Research team

Current members are listed below. More information can be found by clicking on the portraits.

Prof. Dr. Jessica Bastiaansen
Head of the lab


Dr. Eva Peper
Postdoctoral Fellow


Dr. Joseph Woods
Postdoctoral Fellow


Dr. Milena Capiglioni
Visiting Scientist


Berk Açikgöz
PhD student


Matteo Tagliabue
PhD student


Yiwei Jia
Affiliated PhD Student


Alexandra Van Dongen
Affiliated PhD Student


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Mauro Leidi
Affiliated PhD student


Yannick Robert
Affiliated PhD student


David Sapienza
Research Assistant


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Nicholas Simic
Research Assistant


Tina Salvisberg
MSc student


Alumni

Berk Açikgöz – PhD student (2022–2026)
Nils Plähn – PhD student (2022–2026)
Yannick Robert – MSc student (2025)
Milena Capiglioni – Postdoctoral Fellow (2024-2025)
Sam Ruysseveldt – Internship (2025)
Annika Haüssler – MSc student (2025)
Yasaman Safarkhanlo – PhD student (2021 – 2025)
Guillaume Cheng – MSc student (2025)
Janick Schmid – MSc student (2024)
Matteo Tagliabue – MSc student (2024)
Kelly Bonzon – MSc student (2024)
Melina Gilsing – MSc student (2023-2024)
Yves Moerlen – MSc student (2023-2024)
Adele Mackowiak – PhD student (2019-2023)
Giulia Rossi – MSc student (2019)
Lionel Arn – PhD student (2019)
Wim Yang Schoemaker – MSc student (2019)