April, 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:
- Recurrent selection in Passiflora: a new approach for the development of cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus resistant cultivars with desired agronomic traits (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
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
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
America Cox (Visiting researcher)
Email: acox1313[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: Lentibulariaceae genomics and transcriptomics
Alegria Proano (Visiting researcher)
Email: alegpro[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: Lentibulariaceae genomics and transcriptomics
Email: ajones75[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: pigmentation differences at genomic and transcriptomic level
Avery Rahe (Visiting researcher)
Email: arahe2[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: Negative regulators of anthocyanin biosynthesis
Caroline Clouatre (Visiting researcher)
Email: cclouat1[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: Lentibulariaceae genomics and transcriptomics
Email: adl007[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: Lentibulariaceae genomics and transcriptomics
İlgin Yağmur Hacısalihoğlu (Visiting researcher, starting July 2025)
Email: ilgin888[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: conserved amino acid residues in enzymes
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
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Alumni and Alumnae
- Maeva Houle (2025); MSc student; Project: Aquilegia flower color