Email addresses all end with @landw.uni-halle.de
Lab members

Marcel Quint, Professor
- W3 Professor, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (since 2015)
- 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@…; office: E.1.14

Michaela Meyer, Secretary
Mon – Fri 7:00 – 15:30
Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522628
Email: michaela.meyer@…; office E.17.0

Carolin Delker, Group Leader
- 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@…; office: E.1.14

Kathrin Denk, Lab Manager
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@…: lab: 1.26

Steve Babben, Postdoc
- 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@…; office: E.1.18

Lennart Eschen Lippold, Senior Postdoc
- Postdoc, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, GER (2008-2019)
- Dr. rer. nat., Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2008)
- Diplom in Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2004)
Lennart is interested in temperature effects on plant proteins.
Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621
Email: lennart.eschen-lippold@…; office: E.1.18

Philipp Janitza, PhD student
- 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 Ph.D. in plant development dealing with phylotranscriptomic and proteomic patterns across the life cycle of Arabidopsis ssp.
Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621
Email: philipp.janitza@…; office: E.1.18

Jana Trenner, Research associate
- Research Assistant, Humboldt University Berlin, GER (2005-2009)
- Diplom in Biology, Humboldt University Berlin, GER (2005)
Jana works together with Marcel on various projects, often involving a phylogenetic approach. Currently, she is exploring image-based phenotyping.
Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621
Email: jana.trenner@…; office: E.1.18

Alexander Sandmann, PhD student
- M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Technical University Braunschweig, GER (2019)
- B.Sc. in Biology, Technical University Braunschweig, GER (2017)
Alex is hosted by us, but advised by Nico Dissmeyer @ Universität Osnabrück. Alex is interested in the conservation of the N-end rule pathway across species and its application for molecular pharming purposes.
Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522738
Email: alexander.sandmann@…; lab: E.1.22

Annette Pahlich, Technician
- Diplom in Agriculture, Hohenheim University, GER (2000)
Annette manages the crop demonstration plots we maintain for teaching and public outreach.
Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522738
Email: annette.pahlich@…; lab: E.1.22

Wulf Diepenbrock, Emeritus Professor
- 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@…; office: E.1.12
For publications of Prof. em. W. Diepenprock see here.
Lab Alumni
Haiyue Ai (PhD 2023) –> postdoc with Jiri Friml at IST Vienna, AUT
Zihao Zhu (PhD 2023) –> postdoc with Nils Stein at IPK Gatersleben, GER
Rebecca Lippmann (PhD student 2022) –> technician with Matilde Galli at Hubrecht Institute Utrecht, NED
Usman Muhammad Anwer (postdoc 2015-2022) –> postdoc with Ute Kraemer at Bochum University, GER
Julia Bellstaedt (PhD 2022) –> Biology and Arts teacher at Latina highschool Halle, GER
Karin Förster (Group leader, retired 2018)
Carla Ibáñez (PhD 2017) –> postdoc at Parco Tecnologico Padano, ITA
Anja Raschke (PhD 2014) –> postdoc with Lars Hennig at SLU Uppsala, SWE
Nadine Schumann (PhD 2013) –> research scientist at KWS, GER
Kristian Ullrich (PhD 2013) –> postdoc with Stefan Rensing at Marburg University, GER