Alumni

Dr. rer. nat.Dorothea Ziemens

2020-2025 PhD student, workgroup J. Wenzel
January 2025: Doctoral thesis: Regulation of carbon dioxide-induced metabolic changes and their alteration in impaired cerebrovascular reactivity
Current position: Neurocentre Magendie, Bordeaux, France, Team Cota: Energy balance and obesity, Postdoc
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Dimitrios Spyropoulos, PhD

2019-2024 PhD student, workgroup J. Wenzel
February 2025: Doctoral thesis: Investigation of the role of Gαq/11 signaling in brain endothelial cells

Dr. rer. nat Chai Ping Koo-Pöggel

2019-2020 PhD student, workgroup L. Marshall
2020-2022 Postdoc, workgroup L. Marshall
April 2020: Doctoral thesis: Use of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation to Modulate Endogenous Cortical Activity Across Brain States – a glimpse into a secret garden
Current position: EUROIMMUN Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG, Regulatory Affairs Manager
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Dr. rer. hum. biol. Sonat Aksamaz

2019-2022 PhD student, workgroup L. Marshall
April 2025: Doctoral thesis: Single closed-loop acoustic stimulation during NREM sleep in mice
Current position: Evident Scientific, Quality and Regulatory Affaires Specialist
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Dr. rer. nat. Maulana Ikhsan

2018-2021 PhD student, workgroup M. Zille
May 2021: Doctoral thesis: Characterization of brain endothelial cell death and assessment of stem cell-drug interactions for the treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage
Current position: Universitas Malikussaleh, Indonesia, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Assistant Professor
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Dr. rer. nat. Markus Krohn

2019-2021 Postdoc, workgroup M. Schwaninger
Current position: Caladrix Inc. sowie BIMOVIS Gmbh, Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer (Caladrix) / Chief Scientific Officer (BIMOVIS)
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Dr. rer. nat. Marius Richter

2017-2021 PhD student, workgroup M. Schwaninger
September 2021: Doctoral thesis: Auswirkung von endothelialer Dysfunktion und Hyperkapnie auf den Metabolismus
Current position: COREtransform GmbH, Management Consulting, Transformation Manager
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Dr. rer. nat. Sivaraj Mohanna Sundaram

2017-2020 Postdoc, workgroup M. Schwaninger
Current position:  Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India, Department of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Assistant Professor
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Dr. med. Hanna Graßhoff

2018-2019 MD student, workgroup M. Schwaninger
September 2019: Doctoral thesis: Vektorbasierte Genexpression in Gehirnendothelzellen
Current position: UKSH Lübeck, Klinik für Rheumatologie und klinische immnunologie, Assistenzärztin

Dr. med. René Pflock

2017-2019 MD student, workgroup M. Schwaninger
March 2021: Doctoral thesis: Besitzen Dimethylfumarat und Nikotinsäure gemeinsame, potenziell Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2-vermittelte unerwünschte Arzneimittelwirkungen?

Dr. rer. nat. Jakob Körbelin

2017-2018 Postdoc, Principal Investigator
Current position: Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf,  II. Med. Klinik und Poliklinik, ENDomics Lab, Principal Investigator
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Dr. Alessandro Di Spiezio

2014-2018 PhD student, workgroup M. Schwaninger
April 2018: Doctoral thesis: The role of brain endothelial cells in leptin transport into the brain
Current position: National Research Council (CNR) Padova, Institute of Neuroscience, Postdoc
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Dr. Godwin Dogbevia

2012-2016 Postdoc, workgroup M. Schwaninger
Current position: Health Canada, Human Resources Services Department, Health and Safety Policy
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Dr.med. Johanna Schuchard

MD student, workgroup W. Raasch
June 2016: Doctoral thesis: Ein Angiotensin(1-7) abhängiger Mechanismus trägt zur Prävention einer Gewichtszunahme unter AT1-Rezeptor-Blockade bei Ratten bei
Current position: Krankenhaus St. Joseph Stift, Bremen, Fachärztin für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde 

Prof Dr. Mahtab Ahmad Khan

2011-2015 PhD student, workgroup M. Schwaninger
2015: Doctoral thesis: Mechanisms of ischemic brain damage in hyperglycemic strokes
Current position: University of Central Punjab (UCP), Pakistan, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (FOPS), Dean

Dr. Josephine Lampe

Dr. Gianna Huber

Dr. Sina Rhein

Dr. Yun Jiang

Dr. Melanie Wannick

Dr. Eva Frevel

Dr. Mareike Bernau

Dr. Kristin Müller

Dr. Franziska Schuster

Dr. Julian Assmann

Dr. Jochen Ohnmacht

Dr. Hui Chen

Dr. Mahbubur Rahman 

Dr. Dirk Ridder

Prof. Heinrich Terlau

Prof. Andreas Dendorfer