Class 2016
Maarouf Baghdadi (Lebanon)
PhD thesis/supervisor: "Modulation of Insulin Signalling to Improve Mammalian Healthspan" (Prof. Dr. Linda Partridge)
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, MPI Age, Cologne
linkedin.com/in/maarouf-baghdadi/
Raymond Laboy Morales (Puerto Rico)
PhD thesis/ supervisor: "Role of Myc/Mondo transcriptional network in metabolism and lifespan regulation." (Prof. Dr.Adam Antebi)
Current position: Research Fellow at Joslin Diabetes Center & Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
linkedin.com/in/raylaboy
Melanie Mittenbühler (Germany)
PhD thesis/supervisor: "The Impact of Hepatic FTO on the Initiation and Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma." (Prof. Dr. Jens Brüning)
Current position: Junior Research Group Leader, German Diabetes-Center, Düsseldorf
linkedin.com/in/melanie-mittenb%C3%BChler-83029417a/
Javier Morón Oset (Spain)
PhD thesis/supervisor: "Investigating the spread and toxicity of glycine-alanine dipeptides in C9orf72 ALS/FTD using Drosophila melanogaster." (Prof. Dr. Linda Partridge)
Current position: Clinical Research Associate, Medpace GmbH, Munich, Germany
linkedin.com/in/javier-morón-oset-phd-838a74253/
Dimitrije Stanković (Serbia)
PhD thesis/supervisor: "Beyond Splicing: Roles of U5 snRNP in the Cellular Stress Response, Growth and Proteostasis" (Prof. Dr. Mirka Uhlirova)
Current position: Study Manager, QIMA Life Sciences, France
linkedin.com/in/sdimitrije
Susanna Tulli (Italy)
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Perutz Labs, Vienna, Austria
PhD thesis/supervisor: "Lipid stress sensitivity of membrane contact site formation during autophagosome biogenesis" (Dr. Martin Graef)
linkedin.com/in/susanna-tulli-28b879201
Pavana Vaddavalli (India)
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, CECAD Research Centre, Cologne, Germany
PhD thesis/supervisor: "The p53-Mediated DNA Damage Response in Caenorhabditis elegans Germline" (Prof. Dr. Björn Schumacher)
pavana.vaddavalli[at]smail.uni-koeln.de
Kavya Vakkayil (India)
Current position: Project Manager for Clinical Evaluations and Clinical Trials, Medical Mind, Berlin, Germany
PhD thesis/supervisor: "Thermal adaption of the ubiquitin-proteasome system " (Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hoppe)
linkedin.com/in/kavyaleovakkayil
Till Popkes van Oepen (Germany)
Current position: Data Governance Consultant, OSTHUS, Niedersachsen, Germany
PhD thesis/supervisor: "Novel insights into the regulation of nucleolar function and longevity by ncl-1" (Prof. Dr. Adam Antebi)
linkedin.com/in/till-van-oepen/
Christina Klausen (Germany)
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Innate Immunity, Bonn, Germany
PhD thesis/supervisor: "Analyzing the role of ciliary cAMP signaling in neurons" (Prof. Dr. Dagmar Wachten)
linkedin.com/in/dr-christina-klausen-2abb7a146
Laura Wester (Germany)
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany
PhD thesis/supervisor: "Analysing an unbiased forward genetic screen for longevity: Inhibiting the integrated stress response extends lifespan through selective mRNA translation" (Dr. Martin Denzel)
linkedin.com/in/laura-wester