Team members

We are always seeking for interested and highly motivated Bachelor, Master or PhD candidates! Please contact us for further details (pietrzik@uni-mainz.de). 

Principal Investigator

PhD Claus Pietrzik

PhD Claus Pietrzik

Professor of Biochemistry

Doctoral candidates

Magdalena Kurtyka, M.Sc Neurobiology

Doctoral student


Project: Overcoming the blood-brain barrier for amyloid beta removal and delivery of therapeutics into the brain.

Post-doctoral Fellows

Technical Assistance


Previous team members:

· Alexander Mazura, M.Sc. Biomedicine

· Dr. Liana Marengo

· Dr. Steffen Storck

· Dr. Anke Ohler

· Jessica Bernard, MD PhD student

· Philip Klecker, MD PhD student

·  Andreas Just, MD PhD student

·  Melissa Schröck, BA Biology

·  Julian Bastelberger, MD PhD student

·  Greta Müller, MD PhD

·  Markus Gindorf, MD PhD

·  André Kachlmeier, MD PhD

·  Simone Steilberg, M.Sc Biology

·  Silke Zimmer, M.Sc Biology

·  Miriam Hillmann, MD PhD



Pietrzik Group