Dr. Mania Ackermann studied Biochemistry at the Leibnitz University Hannover and Hannover Medical School (MHH). She was enrolled in the REBIRTH PhD program “Regenerative Sciences” and received her PhD from MHH in 2015. Subsequently, she joined the group of Dr. Lachmann as a postdoctoral fellow. From 2017-2020 she was also a research fellow at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), Harvard Medical School in Boston (cumulative 8 month).

Main research interests: iPSC technology, macrophages, cell-based therapies, hematopoietic development

Eirini Nikolouli studied Biology at the University of Patras in Greece. She performed her doctoral thesis in the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig and received her PhD from MHH in 2017. In September 2020 she joined the group of Prof. Dr. Lachmann as a postdoctoral fellow.

Main research interests: iPSCs, macrophages, primary immunodeficiencies

Dr. Daniela Paasch is a trained technician and received her Master´s degree in Biomedicine at the Hannover Medical School (MHH). She performed her doctoral thesis in the Institute for Hematology at MHH and received her PhD in 2021. In February 2022, she joined the group of Prof. Dr. Lachmann as a postdoctoral researcher.

Main research interests: chimeric antigen receptors, hematopoietic stem cells, macrophages, cancer immunotherapy

Dr. Edwin Emilio Valdivia Malqui studied Biology at the University of Havana, Cuba (2006-2011). Later, he obtained his master´s degree in Biotechnology and Biomedicine at University of Jaen, Spain (2013-2014). He performed his doctoral thesis at the Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Transplant Engineering at MHH in 2022. In February 2023, He joined Prof. Dr. Lachmann as a postdoctoral researcher.

Main research Interests: Stem cells, Immune cell production, GMP, cell-base therapies

Dr. Débora Basílio-Queirós studied Biochemistry at the University of Minho (Portugal, 2009-2012). She then completed her Master´s degree in Biochemistry at the University of Coimbra (Portugal, 2012-2014). She performed her doctoral thesis in the Department of Hematology and Oncology at MHH and received her PhD in 2020. In March 2023, she joined the group of Prof. Dr. Lachmann as a postdoctoral researcher.

Main research interests: iPSCs, macrophages, primary immunodeficiencies

Dr. Ariane Nguyen obtained her B. Sc. in Biochemistry from the Leibniz University Hannover and continued her education in Biochemistry at the Hannover Medical School. During her master studies she worked as an research scholar at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston/USA) under the supervision of Christian Brendel. She performed her doctoral thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Lachmann, obtained her PhD in 2023 and continued her work afterwards.

Main research Interest: (alveolar) macrophages, plasticity, adaptation

Claudio Rodríguez studied a bachellor's degree in Biotechnology at Oviedo University (Spain; 2013-2017). He then studied a master's degree in Molecular Biology at Lund University (Sweden; 2017-2019). He started working on his PhD thesis in 2019, when he was admitted to the Molecular Medicine PhD program at Hannover Medical School (Germany).

Main Research Interest: Macrophages, Cystic Fibrosis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mice Models.

Dr. Maximilian Schinke obtained his B.Sc. in Molecular Biology from the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and continued his education in Biomedicine at the Hannover Medical School. During his master studies he implemented and characterized polarization conditions for murine, human and iPSC-derived macrophages under the supervision of Mania Ackermann. He then performed his doctoral thesis under supervision of Adrian Schwarzer at the Institute of Experimental Hematology and received his PhD in 2023. In December 2023, he joined Prof. Dr. Lachmann as postdoctoral researcher in the IMMUNITY attract group at Fraunhofer ITEM.

Main research interests: iPSC technology, macrophages, cell-based therapies, cancer

Anna-Lena Neehus studied Biomedicine at the Hannover Medical School. Since 2018 she is working in the "Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases" at the Imagine Institute in Paris in strong collaboration and under the co-supervision of Nico Lachmann.

Main research Interests: Primary immunodeficiencies, immunologie, disease modeling, induced pluripotent stem cells 

Mi-Sun Jang graduated in Molecular Life Science at the University of Hamburg where she received her master’s degree assessing a potential gene therapy approach in a congenital disease in children and is currently enrolled in the Molecular Medicine PhD program at MHH. Since her undergraduate degree she contributed to a number of scientific publications and instructed students in laboratory techniques such as PCR, flow cytometry, cell culture.

Main research Interest: Hematopoietic development, macrophages, tissue plasticity

Shifaa Abdin graduated from the college of pharmacy at university of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates; 2013-2018), where she persued her higher studies and received a master´s degree in molecular medicine from the college of medicine (United Arab Emirates; 2018-2020), investigating the driving factors of breast cancer resistance. She is currently enrolled in the Regenerative sciences PhD program at MHH. During her studies Shifaa participated in different projects, and contributed to a number of scientific publications.

Main research Interest: Pharmacology (Immune therapy), Macrophages, Cancer, induced pluripotent stem cells

Fawaz Saleh joined the Lachmann lab in fall of 2020, when he was admitted into the Regenerative Medicine PhD program at Hannover Medical School (Germany). Previous to that he was working at The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) as an associate scientist of process development of cell therapy (2017-2020). He received a master’s degree (M.Sc.) in cellular and molecular medicine at the University of Ottawa (Canada; 2013-2017) and his bachelor degree (B.Sc.) in Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering at Philadelphia University (Jordan; 2008-2012).

Main Research Interest: iPSC, Hematopoiesis, Macrophages, Dendritic cells, Cell therapy, Bioreactor, Natural Killer Cells

Hannah Schevel is a medical student at Hannover Medical School and joined the group of Nico Lachmann in 2022 for her doctoral thesis.

Main research interest: iPSC, macrophages, cell-based therapies

Erika Schiering is a medical student at Hannover Medical School and joined the group of Nico Lachmann in 2023 for her doctoral thesis.

Laura Kampe

Nick Heise

Julia Golgath

Doreen Kloos passed her apprenticeship at Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg in the Lab of Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schneider Schaulies in 2008. Afterwards she joined the Experimental Hematology at Hannover Medical School, working in the RG Reprogramming & Gene Therapy (Prof. Moritz) and JRG Translational Hematology of Congenital Diseases (PD Dr. Nico Lachmann).

Main research Interest: culture of huIPSCs, Hematopoetic Differentiation, Lab organization

Theresa Buchegger completed her MTLA education at the Hannover Medical School. Afterwards she joined the group of Nico Lachmann in 2013.

Main research Interest: iPSC, macrophages, hematopoietic differentiation

Ingrid Gensch studied biology at the Leibniz University in Hanover and received her bachelor’s degree in 2018. In 2020 she completed her training as a technician and joined the research group directly after. Since 2022 she is working in an additional Lab of Nico Lachmann at the Fraunhofer ITEM in Hanover.

Main research Interest: culture of huIPSCs, regulatory macrophages, lab organization

Janne Reichstein is a medical student at Hannover Medical School and joined the group of Nico Lachmann in 2020. She started her doctoral thesis in October 2021.

Main research interest: iPSC, macrophages, cell-based therapies

Dustin Kijas is a medical student at Hannover Medical School and joined the group of Nico Lachmann in 2023.

Main research interest: iPSC, macrophages, cell-based therapies

Carla Corbet is a medical student at Hannover Medical School and joined the group of Nico Lachmann in 2024.

Lasse Sprenger decided to join the Lachmann group in 2023 for his voluntary year in science.

Kathrin Haake

Nihan Kutlu

Julia Reineke

Greta Meyer

Philipp-Joel Mroch

Kristina Manthe 

Bernd Büscherhoff

Luisa Bach

Josephine Pötzsch

Alica Glanert

Friederike Mansel

Jenny Lam

Jan Schiller

Liart Pollmann

Tim Wüstefeld

Katharina Hahn

Tim Wegner

No open postitions at the moment

All PhD students will be selected through the Hannover Biomedical Research School at MHH. In addition, you can also send requests to Prof. Dr. Lachmann directly.

No open postitions at the moment