Team

Our group

The Helfrich lab team in spring 2025 at the Biozentrum Frankfurt, posing with their favorite lab tools.

Group members

Prof. Dr. Eric J. N. Helfrich

Principal Investigator

Curriculum vitae

Sophie Moktadir

Secretary

Stefanie Lamberth

Technical Assistant

Dr. Sirinthra Thiengmag

Postdoc

Dr. Bin Tan

Postdoc

Dr. Yuya Kakumu

Postdoc

Milena Breitenbach

PhD student

ERC ComBINE – Fellow

Friederike Biermann

PhD student

Emmy Noether Fellow

Thao Ngoc Phan

PhD Student

ERC – ComBINE Fellow

Ayesha Ahmed

PhD Student

DAAD/ HEC PhD fellow

Julia Spies

PhD student

Emmy Noether Fellow

Sandra Bettenbühl

PhD student

ERC – ComBINE Fellow

Qingrong Du

PhD student

Emmy Noether Fellow

Suhan Durusu

PhD student

Elena Rao

Graduate student

Mai Ikeda

Graduate student

Sandra Panczyk

Graduate student

Johanna Babel

Graduate student

Dongyu Liu

Graduate student

Julian Heun

Graduate student

Julia König

Graduate student

Alumni

Dr. Pakjira Nanudorn

Postdoc

Dr. Sebastian Wenski

Postdoc

Lenka Dohnalova

PhD student

Sharifa Helmand

Graduate student

Noemi Hillebrandt

Graduate student

Miriam Boeck

Graduate student

Tiziano Soleto

Graduate student

Sabrina Dirnberger

Research Specialist

Tabazom Massuody

Undergraduate student

Elham Zamani

Graduate student

Yoana Dimitrova

Graduate student

Open positions

We are constantly looking for talented scientists at all levels to join our team.

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