Christoph Ratzke

PI

christoph.ratzke (at) cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de

Christoph's scientific interests range widely from biology to physics and everything in between. After studying biochemistry, he did his PhD in single-molecule biophysics, followed by a postdoc at the MIT to explore the secret life of microbes. (short CV)

Qiyun Liang

Postdoc

qiyun.liang (at) uni-tuebingen.de

Qiyun did his PhD in marine microbiology at Shandong University and now investigates how unculturable microbes impact microbial communities.

Or Shalev-Skriptchak

Postdoc

or.shalev-skriptchak (at) uni-tuebingen.de

Or studied Plant Biotechnology at the Hebrew University and explored during his PhD at the Max Planck Institute in Tuebingen how microbes can protect plants. Now he aims to find out what genomes can tell us about microbial interactions.

Shubham Gajrani

PhD Student

shubhamgajrani4210 (at) gmail.com

With a background in microbiology and bioinformatics Shubham investigates how microbial communities can protect from infections.

Fatima Jalil

PhD Student

fatima.jalil (at) uni-tuebingen.de

Fatima is a DAAD/HEC Pakistan scholar with a background in microbiology and immunology. She studies how microbial communities are affected by the environment.

Ameena Mohammed

PhD Student

ameena.mohammed (at) cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de

Ameena has a background in biophysics and biology. She explores how we can image natural host-associated microbial communities.

Karl Ringger

PhD Student

karl.ringger (at) uni-tuebingen.de

Karl studied Math with a focus on Computer science and Bioinformatics at Brigham Young University. He aims to predict features of microbial systems.

Anna Shusterman

PhD Student

anna.shusterman (at) uni-tuebingen.de

Anna is a Biotechnology Engineer with a Master's degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Tel Aviv University. Anna designs high-throughput screening methods to identify bacteria with potential biotechnological applications.

Sunaina

PhD Student

sunaina (at) uni-tuebingen.de

Sunaina holds an Integrated MSc. in Life Sciences from NISER, India. She is studying microbial interaction networks, focusing on the principles that optimize complex microbial communities for specific functions.

Xiaozhou Ye

PhD Student

xiaozhou.ye (at) uni-tuebingen.de

Xiaozhou studied Biology and Physics in Peking University and now uses both to investigate how properties of complex microbial communities emerge from the species interactions within them. She is broadly interested in how ecology, evolution and physics create biological systems as they are.