German
Vincent Holletzek
Field of Study
Master's Student Quanititive Biology
Interests
Music, fitness, cooking
Favorite Animal
Main coon cats
Favorite Chemical
Theobromine
Favorite Quarantine Activity
At-home workouts
3 Things I Love
Bicycle tours, spring, chocolate
3 Things I Hate
entitled people, dirty kitchens, the sound of scratching metal
Describe yourself with one word
Chaotic.
Languages
German and English
Maurice Mager
Field of Study
PhD's Student Molecular Biology
Interests
Biology, interstellar travel, social science
Favorite Animal
French Bulldog
Favorite Chemical
Nitrogen (preferably liquid)
Favorite Quarantine Activity
Walks (pretending I did not do that before)
3 Things I Love
A good breakfast, a good conversation with a friend, followed up by a nice lunch
3 Things I Hate
Nothing really triggers me besides being inconsiderate and ignorant - that even more so
Describe yourself with one word
optimistic
Languages
German, English
Andreas Nakielski
Field of Study
Masters's Student Biology
Interests
Video games, playing guitar/bass, metabolic engineering, cooking
Favorite Animal
Sloth
Favorite Chemical
Squalene
Favorite Quarantine Activity
Video games
3 Things I Love
Sleeping, board games, fantasy books
3 Things I Hate
Botany, German Rap, Covid-19
Describe yourself with one word
Sloth
Languages
German, English, Dutch, some French
Sebastian Triesch
Field of Study
PhD's Student Plant Biochemistry
Interests
music, nerd matters, road biking, aviation, space flight, science fiction
Favorite Animal
Dogs, Beluga Whales
Favorite Chemical
3,4,4,5-tetramethylcyclohexa-2,5-dienone
Favorite Quarantine Activity
the World Wide Web
3 Things I Love
Jazz, hiking, spinach
3 Things I Hate
tea, olives, tardiness
Describe yourself with one word
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Languages
German, English
Vanessa Valencia
Field of Study
PhD's Student Biology
Interests
Horse riding
Favorite Animal
Simba
Favorite Chemical
Water
Favorite Quarantine Activity
Netflix and Netflix
3 Things I Love
My boi, my horse and my sleep
3 Things I Hate
-
Describe yourself with one word
-
Languages
German, English
Alexander Zubov
Field of Study
Bachelors's Student Biology International
Interests
Reading and watching interesting stuff, video games, scale modeling
Favorite Animal
Varanus salvator
Favorite Chemical
Fluoroantimonic acid
Favorite Quarantine Activity
Playing video games with friends over Discord
3 Things I Love
Quietness, seafood, Beauty of the Universe and our Planet
3 Things I Hate
being forced to further listen to sth. even though I understood it already (like in lectures), too cold and too warm temperatures, believing there are only two sides to sth.
Describe yourself with one word
Different
Languages
German, English (well enough), Russian (greatly reduced)

Principal Investigators

Prof. Dr. Oliver Ebenhöh
apl. Prof. Dr. Nicole Linka

Mascot

Thalia
(Arabidopsis thaliana)
Interests
Photosynthesis
Favorite Animal
The ones that don't eat me
Favorite Chemical
Carbon dioxide
Favorite Quarantine Activity
Develop in the growth chamber
3 Things I Love
Soil, Water, Minerals
3 Things I Hate
Pathogens, Drought, too much salt
Describe yourself with one word
model
Languages
Python