Principal Investigator
Elmar Behrmann | |
04/2022 | Managing director of the Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne |
11/2017 | Professor for Structural Biochemistry at the Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne |
2017-2020 | independent Max-Planck group leader, Caesar Bonn |
2014-2019 | FreiGeist Group Leader; Caesar Bonn |
2012-2014 | PostDoc with Christian Spahn; IMPB - Charité Berlin |
2008-2012 | PhD student with Stefan Raunser; MPI of Molecular Physiology |
2008 | Diploma student with Reinhard Jahn; MPI for Biophysical Chemistry |
2003-2008 | Studies in biochemistry; University of Bielefeld, MPI Göttingen and University of Notre Dame |
Awards & Fellowships | |
2014-2019 | Fellow of the Young "Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung" |
2014 | Freigeist Fellow of the VolkswagenFoundation |
2012 | Otto-Hahn-Medal of the Max Planck Society |
2009-2012 | Fellow of the "Fonds der Chemischen Industrie" |
2003-2005 | Fellow of the "Fonds der Chemischen Industrie" |
Staff Scientists

Monika Gunkel - Cryo-EM suite manager | |
10/2015: | member of the group |
2013-2014 | PostDoc with U. Benjamin Kaupp, Caesar |
2010-2013 | PhD with U. Benjamin Kaupp, Caesar |
2009 | Diploma Student with Helmut Schmitz, FWU Bonn |
PostDocs
Arthur Macha - Post-Doctoral Fellow | |
10/2022: | member of the group |
2021-2022 | PostDocPhD with Guenter Schwarz, Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne |
2017-2021 | PhD with Guenter Schwarz, Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne |
2014-2016 | M.Sc. in Biological Sciences, University of Cologne |
Technical Assistants

Alexandra "Alex" Schneider - Technical Assistant - on maternity leave | |
07/2016: | member of the group |
2016 | Degree Biology Laboratory Assistant, Caesar |
Jennifer Lange - Technical Assistant | |
01/2023: | member of the group |
2020 | M.Sc. Chemistry at the University of Leipzig |
Lab Essentials
Barry - Coffee Machine | |
10/2023: | member of the group |
Lab Alumni:
03/2017 - 10/2018: Dr. Magdalena Schacherl, PostDoc
12/2014 - 02/2019: Nikolai Krupp, Ph.D. Student
02/2017 - 08/2021: Zhuoyan Chen, Ph.D. Student
09/2018 - 12/2021: Christoph Klatt, Ph.D. Student
04/2015 - 01/2022: Gayathri Jeyasankar, PostDoc
03/2019 - 12/2022: Heide Behrmann, PostDoc
11/2018 - 10/2023: Patrick Freiburg, Ph.D. Student