HELMHOLTZ HIOH - Key Persons


Aline Maksimov

Job Titles:
  • Engineer
  • Technical Assistant
Aline Maksimov is a graduate engineer (FH) in environmental engineering and biotechnology. After studying in Mittweida, she supported the work and research of the FriedrichLoeffler-Institut at the Institute for Epidemiology in Wusterhausen/Dosse for 4 years. Under the direction of Dr Gereon Schares, she worked there in the field of parasitology. After the site was closed, she moved to the Institute for Virus Diagnostics in 2014 and was part of Prof. Dr. Timm Harder's National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza until 2022. Since January 2023, she has strengthened the team of Prof. Dr. Fabian Leendertz's research group "Ecology and Emergence of Zoonoses".

Andreas Sachse

Job Titles:
  • Research

Angelika Kliesch

Job Titles:
  • Technical Assistant
Angelika Kliesch completed her biology studies with a focus on the genetics of microorganisms at the University of Greifswald in April 2012. She completed her diploma thesis there in the research group of Prof. Hammerschmidt. She helped to establish methods for quantitative proteome analysis of bacterial meningitis pathogens. After further years in science, among others at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute and at regional diagnostic medical laboratories, she joined the HIOH as a technical assistant in November 2022.

Ariane Düx

Job Titles:
  • Scientist

Carme Riutord

Job Titles:
  • Student

Christian Scherf

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director

Coch Tanguy Tanga

Job Titles:
  • Guest Scientist
Coch Tanguy Floyde Tanga, studied population and ecosystem biology at the University of Science and Technic of Masuku (USTM/ Gabon) between 2011 and 2018. From October 2018 to December 2019, he was a research assistant at W.C.S-Gabon in the project Ecological Monitoring of Large Mammals (Forest Elephant bai de Langoué) in Ivindo Park. In November 2019, he started his PhD project in Great Apes Health in Tropical Africa, Emerging Diseases, Conservation, and Prospects for Human Health (GATECEP-Project) in the Great Apes Conservation Project in Loango (Gabon) on the theme of Capturing the Determinants of Antimicrobial Resistance in Wild Great Apes.

Damaris Ehmann

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Administrative & Support Team
  • Project Manager Process Optimisation
  • Research

Dirk Lewerentz

Job Titles:
  • IT Management

Dr Benjamin Stielow

Job Titles:
  • Bioinformatician

Dr Johanna Eberhard

Job Titles:
  • Research
  • Scientific Coordinator

Dr Kouamé Valère Kouakou

Job Titles:
  • Guest Scientist

Dr Livia Patrono

Job Titles:
  • Scientist

Dr Lorenzo Lagostina

Job Titles:
  • Scientist

Dr Ruth Suchsland

Job Titles:
  • Scientific Coordinator

Dr Stephanie Markert

Job Titles:
  • Research
  • Scientific Coordinator
Stephanie Markert is a trained microbiologist with a special interest in molecular mechanisms of microbe-host interactions in marine symbioses. She was a research associate and principal investigator at the Institute of Pharmacy, University of Greifswald, before joining HIOH as a scientific coordinator in May 2022. Her main areas of expertise and responsibilities at HIOH are project coordination and management, proposal and paper writing, and multifaceted communication with international cooperation partners. Her scientific, organizational and administrative support ensures efficient One Health research and collaborations at HIOH.

Dr Susanne Röhrs

Job Titles:
  • Manager Biological Safety / Laboratory Planning
  • Research

Dr Till Suchsland

Job Titles:
  • Head of Administration

Frank Pfleiderer

Job Titles:
  • Construction Coordinator
  • Research

Greta Finke

Job Titles:
  • Research
  • Student Assistant

Henry James Heinrich

Job Titles:
  • Research
  • Student Assistant

Hjördis Lemmel

Job Titles:
  • Research

Jasmin Schlotterbeck

Job Titles:
  • Student

Jesselyn Gail Gooch

Job Titles:
  • Research

Kamilla Anna Pléh

Job Titles:
  • Student

Karoline Babik

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the Administrative & Support Team
  • Research

Khaled Ferchichi

Job Titles:
  • Student

Laura Lux

Job Titles:
  • Technical Assistant

Laurin Gierse

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Administrative & Support Team
  • Research

Markus Ulrich

Job Titles:
  • Student

Ministerialdirigent Rüdiger Eichel

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Chairman of the HZI Supervisory Board

Moritz Jochum

Job Titles:
  • Student

Noma Nea Yves

Job Titles:
  • Guest Scientist

Paul Löschke

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Assistant
  • Research

Pauline Glawe

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator
  • Research
Pauline Glawe studied Political Science, History and Business Administration at the University of Greifswald and at the University of Uppsala (Gotland Campus). Since 2010 she has worked as a Scientific Manager. As an Administrative Coordinator, she has been supporting the head of administration in the development of the HIOH Institute since 2021.

Philippe DeSoye

Job Titles:
  • Student

Prof Dr Fabian Leendertz

Job Titles:
  • Group Leader
  • Founding Director & Head of Department Ecology and Emergence of Zoononotic Diseases

Prof Josef Penninger

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Robert Lüdecke

Job Titles:
  • Research
  • Student Assistant

Simon Krückemeier

Job Titles:
  • Student

Svea-Marie Essen

Job Titles:
  • Research
  • Student Assistant

Thaïs Tombolomako

Job Titles:
  • Guest Scientist

Tobias Gräßle

Job Titles:
  • Student

Yanthe Nobel

Job Titles:
  • Student