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OUR TEAM

TEAM Roman Ulm | Department of Botany and Plant Biology UNIGE

From left to right: Florence, Song, Emilie, Eleni, Richard, Manuela, Marie, Timothée, Roman P., Nicolas.  

Our team
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Florence Ares-Orpel
Laboratory Assistant

Joined the lab in 2010
 

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Prof. Roman Ulm
Group Leader

PhD, University of Basel, Switzerland (2002)

@UNIGE since 2010

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Song Chen
Postdoc

PhD, University of Cologne, Germany (2015)

Joined the lab in 2016

PhD, University Copenhagen, Denmark (2015)

Joined the lab in 2017

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Zhoubo Hu
Postdoc

PhD, University of Cologne, Germany (2018)

Joined the lab in 2019

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Timothée Wagnon
PhD Student

MSc, University of Geneva, Switzerland (2020)

Joined the lab in 2018

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Richard Chappuis
Laboratory Assistant

Diplôme de Laborant, CPTA et CMU, Geneva, Switzerland

Joined the lab in 2012

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Emilie Demarsy
Lecturer

PhD, CNRS/Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France (2007)

@UNIGE since 2017

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Manuela Leonardelli
Postdoc

PhD, University of Vienna, Austria (2018)

Joined the lab in 2018

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Nicolas Tissot
Postdoc

PhD, University of Montpellier, France (2016)

Joined the lab in 2017

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Roman Podolec
PhD Student

MSc, University of Geneva, Switzerland (2016)

Joined the lab in 2014

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Marie Dannay
PhD Student

MSc, University of Grenoble, France (2019)

Joined the lab in 2019 (co-supervised with G.Finazzi & G.Allorent)

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Pierrick Métral
MSc Student

BSc, University of Geneva, Switzerland (2019)

Joined the lab in 2019

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Former lab members

FORMER TEAM MEMBERS

Eleni Tavridou, PhD Student & Postdoc (2014-2019); Geneva, Switzerland

Adriana B. Arongaus, PhD Student & Postdoc (2011-2018); Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Kelvin Lau, Postdoc (2015-2018, co-supervised with Michael Hothorn); Scientist, Protein production and structure core facility, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland

Mariya Y. Skvortsova, PhD Student (2013-2018); Senior Scientist at REM Analytics, Lausanne, Switzerland

Dr. Ruohe Yin, Postdoc (2011-2017); Associate Professor, Department of Plant Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

Dr. Melanie Binkert, MSc Student & PhD Student & Postdoc (2009-2017); Safety Data Associate, United BioSource Corporation (UBC), Geneva, Switzerland; now Regional Study Coordinator, Covance, Geneva, Switzerland

Christophe Buser, Research Assistant (2015-2016); Fasteris, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Carlos D. Crocco, Postdoc (2013-2016); Assistant Research Scientist, CONICET-IFEVA, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (Carlos Ballaré lab)

Dr. Sarah Raffelberg, Postdoc (2013-2016); Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany

Marie-Charlotte Benagli, MSc Student (2012-2014) & Research Assistant (2015); Regional Study Coordinator, Covance, Geneva, Switzerland

Marine Barthélemy, MSc Student & Research Assistant (2012-2014); Lab Technician, Biochemistry Department, University of Geneva, Switzerland (Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan lab)

Dr. Kimberley Tilbrook, Postdoc (2011-2014); Postdoc, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia (Craig Wood lab); now Freelance Science Editor (Plant Editors & KT Scientific Editing)

Dr. Marc Heijde, Postdoc (2008-2013); Postdoc, VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium (Lieven De Veylder lab); now Scientific Advisor at VIB International Plant Biotechnology Outreach, Ghent, Belgium

Marina A. González Besteiro, PhD Student (2008-2012); Postdoc, Fundación Instituto Leloir (FIL), Buenos Aires, Argentina (Vanesa Gottifredi lab)

Luca Rizzini, PhD Student (2007-2011); Postdoc, NYU Cancer Institute, NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA (Michele Pagano lab)

Markus Funk, Laboratory Assistant (2002-2010); Lab Technician, Botanical Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland (Thomas Boller lab)

Dr. Jean-Jacques Favory, Postdoc (2006-2010); Maître de Conférences, University of Perpignan, France (Jean-Marc Deragon lab)

Sebastian Bartels, PhD Student (2006-2010); Postdoc, Botanical Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland (Thomas Boller lab); now Lab Manager, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany (Robert Thimme lab)

Henriette Gruber, PhD Student (2005-2009); Coach, Coaching4Future, Bildungsnetzwerk Baden-Württemberg, Germany; Project Manager, Staatliches Weinbauinstitut Freiburg, Germany (Hanns-Heinz Kassemeyer lab); now Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, Germany

Arlette Tais, Diploma Student (2008-2009); PhD Student, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany (Sabine Rospert lab)

Luise Wolf, Diploma Student (2008-2009, co-supervised with Dr. Stefan Rensing); PhD Student, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland (Erik van Nimwegen lab)

Ruth Merkle, Diploma Student (2008-2009); PhD Student, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany (Ursula Klingmüller lab)

Agnieszka Stec (-Brzezinska), PhD Student (2004-2008); Postdoc, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Germany (Marius Ader lab)

Attila Oravecz, PhD Student (2002-2007); Postdoc, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), Illkirch, France (Susan Chan and Philippe Kastner lab)

Dr. Alexander Baumann, Postdoc (2002-2005); Account Manager, MP Biomedicals; now Senior Director Screening & Profiling Services, DiscoveRx, Germany

Dr. Zoltán Máté, Postdoc (2002-2003); Szeged, Hungary

Former guests:

  • Nejma Mouzaoui, Summer Student (2017)

  • Joël Nicolet, Laboratory Assistant (2014)

  • Prof. Moez Hanin, Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax, Tunisia (2013, SNSF International Short Visit)

  • Katarzyna Krynicka, visiting student (Socrates/Erasmus) (WS07/08)

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Prof. Roman Ulm
Group Leader

PhD, University of Basel, Switzerland (2002)

@UNIGE since 2010

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Zhoubo Hu
Postdoc

PhD, University of Cologne, Germany (2018)

Joined the lab in 2019

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Bikram Pandey
Postdoc

PhD, University of Vienna, Austria (2021)

Joined the lab in 2021

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Neha Rai
Postdoc

PhD, University of Helsinki, Finland (2020)

Joined the lab in 2020

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Marie Dannay
PhD Student

MSc, University of Grenoble, France (2019)

Joined the lab in 2019 (co-supervised with G.Finazzi & G.Allorent)

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Scott Murphy
MSc Student

BSc, University of Geneva, Switzerland (2020)

Joined the lab in 2020

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Richard Chappuis
Laboratory Assistant

Diplôme de Laborant, CPTA et CMU, Geneva, Switzerland

Joined the lab in 2012

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Emilie Demarsy
Lecturer

PhD, CNRS/Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France (2007)

@UNIGE since 2017

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Manuela Leonardelli
Postdoc

PhD, University of Vienna, Austria (2018)

Joined the lab in 2018

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Roman Podolec
Postdoc

PhD, University of Geneva, Switzerland (2021)

Joined the lab in 2014

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Nicolas Tissot
Postdoc

PhD, University of Montpellier, France (2016)

Joined the lab in 2017

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Rucha Kulkarni
PhD Student

MSc, IISER Bhopal, India (2021)

Joined the lab in 2021

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Dylan De Sa Pinto
MSc Student

BSc, University of Geneva, Switzerland (2020)

Joined the lab in 2021

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Florence Ares-Orpel
Laboratory Assistant

Joined the lab in 2010

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