Our Staff
Get to know our current staff!
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Alumni
Natalia Requena
Prof. Dr. Natalia Requena
- Group Leader
- Group:
Molecular Phytopathology
- Office Hours:
Consultation hours: Upon appointment
- Room: 204
- Phone: +49-+49 721 608-44626
- Fax: +49-+49 721 608-44509
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Blanca Garzón Bautista
- Secretary
- Office Hours:
09:00 - 17:00
- Room: 303
- Phone: +49-721-608-44632
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Fabienne Cochard-Rein
- Secretary
- Office Hours:
12:00-16:00
- Room: 303
- Phone: +49-721-608-44632
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Stephanie Heupel
- Technical assistant
- Research: Hyphal differentiation in Magnaporthe grisea during root infection.
- Room: 212
- Phone: +49-721-608-44667
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Rayan Al-Hamo
- Technical assistant trainee
- Room: 212
- Phone: +49-721-608-44633
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Madeleine Müller
- Technical Assistant Trainee
- Room: 212
- Phone: +49-721-608-44633
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Paula Winkler
- Technical assistant trainee
- Group:
- Room: 212
- Phone: +49-721-608-44633
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Dr. Ruben Betz
- Postdoc Plants Fit for Future
- Root interacting fungi
- Room: 212
- Phone: +49-721-608-44667
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Dr. Rafael Palos Fernández
- Postdoc, Walter Benjamin DFG Fellow
- The role of copper homeostasis in the application of the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys flagrans as a biocontrol agent against plant-parasitic nematodes
- Room: 212
- Phone: +49-721-608-44667
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Diana Schwarz
- PhD student
- Plant reprogramming during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis
- Room: 212
- Phone: +49-721-608-44667
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Tongqi Li
- PhD student
- The role of ERIR in the signaling pathway of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis.
- Room: 212
- Phone: +49-721-608-44667
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Visiting Professors
Natalia Requena
Prof. Dr. Macarena Jurado Rodriguez
- Molecular characterisation of plant growth promoting fungi
- Visiting Professor from April-June 2026
- Room: 203
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