Ozan Altan Altinok
2021
Doctoral project: I've got you under my skin; Evolutionary perspectives changing the concept of disease
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Quante
Katrin Berk
Doctoral project: Benefits and hazards of novel protein coding genes
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer
Daniel Dowling
Doctoral project: Benefits and hazards of novel protein coding genes
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer
Natalie Effelsberg
2021
Doctoral project: Molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant zoonotic pathogens
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann, Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Prof. Dr. Stephan Ludwig
Janina Feige-Diller
2022
Doctoral project: Effects of genotype and environment on mental health and quality of life
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Norbert Sachser
Verónica Andrea Ferrando
2021
Doctoral project: Molecular determinants of species specificity and evolution of influenza viruses
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stephan Ludwig
Shrey Gandhi
2020
Doctoral project: Deciphering the role of non-coding RNA in cardiovascular biology using evolutionary approach
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Monika Stoll, Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer, PD Dr. Jürgen Schmitz
After his graduation, Shrey was awarded an EvoPAD transitional postdoctoral position for 9 months until July 2021.
Noble Selasi Gati
2020
Doctoral project: Origin and evolution of heteropathogenic Escherichia coli
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann, Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Dobrindt
Dhevi Kalyanaraman
2023
Doctoral project: From genotype to phenotype – linking the evolution of the mitochondrial OXPHOS system, mitochondrial capacity, metabolic rates and hybrid incompatibility in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gadau
Hanna Klimek
2022
Doctoral project: Escherichia coli adaptation to individual hosts: A genomic view
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Dobrindt
Nina Kranke
2023
Doctoral project: Kinds of explanation in accounts of pathogen evolution
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Krohs
Leonie Chiara Martens
2020
Doctoral project: RiboSNitches in the cardiovascular system
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Monika Stoll, Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Dr. Juanma Vaquerizas
Amol Patil
2021
Doctoral project: Posttranslational modifications as determinants of species specificity and evolution of influenza viruses
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stephan Ludwig
Rebecca Rothering (née Hagen)
Doctoral project: The influence of maternal effects and selection on programmed DNA elimination
Supervisor: Dr. Francesco Catania
Valerio Vitali
2020
Doctoral project: Environmental Effects on Programmed DNA Elimination
Supervisors: Dr. Francesco Catania, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gadau, Dr. Juanma Vaquerizas
After his graduation, Valerio was awarded an EvoPAD transitional postdoctoral position for 9 months until December 2020.