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Research group


Postdoctoral Researchers

Nicolas Cisse

Nicolas Cissé

Postdoctoral Fellow

BSc (2014, University of Rennes I, France)
MSc (2017, University of Paris VI, France) PhD (2023, University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

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Manee Patanapongpibul

Postdoctoral Fellow

BSc (2015, Mahidol University, Thailand)
MSc (2017, California State University -Fresno, USA)
PhD (2024, University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

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Nikita Ivanov

Nikita Ivanov

Postdoctoral Fellow

n.ivanov@rug.nlNikita obtained M.Sc in Bioorganic Chemistry from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, with a study on DNA aptamers on DNA aptamers to influenza's hemagglutinin. After a PhD in artificial enzymatic reaction networks with Prof. Wilhelm Huck at Radboud University Nijmegen, he moved to Groningen to study aspects of origin of life, including prebiotic synthesis of lipids and the physical chemistry of RNA.

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Graduate Researchers

Beatrice Marincioni

Beatrice Marincioni

PhD student

BSc (2014-2017, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
MSc (2017-2019, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)

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Chanikan Wongkaew

Chanikan Wongkaew

PhD student

BSc (2018, Mahidol University, Thailand)
MSc (2020, Mahidol University, Thailand)

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Chen Qian

PhD student

BSc (2019, South Central Minzu University, China) 
MSc (2022, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China)

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Xue Zhang

Xue Zhang

PhD student

BSc (2020, Jinan University, China) 
MEng (2023, Beijing University of Chemical Engineering, China) 

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Jiri Sanramat

Jiri Sanramat

PhD student

Livia Presutti

Livia Presutti

PhD student

BSc (2019, La Sapienza Universita di Roma)   MSc (2022, La Sapienza Universita di Roma)

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Lilli

Visiting PhD student

Lilli Reißenweber

Visiting from the group of Prof. Henry Dube (Erlangen, Germany). Lilli works on molecular machinery and controlling molecular motion. She currently focuses on bringing these machines from solution to soft molecular materials.

Students

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Alex Radulescu

Master student

BSc (2023, Honors College, University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

Axel Eisenbeth

Axel Eisenbeth

Master student

BSc (2022, ENS Paris-Saclay / Paris-Saclay University, France)

Support staff

Rafael Tarozo

Technician