Georg was born and grew up in Paraguay, where his early life laid the foundation for a curiosity about the natural world. He pursued his academic interests in biology, completing both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Initially focusing on microbiology and genetics, Georg soon discovered the profound impact […]

Philip grew up in the village of Stupferich, which – somewhat confusingly – is part of the city of Karlsruhe. With Biology and History as his main subjects, it was almost inevitable that he would spend over a year in the military. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he served in a Military Public Health Oversight Office in Brandenburg. […]

Maria was born and raised in Karlsruhe, where she also attended school before continuing her studies at KIT. She completed her bachelor’s degree in neurobiology and decided to stay for her master’s. Enjoying working with fluorescent microscopy, she’s happy to apply this method in her research as she works with Mona on exploring the structural […]

David grew up in Emmendingen near Freiburg. During his school years he only had one area of ​​interest – biology. During his BSc in biology at KIT with Sylvia Erhardt he gained a lot of experience with microscopy and independent work and realized that pure wet lab work was not for him. Shortly after his […]

Annika grew up in Königsbach-Stein near Pforzheim. She started her bachelor’s degree in computer science at KIT in October 2022. Her interests include bioinformatics and machine learning, which led her to now gaining her first experience at hilbertlab working with Nils on image processing of biomedical data using ML approaches.Apart from that she is interested […]

Growing up in a really small village in eastern Germany (in Saxony), Alicia decided to start a training as a biology laboratory technician after school because studying was never an option for her. In order to free herself from the negativity in her hometown, she moved to Karlsruhe in 2017. She completed her three-year training […]

Elly was born and grew up in Waghäusel, a town near Karlsruhe. In school, she developed a fascination for natural sciences that only grew with time. Staying close to home, she started studying biology at KIT and wrote her bachelor’s thesis on molecular aspects of mycorrhizal symbiosis. She continued with her master’s at KIT. After […]

Born near the city of Poznań in Poland, from her earliest years she knew that she wanted to be a scientist. To achieve this, after graduating from the International Baccalaureate high school, she began to study physics at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow, Poland. During her studies she became more and […]

Mona grew up in Achern, a city in southern Germany at the foot of the Black Forest. During high school, she chose biology as one of her main subjects and never looked back. After finishing school, she wanted to see the world and ventured on the strenuous, demanding, 50 km journey to Karlsruhe. There, she […]