We are an international team of researchers excited by proteins (their interactions, their dynamics, their structures), nuclear spins, programming, a little bit of machine learning, or all of these at once. We have various backgrounds, including biology, biophysics, biochemistry, chemistry or physics. We value curiosity, creativity, respect, and a collaborative work environment.
Paul Schanda
Paul got a MSc in Chemistry (Vienna) and a PhD in Physics (Grenoble). He is passionate about using and developing integrated structural biology to study biological mechanisms.
Download Paul’s CV or have a peek at his ORCID or Google Scholar profiles. Contact details on the institute page of the group.
Lea Marie Becker
Lea studied biophysics in Frankfurt and is particularly interested in magic-angle spinning NMR methods. In her PhD studies, Lea develops new approaches to probe protein dynamics by MAS NMR.
Louis Brigandat
Louis received his PhD at Université de Lyon, where he used solution- and MAS NMR to probe viral assemblies. In our group, Louis delves into mechanisms of enzymes adapted to high pressure.
Undina Guillerm
With a background in biology and biochemistry and several years of work at Institut Pasteur Paris and IBS Grenoble, Undina’s PhD research focuses on mitochondrial protein import. She combines cryo-EM and NMR with a host of biochemical/biophysical techniques to unravel the secrets of membrane-protein import.
Anna Kapitonova
Anna studied biochemistry at Lomonosov Moscow State University and enjoys solving biochemical challenges. Anna works on several projects including mitochondrial protein import, enzyme mechanisms and in-cell NMR.
Fede Napoli
Fede got his training at University of Verona with research stays in Utrecht and Grenoble. He is excited about enzyme mechanisms, allostery and protein dynamics. Moreover, Fede develops machine-learning tools to get the best from NMR data, and combines NMR with cryo-EM.
Maria Clara Miserendino
Clari studied Biotechnology at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Fascinated by proteins, she first explored their dynamics through molecular dynamics simulations. She has now moved into the world of NMR in the context of mitochondrial import, while in parallel exploring protein design and developing binders to test her hypotheses.
Caroline Pereira
Caroline earned her PhD in Chemistry from Universidade Estadual de Campinas, where she applied molecular dynamics simulations to study enzymatic catalysis and dynamics. She is excited about allosteric regulation and the molecular basis of enzymatic action.
Darja Rohden
After her training in chemistry and computer sciences in Konstanz and Vienna, Darja’s PhD is at the interface of chemistry and NMR: she synthesizes new isotope-labelled compounds to specifically label proteins. These specific isotope labels allow her to probe biomolecular interactions and dynamics in a very specific and efficient manner.
Celina Sailer
Celina is pursuing her Master’s degree in Applied Synthetic Chemistry at TU Vienna, where she discovered her interest in both proteins and NMR during her bachelor’s thesis, which focused on biocatalysis, and during her semester abroad at Lund University.
For her Master’s thesis, Celina joined our group to study mitochondrial protein import with methyl-specific isotope labelling and solution-state NMR.
Rajkumar Singh
Raj has more than a decade of research experience in structural biology. He worked with membrane proteins, applying a range of structural and biochemical techniques during his PhD and post-doctoral research in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden. As senior research technician, Raj now spearheads several research projects, including isotope-labelling and chaperone studies.
Jakob Schneider
With a background in biochemistry and NMR during his undergraduate studies in Halle and Regensburg, Jakob’s PhD work focuses on mitochondrial protein import and the fascinating mechanisms of the machinery that handles proteins in the cytosol.
Ben Tatman
Ben got his training in Natural Sciences at University and Cambridge and a PhD in Chemistry at University of Warwick, where he developed MAS NMR tools to study protein dynamics. He is excited about (mostly MAS-) NMR methods that allow him to probe dynamics and its evolution in a family of enzymes.
Giorgia Toscano
Giorgia has a background in bio-organic chemistry. During her PhD research in Vienna, she focused on bridging organic synthesis and biomolecular NMR through innovative labeling strategies. She is now excited to explore novel fluorine labeling methods to study large proteins using both solution and solid-state NMR.
