June, 2026
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:
- Data literacy in plant genomics
- Digitalis purpurea genome sequence
- Victoria cruziana genome sequence
- Aquilegia vulgaris genome sequence
- Dark side of anthocyanin pigmentation
- ...
Responsibilities:
- primer collection
- plasmid collection
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:
- Cookbook for Plant Genome Sequences
- Valeriana officinalis genome sequence
- Genome sequence of Tacca chantrieri
- Genome sequence of the ornamental plant Aquilegia vulgaris
- NanoPlasmiQC: Full plasmid sequencing
- ...
Responsibilities:
- seed collection
- ONT sequencing
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)
Email: s87nkhat[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0009-0000-3003-3338
Research interests: anthocyanin biosynthesis evolution
Publications:
Kainat Ahmad (Doctoral student)
Email: s49kahma[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: NAC transcription factors
Jakob Horz (MSc student)
Email: jahorz[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0009-0007-7367-9439
Research interests: Digitalis purpurea, flower color patterns
Publications:
- Diversity and Ecological Functions of Anthocyanins
- Digitalis purpurea genome sequence
- Lack of evidence for anthocyanins contributing to pigmentation of Chenopodium quinoa
Responsibilities:
- strain collection
- weekly lab inspection
Email: mhagedo1[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0009-0009-1312-0531
Research interests: plant biology, scientific illustration design
Publications:
Alireza Najafi Fard (MSc student)
Email: s42anaja[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: Genomics, plant-microbe interactions
Vinson Ng (MSc student)
Email: s75vng[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0009-0006-3941-9628
Research interests: Urtica dioica
David Biley (MSc student)
Email: s24dbile[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0009-0004-2226-4792
Research interests: UVR8
Publications:
Victoria Fischer (BSc student)
Email: s09vfisc[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0009-0000-1902-2670
Research interests: plant genomics & bioinformatics
Publications:
Luna Theresa Lingemann (MSc student)
Email: s35lling[a]uni-bonn.de
ORCID: 0009-0006-4982-5662
Research interests: anthocyanin biosynthesis loss mechanisms
Publications:
Eliška Korbova (visiting researcher)
Email: ekorbova[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: comparative genomics, functional annotation
GitHub: Magn3zy
Hannah Busch (BSc student)
Email: s93hbusc[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: ONT sequencing & plant genomics, Cucurbitaceae
Publications:
Ruben Langenbacher (BSc student)
Email: s79rlang[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: Utricularia biology
Aishi Mondal (visiting researcher)
Email: amondal1[a]uni-bonn.de
LinkedIn: aishi-mondal-798008302
Research interests: Cucurbitaceae
Nimroth Ambanpola Yapa Bandara (visiting researcher)
Email: nyapaban[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: DFR substrate specificity, MYB transcription factors
Kai von Brevern (BSc student)
Email: s99kvonb[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: genetic engineering of plants
Elena Müller (BSc student)
Email: s36emuel[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: plant in vitro cultures, Lentibulariaceae
Leonardo Ponze Bellido (visiting researcher)
Email: lponzebe[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: transcriptional control of anthocyanin metabolism and anthocyanin transport
Amanda Lichtscheidl Graciadio (visiting researcher)
Email: alichtsc[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: anthocyanin biosynthesis & MYB transcription factors
Tim Gerhardt (visiting researcher)
Email: tgerhar1[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interest: anthocyanin biosynthesis in early branching lineages
Olivia Barbieri (visiting researcher)
Email: obarbier[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interests: glycosyl transferases
Masoumeh Khalvandi (visiting reseacher)
Email: tba
Research interests: anthocyanin modification enzymes
Xheni Xhumba (visiting researcher, starting November 2026)
Email: tba
Research interests: anthocyanin biosynthesis
Viktoria Kowalski (BSc student)
Email: s73vkowa[a]uni-bonn.de
Research interest: optimizing sequencing workflows
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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
- Adrian Lee (2025); Visiting researcher (University of California San Diego); Project: Lentibulariaceae genomics and transcriptomics
- Sritama Banerjee (2025); Internship (Plant Sciences)
- Tim Katzek (2025); BSc student (Uni Bonn); Project: Lentibulariaceae genomics
- Chiara Marie Dassow (2025); BSc student (TU Braunschweig); Project: ONT sequencing & plant pigments
- Ceren Karapinar (2025); Visiting researcher (Turkish-German University, Istanbul); Project: conserved amino acid residues in enzymes (KIPEs)
- Syafiq Samsolnizam (2025); Visiting researcher (HS Emden/Leer); Project: DFR evolution in Fagoyprum
- Maria Fernanda Silva Vieira (2025); Visiting researcher (Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences); Project: Aquilegia genomics
- Karsten Georgi (2025); MSc student (LUH); Project: CYP_annotator
- Sofía Lara Guerrero (2025); MSc student (Uni Bonn); Project: Corylus genomics
- Maria Hüser (2026); BSc student (Uni Bonn); Project: plant genomics
- Lizeth Estévez Tobar (2025); MSc student (Uni Bonn); Project: WRKYs
- Zoë Kämker (2026); BSc student (Uni Bonn); Project: plant biotechnology
- Koushik Loganathan (2026); MSc student (Uni Bonn); Project: AI, RNA-seq data
- Michelle Alexander (2026); MSc student (University of Mainz); Project: 2ODD annotation
- Zoe O'Kane (2026); visiting researcher (University of Rochester); Project: plant pigment evolution
- Margarida Lima Gomes da Cunha (2026); visiting researcher (University of Coimbra); Project: medicinal plant genomics
- Carlos Samuel Olmedo Iniguez (2026); visiting researcher (University of Florida); Project: color biotechnology, cloning
- Ariana Najafi (2026); visiting researcher (University College Dublin); Project: Utricularia
- Elena Alvarado (2026); visiting researcher (Rice University); Project: plant pigment evolution
- Antoine Padilla (2026); BSc student (Uni Bonn); Project: DFR in Fagopyrum
- Owen Roehrdanz (2026); visiting researcher (Vanderbilt University); Project: color biotech
- Sean Borsum (2026); visiting researcher (Fordham University); Project: arGST evolution
- Amelie Dilg (2026); student employee; lab management support
- Claudia Sterling (2026); visiting researcher (Rice University); Project: gene duplication & gene expression
- Ali Ibrahim Firas (2026), visiting researcher (University of Calgary), Project: plant genomics
- Olivier Faure-Paris (2026), visiting researcher (Concordia University), Project: anthocyanin biotech
- Vidhi Jain (2026), visiting researcher (University of Cambridge), Project: Utricularia
- Isla Spackman (2026), visiting researcher (University of Nottingham), Project: Aquilegia flower pigmentation
- Samud Suhas Shetty (2026); Visiting researcher (University of Cambridge); Project: Utricularia
- Elena Simeonidis (2026); BSc student (University of Bonn); Project: Flavonoid TFs in Urtica
- Daniel Möllmann (2026); BSc student (University of Bonn); Project: Flavonoids in Utricularia
- Johann Wulff (2026); BSc student (University of Bonn); Project: Synteny analysis tool
- Moyosore Shittu (2026); Visiting reseacher (Bayer Foundation Fellow); Project: anthocyanin biosynthesis regulation in cassava
- Antonia Argyri (2026); Visiting researcher (University of Thessaly); Project: DNA methylation
- Mia-Sophie Brieske (2026); Visiting researcher (TU Braunschweig); Project: Gene expression and transcriptional regulation