PhD students
Padryk Merkl
Padryk was a PhD student in our lab from 2018 to 2022. He defended his thesis in May 2022 with title “Responsive nanostructured materials for bioanalyte detection and triggered antimicrobial therapy”.
Jill Ziesmer
Jill was a PhD student in our lab from 2018 to 2023. She defended her thesis in February 2023 with title “Hybrid antibacterial microneedle patches against skin infections”.
Postdoctoral researchers
Eleni Bletsa
Eleni Bletsa was a postdoctoral researcher and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow in our lab from 2019 – 2022.
MSc students
Dorian Henning
Dorian carried out his Master thesis in our lab during 2017 in the field of enzyme-mimetic luminescent nano-based medical diagnostics.
Shuzhi Nicole Zhou
Nicole carried out her Master thesis in our lab from January to June 2018 in the field of anti-biofilm surfaces.
Changhun Isaac Yun
Isaac carried out his Master thesis in our lab from December 2017 to June 2018 in the field of nanoparticles for in vitro and in vivo bioimaging.
Ann Maria Pandipilly
Ann Maria carried out her Master thesis in our lab in 2021 in the field of antimicrobial microneedles.
Anshika Maheshwari
Anshika carried out her Master thesis in our lab in 2020 in the field of luminescent nanoparticles and is currently a PhD student in our group.
Yael Suarez
Yael carried out her Master thesis in our lab during 2021 in the field of luminescent nano-based medical diagnostics.
Stefanie Dietl
Stefanie carried out her Master thesis in our lab during 2022 in the field of anti biofilm surfaces.
BSc students
Aashini Patel
Aashini, a BSc student at KI, carried out her BSc Thesis in our lab during 2019 in the topic of drug-loaded microneedles.
Karolina Vitkeviciute
Karolina was an exchange BSc student from the University of Sydney who carried our her project during 2019 on multifunctional implant nanocoatings.
Lidija Smertinaite
Lidija carried out her BSc Thesis in our lab in 2021 in the formulation of antimicrobial microneedles.
Research Internships
Athina Eleftheraki
Athina, an undergrad student from the Democritus University of Thrace, spent the summer of 2018 in our lab as an AMGEN Scholar.
Justina Venckute Larsson
Justina spent the summer of 2018 in our lab as a “KI Summer School in Medical Research” intern and carried out her BSc Thesis in our lab in Spring semester 2019. She had been working ever since as a research assistant in our lab till Spring 2023.
Apostolos Zaganiaris
Apostolis was an Erasmus intern in Sotiriou Lab during 2018-19. During his internship he was developing silver nanoparticles-coated polymer with photothermal abilities as antimicrobial agent against biofilms.
Mariam Shehata Morcos Abdalla Shahata
Mariam, a BSc student at KI, was a “KI Summer School in Medical Research” intern in our lab during summer 2019.
Despoina Chatzikosmidou
Despoina, a BSc student at KI, was a “KI Summer School in Medical Research” intern in our lab during summer 2019.
Aurane Lecouffe
Aurane performed a research internship in our lab in 2022, as an exchange student from Polytech Nice, France.