Our Team

Team members

PD Dr. Dr. Philipp Schommers

PD Dr. Dr. Philipp Schommers

PI

Department I of Internal Medicine/ Institute of Virology

Geb. 66 (CMMC)

Room 2.023

Clinician scientist with a passion for immunity and infectious diseases.

Carmen Arentowicz

Carmen Arentowicz

Medical Student

Department I of Internal Medicine/ Institute of Virology

Geb. 66 (CMMC)

Room 2.019

Digging into viral fitness is like entering a thrilling race against microscopic champions. I’m aiming to be the relentless contender, decoding their speedy maneuvers while striving to outpace their viral athleticism!

Marten Dahlhaus

Marten Dahlhaus

Technician

Department I of Internal Medicine/ Institute of Virology

Geb. 66 (CMMC)

Room 2.019

From 9 to 5 searching for human (immunodeficieny) viral content, subsequently try to land the big shots!

M.Sc. Nikolai Grahn

M.Sc. Nikolai Grahn

PhD Student

Department I of Internal Medicine/ Institute of Virology

Geb. 66 (CMMC)

Room 2.019

Armed with labcoats and pipettes, we are unraveling the mysteries of HIV, one envelope sequence at a time.

M.Sc. Friederike Hartkopf

M.Sc. Friederike Hartkopf

Student Assistant

Department I of Internal Medicine/ Institute of Virology

CMMC

Room 2.019

With a background in microbiology, I have always enjoyed the small things in life - joining the Schommers Lab has deepened my fascination with HIV’s adaptability, making every day in the lab into an exciting puzzle to solve!

Annalena Labeit

Annalena Labeit

Medical Student

Department I of Internal Medicine/ Institute of Virology

Geb.66 (CMMC)

Room 2.019

Besides sailing I put the FUN into Function of broadly neutralizing Antibodies!

Michelle Nguyen

Michelle Nguyen

Student Assistant

Department I of Internal Medicine/ Institute of Virology

CMMC

Room 2.019

As a media designer turned molecular biomed student, am I as adaptive as the HI Virus yet?? Designing antibodies is almost as fun as designing figures (so for now I'll stick to the figures).

Dr. Stanley Odidika

Dr. Stanley Odidika

Post-Doc

Department I of Internal Medicine/ Institute of Virology

Geb.66 (CMMC)

Room 2.019

I joined the Schommers lab as a Postdoc in 2022 and currently playing ‘hide and seek’ with proviruses residing in the HIV latent reservoir. Besides playing this game in the lab, you will find me dancing Salsa and Bachata somewhere downtown, working on my DJing skills, or trying to see how much weight I can handle at the gym. As they said, you are the company you keep; just like the ever-evolving HIV, my interests keep changing, as I am now learning to make good cocktail mixes, and hopefully, will own a nice cocktail spot someday. Fingers crossed!

Nicole Riet

Nicole Riet

Technician

Department I of Internal Medicine/ Institute of Virology

Geb. 66 (CMMC)

Room 2.019