People

Faculty

Flávia Rezende

PD Dr. / PI

Ilka Wittig

PD Dr. / PI

James Oo

Dr. / Postdoc

Katrin Schröder

Prof. Dr. / Professor

Leo Kurian

Prof. Dr. / Professor

Matthias Leisegang

PD Dr. / PI

Ralf Brandes

Prof. Dr. / Director

Timothy Warwick

Dr. / Postdoc

Coordinators

Pamela Finsterseifer

Dr. / Administration

Martina Peter

Administration

Clinical Scientists

Fangyu (Monica) Zhao

Dr. / Postdoc

Fatih Alcicek

Dr. / Postdoc

Haixia Wu

PhD student

Longyuan Jia

PhD student

Victoria Jurisch

Dr. / Postdoc

Xin Wen

PhD student

Post Doctoral Researchers

Elisabeth Meiser

Postdoc

Irene Schubert

Dr. / Postdoc

Jakub Zeman

Dr. / Postdoc

Melina Lopez

Dr. / Postdoc

Parviz Ghezellou

Dr. / Postdoc

Paulina Castaneda-Tamez

Postdoc

Pedro Malacarne

Dr. / Postdoc

PhD Students

Alessia Locati

PhD student

Alicia Schneider

PhD student

Alina Brandl

PhD student

Ann-Kathrin Staudt

PhD student

Astha Khanduri

PhD student

Carine Kader

PhD student

Diba Rafii

PhD student

Hang Le Ha

PhD student

Jennifer Schmidt

PhD student

Laurence Heaven

PhD student

Marie Bayer

PhD student

Praveenya Tirunagari

PhD student

Simonida Zehr

PhD student

Sophia Werth

PhD student

Souradeep Chatterjee

PhD student

Xinning (Cindy) Hu

PhD student

Yinuo Zhou

PhD student

Zhanhua Xing

PhD student

Technicians

Agnes Krüger

Technician

Jana Wurzel

Technician

Janja Pusic

Assistant

Judit Ponce

Technician

Katalin Pálfi

Technician

Manuela Spaeth

Technician

Nevenka Tomic

Technician

Susanne Wienstroer

Technician

Thomas Wulf

Assistant

Frequently Asked Questions

Leadership & Structure

An internationally recognized leader in vascular biology and systems physiology and director of the Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology.

Molecular and systems physiology, including vascular metabolism, redox biology, and RNA-based mechanisms of aging and regeneration.

Principal investigators include Ralf P. Brandes, Ingrid Fleming, Leo Kurian, Katrin Schröder, Beate Fisslthaler, Matthias Leisegang, and Flavia Rezende.

Environment & Culture

Yes, combining biology, medicine, computational science, physics, and engineering.

English.

Researchers come from many countries including Brazil, Mexico, Iran, China, India, the UK, Italy, Spain, and others.

Collaborative, curious, and supportive, with strong scientific ambition.

Yes, with mentoring, collaboration, and an active scientific environment.

Career & Opportunities

Yes, offering mentoring, advanced technologies, and interdisciplinary projects.

Yes, with independence, collaboration, and career support.

Yes, students can join research projects with close supervision.

Through mentoring, training, conferences, and grant support.

Project design, data analysis, scientific writing, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Research Environment & Infrastructure

Yes, with advanced technologies including spatial transcriptomics, light-sheet imaging, mass spectrometry, confocal microscopy, and deep phenotyping platforms.

Yes, through major research programs including DFG Excellence Cluster CPI, CRCs, TRR 267, DZHK, and LOEWE initiatives.

Yes, including contributions to clinical strategies and patented innovations.

Labs

How metabolic states shape cardiovascular physiology and disease.

How redox signaling regulates physiology and disease.

How long noncoding RNAs regulate vascular function.