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Head of Institute
Prof. Dr. Ute Armbruster
Building: 26.24
Floor/room: U1.101
+49 211 81-15791
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Guest professor
Zhifeng Lu
Building: 26.24.
Floor/room: U1.103
0211-81-14839
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Zhifeng Lu, from Huazhong Agricultural University in China, is a visiting scholar at the Institute of Molecular Photosynthesis. His research centers on the regulatory mechanisms through which mineral nutrients, particularly magnesium and potassium, enhance photosynthetic efficiency and improve crop yields. His ongoing work investigates natural variations in photoprotection, with a specific focus on the genetic regulation of the dynamic induction and relaxation of NPQ under fluctuating light conditions.

Secretary
Sabine May
Building: 26.24.
Floor/room: U1.105
0211-81-13505
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Research associate
Dr. Buket Rüffer
Building: 26.24
Floor/room: U1.103
+49 211 81-14839
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PhD student
M. Sc. Sarah Käbe
Building: 26.24
Floor/room: U1.103
+49 211 81-14839
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Sarah is from Germany and studied biochemistry at University of Leipzig and Heinrich-Heine University. Since 2024, she has been a PhD candidate at the Molecular Photosynthesis Institute, focusing on the thylakoid K+/H+ antiporter KEA3. Her research is part of the DFG-funded Research Group GoPMF (ww.uni-muenster.de/GoPMF) and integrates biosensor-based in planta experiments with protein purification, functional and structural analyses to study the role of KEA3 in photosynthesis.

PhD student
M. Sc. Juan Carlos Davila Frantzen
Building: 26.24
Floor/room: U1.103
+49 211 81-14839
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Juan Carlos is from Guatemala. He studied Molecular Crop Science at University of Bonn and joined the Molecular Photosynthesis Institute as a PhD candidate in 2024. His project focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying photosystem II (PSII) assembly in eukaryotes. He employs a range of molecular and biochemical methods to characterize the function of eukaryote-specific PSII assembly factors in Arabidopsis thaliana and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

PhD Student
M. Sc. Nguyen Quang Huy
Building: 26.24
Floor/room: U1.103
PhD student
M. Sc. Jacqueline Fröhnert
Building: 26.24
Floor/room: U1.103

Jacqueline studied Biology at Heinrich-Heine University, specializing in biochemical plant physiology, focusing on membrane proteins. After completing her Master's degree, she worked as a scientific associate at a patent law firm in the technical field of patent litigation, concentrating on protein biochemistry, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. Actively advancing science in the lab, doing her own research and pursuing her own ideas were the motivation to return from the desk to the lab bench and change the pen to the pipette, so that since October 2024, she has been part of the Molecular Photosynthesis team. Jacqueline investigates the adaptive potential of dynamic photosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana, funded and supported by TRR341 Plant Ecological Genetics.

Technical Assistant
M. Sc. Cosima Sies
Building: 26.24
Floor/room: U1.105
+49 211 81-14921
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Masterstudent
B. Sc. Isabell Andree
Building: 26.24
Floor/room: U1.105

Isabell is from Germany and completed her B.Sc. in Biology at Heinrich-Heine-University, during which she completed her thesis in the lab of Peter Jahns working on the functional characterisation of zeaxanthin-epoxidase ZEP. Since October 2024, she is a master student at the Institute of Molecular Photosynthesis, where she functionally and genetically characterises the thylakoid K+/H+ antiporter KEA3 in photosynthesis in the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Masterstudent
B. Sc. Rebecca Lücke
Building: 26.24
Floor/room: U1.105

Rebecca is from Germany and is studying Biology at the Heinrich Heine University. In November 2024 she joined the Institute of Molecular Photosynthesis as a master student. Her master thesis is focusing on expression of biosensors in Arabidopsis and the correlation of intercellular signals with the thylakoid K+/H+ antiporter KEA3. She also investigates how sugars affect photosynthesis. 

Student helper
B.Sc. Bogdan Khomenko
Building: 26.24
Floor/room: U1.105

Alumni

Dr. Parisa Rahimzadeh Karvansara
Dr. Thibault Kosuth
B. Sc. Isabella Mock
B. Sc. Nidhi Kulkarni