• Group Leader, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, GER (2007-2015)
• Postdoc, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA (2004-2007)
• Dr. sc. agr., University of Hohenheim, GER (2003)
• Diplom in Horticulture, University of Hannover, GER (1998)

Marcel is supervising projects, writing grant proposals, teaching, …

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522739

Email: marcel.quint (at) landw.uni-halle.de; office: E.1.14

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Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522628

Email: michaela.meyer (at) landw.uni-halle.de; office E.17.0

• Postdoc, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, GER (2007-2015)
• Dr. rer. nat., Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2007)
• Diplom in Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2000)

Carolin is running the thermomorphogenesis projects, organizing the group and teaching.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522629

Email: carolin.delker (at) landw.uni-halle.de; office: E.1.14

• Lecturer and Group Leader, Crop Physiology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (since 1998)
• Lecturer, Institute of Agronomy and Crop Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (1994-1998)
• Lecturer, Institute of Plant Breeding and Seed Production, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (1982-1994)
• Dr. rer. nat, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (1982)
• Diplom in Biochemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (1975)

Karin is heading the independent Seed Research group and is interested in various applied questions of seed research.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522732

Email: karin.foerster (at) landw.uni-halle.de; office: E.1.13

Kathrin has been a lab member since we established the group in 2007. As an experienced research technician Kathrin organizes and coordinates everything that needs to be coordinated in a lab.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522596

Email: kathrin.denk (at) landw.uni-halle.de: lab: 1.26

• Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, GER (2012-2015)
• PhD student, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, GER (2008-2012)
• M.Sc. in Agricultural Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, PAK (2007)
• B.Sc. in Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, PAK (2005)

Usman is mainly involved in phylotranscriptomics of plant embryogenesis, but with his strong background in circadian rhythms also interested in the cross-talk between the clock and thermomorphogenesis.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621

Email: uanwer (at) ipb-halle.de

• PhD student, Julius Kühn Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, GER (2012-2016)
• M.Sc. in Crop Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2012)
• B.Sc. in Agriculture, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2009)

With his Crop Science background, Steve wants to compare thermomorphogenic responses in Arabidopsis and crops.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621

Email: steve.babben (at) landw.uni-halle.de

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• Ph.D. in Biology, Hamburg University, GER (2016)
• M.Sc. in Biology, Hamburg University, GER (2014)
• B.Sc. in Biology, Hamburg University, GER (2011)

Simon works on image-based phenotyping approaches to better understand thermomorphogenic growth dynamics in grasses and Arabidopsis.

Tel. +49 (0)345 5522…

Email: simon.fraas (at) landw.uni-halle.de

• Research Assistant, Humboldt University Berlin, GER (2005-2009)
• Diplom in Biology, Humboldt University Berlin, GER (2005)

Jana has long been involved in auxin transcriptomics and now moved on to phylotranscriptomics in floral transition in various plant species.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621

Email: jtrenner (at) ipb-halle.de

• M.Sc. in Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2014)
• B.Sc. in Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2011)

Philipp has already done his B.Sc. and M.Sc. theses in the lab and stayed on for a PhD in plant development dealing with phylotranscriptomic and proteomic patterns across the life cycle of Arabidopsis ssp.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621

Email: philipp.janitza (at) landw.uni-halle.de

• Research intern in the Quint Lab, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, GER (2013-2014)
• Teaching degree (High School) in Arts (Julia prepared the drawings in the slider on the fron page) and Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2014)

As a Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation fellow Julia is interested in quantitative genetic approaches to thermomorphogenic responses in Arabidopsis and crop root systems.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621

Email: jbellsta (at) ipb-halle.de

• M.Sc. in Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, NED (2017)
• B.Sc. in Plant Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, CHN (2015)

Zihao investigates the role of transcriptional regulators of thermomorphohenic growth in barley and Arabidopsis.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621

Email: zihao.zhu (at) landw.uni-halle.de; lab E.1.25

• M.Sc., Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2017)

Wenke did her M.Sc. with us and decided to stay with us as a technician. She is interested in the conservation of thermomorphogenesic growth patterns across species.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522738

Email: wenke.ludwig (at) landw.uni-halle.de; lab: E.1.22

• 2009, Diplom in Biochemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2009)

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522738

Email: elena.bergner (at) landw.uni-halle.de; lab: E.1.22

• Rektor at MLU Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2006-2010)
• Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at MLU Halle Wittenberg, GER (1996-2000)
• Professor of Crop Science at MLU Halle Wittenberg, GER (Spezieller Pflanzenbau, 1994-2012)

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522600

Email: wulf.diepenbrock (at) landw.uni-halle.de; office: E.1.12

Carla Ibáñez (PhD 2017) –> postdoc at Parco Tecnologico Padano, IT.

Anja Raschke (PhD 2014)  –> postdoc at Holger Deising’s lab at the MLU.

Nadine Schumann (PhD 2013)  –> research scientist at KWS.

Kristian Ullrich (PhD 2013)  –> postdoc at Stefan Rensing’s lab at Marburg University.