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Erdinc Sezgin, Group Leader
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- 2025-now  EMBO Young Investigator
- 2025-now  Visiting Associate Professor, University of Oxford, UK
- 2024-now  Associate Professor, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2020-2023  Assistant Professor, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2018-2019  Newton Fellow, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- 2015-2017  Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow,University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- 2014-2015  EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- 2013-2014  Postdoc, Kai Simons Lab, Max Planck Institute of Cell Biology & Genetics, Dresden, Germany
- 2010-2012  PhD, Petra Schwille Lab, International Max Planck Research School, Dresden, Germany
- 2004-2009  BSc, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
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​email: [email protected]
​twitter: @Sciezgin

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See Erdinc's Pubmed profile.

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 Tomasz Czerniak, Postdoctoral Fellow
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• 2025-now Postdoctoral Fellow, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2022-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany 
• 2017-2022 PhD in Biology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
• 2016-2017 Research helper, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
• 2014-2016 MSc in Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Poland​
• 2011-2014 BSc in Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Poland

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​email: [email protected]

See Tomasz's Linkedin  profile.

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 Selim Tanriverdi, Postdoctoral Fellow
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• 2025-now Postdoctoral Fellow, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2021-2025 PhD in Biotechnology, Marie Skłodowska Curie PhD Fellow, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2018-2019 Research Assistant, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
• 2017-2018 MSc in Nanobiophysics, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
• 2016-2018 Erasmus Mundus Master in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
• 2011-2016 BSc in Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

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email: [email protected]

See Selim's Linkedin  profile.

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Luca Andronico, Postdoctoral Fellow
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- 2021-now  Postdoctoral Fellow, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2018-2020  Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
- 2015-2017  PhD in Analytical Chemistry, University of Bologna "Alma Mater Studiorum", Bologna, Italy
- 2012-2014  MSc in Chemistry, University of Bologna "Alma Mater Studiorum", Bologna, Italy
- 2009-2011  BSc in Chemistry, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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​email: [email protected]
twitter: @luca_andronico

See Luca's Google Scholar Profile

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Taras Sych, Research Specialist
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- 2025-now: Research Specialist, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2020-2024  Postdoctoral Fellow, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2015-2019  PhD in Biophysics, BIOSS, Centre for Biological Signaling Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany & Laboratory of Bioimaging and Pathologies, University of Strasbourg, France
- 2014-2015  MSc in Physical Chemistry, University of Strasbourg, France
- 2013-2015  MSc in Physics, Taras Shevchenko University, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2009-2013  BSc in Physics, Taras Shevchenko University, Kyiv, Ukraine



email: [email protected]
​twitter: @SychTaras

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See Taras' GitHub profile.

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Leon de Boer, Postdoctoral Fellow
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- 2023-now  RED Postdoctoral Fellow, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2021-2023  Postdoctoral Research Assistant, the Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
- 2017-2021  PhD in Immune Cell Biology , the Francis Crick Institute and Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- 2016-2017  Research Technician, Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection,  Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- 2015-2016 MSc in Immunology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- 2011-2015 BSc in Liberal Arts & Sciences (Cell Biology and Immunology), University College Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

email: [email protected]
​twitter: @Leonard_deBoer

See Leon's Google Scholar profile.

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Abishek Arora, Postdoctoral Fellow
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- 2024-now  Postdoctoral Fellow, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2023-2024  Postdoctoral Fellow, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2019-2023  PhD student, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2017-2018  Research Assistant, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- 2016-2017 MSc in Neuroscience, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- 2012-2016 BSc (HonS) in Medical Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India



​email: [email protected]
​twitter: @AroraNeuro

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Franziska Ragaller, PhD Student
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- 2021-now  PhD Student, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2017-2020  MSc in Molecular Biosciences Major Cancer Biology, German Cancer Research Center, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany 
- 2015-2016  Erasmus Exchange, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- 2013-2017  BSc in Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany 



email: [email protected] 
twitter: @f_ragaller

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See Franziska's Linkedin profile.

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 Cenk Onur Gurdap, PhD Student
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 - 2023-now  PhD student, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
 - 2020-2022  MSc in Molecular Techniques in Life Science, Karolinska Institutet-KTH Royal Institute of Technology-Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
 - 2015-2020  BSc in Biology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey




​email: [email protected]
twitter: @CenkGurdap

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​See Cenk's Linkedin profile.

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 Ellen Sjule, Research Assistant
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- 2024-now  Research Assistant, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2024  Visiting Scientist, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- 2022-2024  MSc in Molecular Techniques in Life Science, Karolinska Institutet-KTH Royal Institute of Technology-Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
 - 2021  Exchange student, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
 - 2018-2022  BSc in Biology/Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden



​​email: [email protected]
twitter: @EllenSjule

See Ellen's Linkedin profile.

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 Iro Beligianni, Research Assistant
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- 2024-now  Research Assistant, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2022-2024  MSc In Applied Biotechnology, Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden
- 2022  Erasmus Exchange, Uppsala Unversitet, Uppsala, Sweden
- 2017-2022  BSc in Biology, University of Crete, Greece





​​​email: [email protected]

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 Shahinez Hanna-Elias, Research Assistant
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- 2025-now  Research Assistant, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2023-2024  Epidemiology Cerfication, University of the People (distance studying) Pasadena, United States.
- 2022-2024 MSc in Biology, Aquatic Ecology, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
- 2019-2022  BSc in Life Sciences, Microbiology, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France



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​email: [email protected]

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Affiliated Members

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Adrien Schahl, Affiliated Postdoctoral Fellow
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- 2023-now  Postdoctoral Fellow, Delemotte Lab, SciLifeLab, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2021-2023  Postdoctoral Fellow, IPBS, Toulouse, France, and Sorbonne University, Paris, France
- 2017-2020  PhD in Physical Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Nano-Objects, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France
- 2016-2017  MSc in Applied Chemistry for Health, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France
- 2014-2016  MSc in Theoretical Chemistry, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France
- 2011-2014  BSc in Molecular Chemistry, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France

​email: [email protected]
​twitter: @AdrienSchahl

See Adrien's Google Scholar profile.
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  Florian Weber, PhD Student
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  - 2020-now  PhD Student, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
  - 2017-2019  MSc in Medical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Linz, Austria
  - 2016-2020  Research Associate, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria Research
  - 2014-2017  BSc in Medical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Linz, Austria
  - 2009-2014  Product and Project Manager for Neutral Electrodes and Electrosurgery, Leonhard Lang Medizintechnik GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria


email: [email protected]
​twitter: @BioSciFlo

See Flo's Google Scholar profile.

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 Jan Schlegel, Postdoctoral Fellow
​- 2025-now  Group Leader HZI,  Braunschweig, Germany
- 2021-2024  Postdoctoral Fellow, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
 - 2021  Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
 - 2016-2020  PhD in Life Sciences "summa cum laude", University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
 - 2013-2015  MSc in Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
 - 2010-2013  BSc in Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

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​email: [email protected]
twitter: @SuperSphingoJan

See Jan's Google Scholar profile.

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Pablo Carravilla, Affiliated Researcher
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- 2025-now  Group Leader at Biofisika Institute – Campus UPV/EHU, Spain
- 2023-now  Postdoctoral Fellow, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2021-2022  Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena Germany
- 2019-2020  Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Applied Optics and Biophysics,
- 2018-2019  Postdoctoral Fellow, Biofisika Institute, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain
- 2014-2017  PhD student, Biofisika Institute, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain
- 2012-2013  MSc in Biomedicine and Molecular Biology, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain
- 2008-2012  BSc in Biochem and Molecular Biology,  University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

email: [email protected]
​twitter: @carravilla_p

See Pablo's Google Scholar profile.

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Alumni of CSI:Nano Lab

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Postdoc Alumni
Jan Schlegel
Current Position: Group Leader in Helmholtz Center of Infection – Brainschweig, Germany

Pablo Carravilla (2023-2025)
Current Position: Group Leader in Biofisika Institute – Campus UPV/EHU, Spain

Halil Aziz Velioglu (2022)
Current Position: Postdoc in New York, USA

PhD Alumni
Falk Schneider, PhD student (Oxford)
Current Position: Group Leader at University of Warwick

Veerle Brans, PhD student (Oxford)
Current Position: Postdoc at University of Oxford

MSc/RA Alumni
Yagmur Balim Urem, Master student and research assistant
Currently: PhD student at FU Berlin, Germany

Petra Kozojedova, MSc Student
Currently: PhD student at MDC Berlin, Germany

Praghadhesh Thiagarajan, MSc Student
Currently: PhD student at University of Osnabruck, Germany

Yidan Jiang, MSc Student
Currently: PhD student at EMBL, Germany

Tristan van der Linden,  MSc Student
Currently: PhD student at Utrecht University, Netherlands

Linda Wedemann, MSc Student
Currently: PhD student at EPFL, Switzerland

Ugne Ceplaite, MSc Student
​Currently: Roche, Switzerland

Scientific Visitors
Sofia Dimou, Short-term visit
Currently: Postdoc at Stockholm University

Beste Senem Degirmenci, EMBO short-term fellow
Currently: PhD in Koc University, Turkey

Tugce Ceker, Erasmus Intern
Currently: PhD in Akdeniz University, Turkey

Lidia Gomez, EMBO short-term fellow
Currently: Postdoc in Uppsala

Dunya Aydos, EMBO short-term fellow
Currently: PhD in Ankara University, Turkey

Trushnal Waghmare, Short-term visit
Currently: PhD in University of Würzburg

Agit Cetinkaya, EMBO short-term fellow
Currently: MSc student in Gebze, Turkey

Kivanc Gorgulu, Short-term fellowship
Currently: Postdoc in Munich, Germany

Madhurima Chattopadhyay, EMBO short-term fellow
Currently: Postdoc in Texas

Interns

Duru Demiroz, Erasmus internship
Currently: BSc student in Ankara, Turkey

Tuna Han Yilmaz, Erasmus internship
Currently: BSc student in Izmir, Turkey

Arthur Champain, Summer intern
Currently: MSc student in SciLifeLab

Sofiia Iskrak, BSc student
Currently: MSc student in Karolinska Institutet

Anano Maisuradze, Intern
Currently: PhD student in Uppsala University

Goknur Erol, Erasmus Intern
Currently: Master student in Istanbul, Turkey

Cagla Almina Cinar, Erasmus Intern
Currently: BSc student in Ankara, Turkey

Nellie Jörnkvist, KI Sofo
Currently: High school student

Mingshi Lin, KI Sofo
Currently: High school student

Olivia Chemali, Rays for excellence
Currently: High school student

Timo Hinnenthal, Internship
Currently: MSc student in Tubingen, Germany

Theresa Rohrmoser, Internship
Currently: BSc student in Linz, Austria

Begum Boke, Erasmus Intern
Currently: BSc student in Istanbul, Turkey

Helin Giris, Erasmus Intern
Currently: BSc student in Izmir, Turkey

Yavuz Ascioglu, Erasmus Intern
Currently: BSc student in Gebze, Turkey

Christina Ydraiou,  Erasmus Intern
Currently: BSc student in Greece

Hannes Juretzka, Erasmus Intern
Currently: MSc student in Tubingen, Germany

Onat Berk Gur, Erasmus Intern
Currently: BSc student in Camerino, Italy