People

Kerstin GöpfrichMax Planck Research Group Leader (W2)

Biophysicist. Scientific trajectory started in Erlangen (B.Sc.), continued in Cambridge (M.Phil and Ph.D.) and Stuttgart (Marie Curie Fellow). Now leading the Biophysical Engineering Group in Heidelberg.

Yannik DreherPhD student

Physicist. Joined Uni Heidelberg (and us!) for M.Sc. and Ph.D. after a B.Sc. in Konstanz and a research stay Canada.

Kevin JahnkePhD student

Physicist. First Ph.D. student of the group. Moved from the far north (Hamburg) to study in Heidelberg (B.Sc. and M.Sc.). Joined us after a research stay in Cambridge.

Tobias AbeleMaster student

Physicist. M.Sc. student in Heidelberg with research experience in biophyiscs. Animation wizzard.

Mai TranMaster student

Biochemist. ERASMUS M.Sc. student from Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier.

Tobias WaltherMaster student

Molecular Biotechnologist. M.Sc. student in Heidelberg.

Julius FichtlerIntern

Physicist. B.Sc. student at Uni Heidelberg and DNA origami specialist.

Vanessa HuthIntern/MSc student

Physicist. M.Sc. student in Heidelberg.

Maja IlligIntern/MSc student

Physicist. Moved from the far east (TU Dresden) over ERASMUS stay in Grenoble to Heidelberg for M.Sc.

Stefan MaurerIntern/MSc student

Physicist. M.Sc. student in Heidelberg.

Yiğitcan Sümbelli ERASMUS exchange PhD student

Biochemist. Guest researcher from Turkey.

Alumni

Nina Hagen, Master student in Molecular Biotechnology in Heidelberg, intern in our and Ada Cavalcanti-Adam’s group group from June 2021 until Aug. 2021. Thanks for the short but productive stay!

Andreas Schönit, Master student in Molecular Biotechnology in Heidelberg, Master student in our and Ada Cavalcanti-Adam’s group from July 2020 until July 2021. Brought real cells into our research. Off to Paris for a PhD – you will be missed!

Dr. Ali Aghebat Rafat, our first post-doc from May 2021 until June 2021, biophysicist, DNA origami and AFM expert with a PhD from TUM. Ali decided to join industry after a brief but productive and fun time in the group. Now at tilibit nanosystems to make sure that we get the best scaffold!

Christoph Karfusehr, Max Planck School Matter to Life Master student, intern in the group from Oct. 2020 until April 2021. Came as a chemist, quickly turned into a physicist and moved on to do MD. Great choice and all the best!

Sarah Braun, Master student in Molecular Biotechnology in Heidelberg, intern in the group from May 2020 until Aug. 2020 and HiWi from Dec. 2020 until Feb. 2021. Became a DNA origami expert during COVID-19, now into CAR T-cells. Came back once, maybe twice? See you around!

Elizaveta Bobkova, Master student in Molecular Biotechnology (and Physics!) in Heidelberg, intern in the group from Jan. 2020 until Aug. 2020. Studied phase-separation in lipid vesicles.