Team
Head of the department
Research interests: Ecology and evolution of metabolite cross-feeding among microorganisms. Genomic and physiological consequences of a synergistic coevolution. Contact-dependent interactions among bacterial cells. Ecological and evolutionary dynamics within microbial interaction networks. Bacterial multicellularity. ​
Department Assistant
Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Samuel H. A. von der Dunk
sam.vonderdunk(at)physics.ox.ac.uk
​ + 49 541 969-2908
Research interests: Computational biology; Evolution of complex life; Unfolding of the genotype—phenotype map; Eukaryogenesis; The origin of life.
Research  Assistant
Dr. rer. nat. Linéa Muhsal
linea.muhsal (at) uni-osnabrueck.de                                      
​​+49 (0) 541 969-2829
Research interests: Ecology and evolution of metabolite cross-feeding among microorganisms. Genomic and physiological consequences of a synergistic coevolution. Bacterial multicellularity.
Postdocs
Dr.  Hanna Isaksson
hisaksson(at)uni-osnabrueck.de
Research interests: Multicellular life cycles—emergence, stability, and evolution. I use mathematical modeling to study life-cycle evolution in groups consisting of single or multiple species.​
Dr.  Ángel Estévez


Research interests: Ecology and evolution of metabolic dependencies in microbial communities.
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PhD students
MSc. Saskia Wilmsen
saskia.wilmsen (at) uni-osnabrueck.de     
​+49 (0) 541 969-3101                                                         
Research interests: Impact of relatedness on cooperation.     
Evolution of ecological interactions in different species.    ​
MSc. Benedikt Pauli
benedikt.pauli (at) uni-osnabrueck.de     
​+49 (0) 541 969-2255                                                         

​Research interests: Emergence, development and regulatory mechanisms of bacterial interaction within artificial and natural metabolic networks. With reference to involved membrane structures of the nanotubes.    ​
MSc. Sharvari Harshe
sharshe (at) uni-osnabrueck.de     
​+49 (0) 541 969-7141                                                        

​Research interests: Metabolic interdependencies within soil dwelling bacteria. Evolution and maintenance of cooperative interactions. Coevolutionary dynamics within soil microbial communities.
M.Tech. Swagatika Dash
sdash(at) uni-osnabrueck.de   
​+49 (0) 541 969-7141                                                        

​Research interests: Impact of biotic interactions on the establishment of soil bacterial communities: interplay between synergism and antagonism. Phenotypic heterogeneity within isogenic bacterial populations: causes and functional benefits.
MSc. Shryli Kedambadi Shreekar
sshreekar(at) uni-osnabrueck.de   
​+49 (0) 541 969-3101                                                        

​Research interests: Co-existance and cross-feeding in bacterial communities. Bacterial interaction networks and metabolic network. Molecular cues, signaling and costs within bacterial interactions.​
M.Sc. Anjana Prasad
aprasad(at) uni-osnabrueck.de   
​+49 (0) 541 969-3101                                                         

​Research interests: Metabolic cross-feeding interactions - establishment, regulatory drivers, molecular mechanisms and metabolic trade-offs among bacterial communities.
M.Sc. Shubharthi Pal
spal(at) uni-osnabrueck.de   
​+49 (0) 541 969-3101                                                         

​Research interests: Evolution of altruistic suicide in multicellular clusters of bacteria- causes and consequences.
M.Sc. Priyanka Mondal
pmondal(at) uni-osnabrueck.de   
​+49 (0) 541 969-2255                                                         

​Research interests: Unraveling the eco-evolutionary  dynamics of synergistic interactions and the genomic consequences of synergistic coevolution.
Technical assistants & Staff
Diplom.-Biol. Antje Moehlmeyer
antje.moehlmeyer (at) uni-osnabrueck.de                                                   
​+49 (0) 541 969-2835
Technical Assistant Susana Pereira
susana.pereira(at)uni-osnabrueck.de                                                   
​+49 (0) 541 969-2255
Technical Assistant Saskia Schuback
saskia.schuback (at) uni-osnabrueck.de                                                   
​+49 (0) 541 969-2835
IT support Noah Wegener

nwegener(at)uni-osnabrueck.de
Master Students
Bachelor Students
B.Sc. candidate Anastasiia Vostrikova

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Supervisor: ​
B.Sc. candidate Tatiana Vostrikova  

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​Supervisor:​
B.Sc. candidate Lukas Broermann 
lbroermann(at)uni-osnabrueck.de  

Research interests: Deleting genes responsible for programmed cell death and to study the evolution of coevolution. 
B.Sc. candidate Marie Schlebusch 

​Supervisor: Priyanka Mondal 
 B.Sc. candidate Paula Bongers
 pbongers(at)uni-osnabrueck.de                                                      
​ +49 (0) 541 969-7141
Research interests: Investigating if the peculiarity of auxotrophy in E. coli ​is an influential factor in microbial networks interactions.
 B.Sc. candidate Finn Dinnus
 fdinnus(at)uni-osnabrueck.de                                                      
​ +49 (0) 541 969-2255
Research interests: The fitness effects of partner loss in free-living mutualistic associations.
B.Sc. Karmen Lohstroh
 klohstroh(at)uni-osnabrueck.de                                                  
​ ​+49 (0) 541 969-7141
Research interests: Bacterial innovations in the context of multicellularity.
Past Members (Alumni)