July, 2025
Team
Email: pucker[a]uni-bonn.de
(students should read instructions before contacting)
ORCID: 0000-0002-3321-7471
GitHub: bpucker
Google Scholar: Boas Pucker
Office (IZMB): Sandra Krüger - Tel.: 0228 / 73 2130, Fax.: 0228 / 736183
Sarah Schwirblat (Technician)
Email: sbrenner[a]uni-bonn.de
Samuel Nestor Meckoni (Doctoral student)
Email: meckoni[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0000-0003-4877-8762
Mastodon: @samnm@mstdn.science
Research interests: heterologous drug (candidate) production, aquatic plants, genomics
Publications:
Email: s64snata[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0000-0002-4713-2380
Research interests: gene duplication
Publications:
Katharina Wolff (Doctoral student)
Email: s37kwolf[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0000-0002-3616-0482
Research interests: dark pigmentation, plant genomics, long read sequencing
Publications:
Nancy Choudhary (Doctoral student)
Email: n.choudhary[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0000-0002-2562-7905
Research interests: withanolides, substrate preferences of flavonoid biosynthesis enzymes, evolution of the flavonoid biosynthesis, applied bioinformatics
Email: julievso[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0000-0001-9930-6373
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-anne-oliveira/
Research interests: plant genetics and molecular biology, genomics, sequencing and genome editing
Publications:
- Plant Genomics Guide (link)
- Genotype selection from the segregating BC3 population of Passiflora spp. for fruit production and quality using the REML/BLUP methodology (link)
- Integrating the Classical and Molecular Approaches Toward Passion Fruit Resistance Against CABMV (link)
- Recurrent selection in Passiflora: a new approach for the development of cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus resistant cultivars with desired agronomic traits (link)
- Genetic variability and population structure in guava full-sib families via microsatellite markers (link)
- Genetic-molecular characterization in guava full-sib progeny (link)
- Bayesian ridge regression shows the best fit for SSR markers in Psidium guajava among Bayesian models (link)
Maria Fernanda Marin Recinos (Doctoral student)
Email: marmarin[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0000-0001-5575-1264
Research interests: pigment biosynthesis evolution
Publications:
Najnin Khatun (Doctoral student, starting October 2025)
Email: tba
ORCID:
Research interests: anthocyanin biosynthesis evolution
Jakob Horz (MSc student)
Email: jahorz[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0009-0007-7367-9439
Research interests: Digitalis purpurea, flower color patterns
Publications:
Email: mhagedo1[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0009-0009-1312-0531
Research interests: plant biology, scientific illustration design
Tim Katzek (BSc student)
Email: s6tikatz[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interest: Genetics, Molecular Biology
Antoine Padilla (BSc student)
Email: s35apadi[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: anthocyanin biosynthesis enzymes
Karsten Georgi (MSc student)
Email: kgeo[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: bioinformatic tool development
Chiara Maria Dassow (BSc student, external)
Email: cdassow[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: Synthetic biology, ONT sequencing, plant pigments
Publications:
Sofía Lara (MSc student)
Email: s32slara[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: biodiversity and systematics, plant genomics
Publications: tba
Michelle Alexander (MSc student)
Email: male[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0009-0008-3159-4629
Research interests: plant bioinformatics, functional annotation
Email: adl007[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: Lentibulariaceae genomics and transcriptomics
Alireza Najafi Fard (MSc student)
Email: s42anaja[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: Genomics, plant-microbial interactions
Ceren Karapinar (Visiting researcher)
Email: ckar1[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: conserved amino acid residues in enzymes
Email: s38leste[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0009-0004-2711-9914
Research interests: plant systematics, taxonomy, molecular phylogenetics, Orchidaceae
Maria Fernanda Silva Vieira (BSc student)
Email: msilvavi[a]uni-bonn.de
Reserach interests: plant genomics
Mia-Sophie Brieske (MSc student, starting November 2025)
Email: tba
Research interests: gene expression, transcriptional regulation
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We are looking for highly motivated and talented bachelor and master students as well as future doctoral students and postdocs. Please find additional details here.
April, 2025
Alumni and Alumnae
- Maeva Houle (2025); MSc student (University of Montpellier); Project: Aquilegia flower color
- Caroline Clouatre (2025); Visiting researcher (Johns Hopkins University); Project: Lentibulariaceae genomics and transcriptomics
- America Cox (2025); Visiting researcher (University of Utah); Project: Lentibulariaceae genomics and transcriptomics
- Avery Rahe (2025); Visiting researcher (Macalester College); Project: Anthocyanin biosynthesis regulation
- Aidan Jones (2025); Visiting researcher (University of Vermont); Project: Anthocyanin biosynthesis regulation
- Alegria Proano (2025); Visiting researcher (University of Pittsburgh); Project: Lentibulariaceae genomics and transcriptomics