Research Topic: Comparative analysis of vaccine- and pathogen-induced antibody responses
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kalinke, Department of Experimental Infection Research, Twincore
Academic Background: Erasmus Mundus in Vaccinology (Lyon, Barcelona, Antwerpen)

Research Topic: Identifying novel druggable targets in the herpesviral life cycle
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Schulz, Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School
Academic Background: Medical Microbiology, Tehran University of medical science, Iran

Research Topic: Investigation of the bi-directional interaction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the human host microenvironment in development of persistent infection in the lower respiratory tract of humans
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Susanne Häußler, Institute of Molecular Bacteriology, Twincore
Academic Background: Infection, inflammation and cancer, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Research Topic: The impact of human genetic variants on hepatitis C virus cell entry
Supervisor: Prof. asoc. inv. Dr. Gisa Gerold, Institute for Experimental Virology, Twincore
Academic Background: "Molecular Infection Biology (Specialization: Immunology and Virology), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg"

Research Topic:  Identification and characterisation of new possible risk genes for eczema herpeticum
Supervisor:  Prof. Dr. Thomas Werfel, Dept. Dermatology and Allergy, Division Immundermatology and Allergy Research, Hannover Medical School
Academic Background: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, India

Research Topic: Identification and functional evaluation of microRNAs during hepatitis delta virus infection
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Heiner Wedemeyer, Dpartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School
Academic Background: Applied and Commercial Biotechnology, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

Research Topic: Impact of HCMV infection on antigen presentation by primary human antigen presenting cells
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kalinke, Department of Experimental Infection Research, Twincore
Academic Background: Molecular Microbiology, Leibniz University Hannover

Research Topic: Unravelling molecular mechanisms of resistance in the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Susanne Häußler, Institute of Molecular Bacteriology, Twincore
Academic Background: Infectious Disease and One Health Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree; Tours, Barcelona, Edinburgh

Research Topic: Regulation of the latent Kaposi Sarcoma Herpesvirus Genome
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Schulz, Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School
Academic Background: Microbiology, Virology, Bioinformatics, Cell biology; South Dakota State University, USA

Research Topic: Effects of NKG2D ligand-expressing cytomegaloviruses on CMV-specific T cells
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Messerle, Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School
Academic Background: Biomedical Science, Maastricht University, Netherlands

Research Topic: Pathogenicity of biofilms formed on medical implants and to develop innovative treatment strategies that target biofilm resistance mechanisms
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Meike Stiesch, Clinic for Dental Prosthetics, Hannover Medical School
Academic Background: Microbiology, Novi Sad, Serbia

Research Topic: Comprehensive characterization of T cell subsets in patients with chronic hepatitis B who stop long-term antiviral therapy with Nucelos(t)ide analogues
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Markus Cornberg, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School
Academic Background: Biomedicine, Hannover Medical School

Research Topic: The role of epigenetic modifications in varicella zoster virus latency, reactivation and pathogenesis
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Abel Viejo-Borbolla, Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School
Academic Background: Pathogenic Biology, Qingdao University, China

Research Topic: Impact of microbiota on the development of the immune system in preterm neonates and their susceptibility towards respiratory and septic diseases
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dorothee Viemann, Clinic for Paediatric Pneumology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School
Academic Background: Biomedicine, Hannover Medical School

Research Topic: Mechanisms and Determinants of Hepatitis C Virus Tropism
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Pietschmann, Institute for Experimental Virology, Twincore
Academic Background: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kiel