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Group Leader

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Prof. Dr. med. Bernd T. Schmeck

Phone: 28-65713
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  • Head of the Clinic for Respiratory Infections
  • Professor for Molecular Pulmonology and Infectious Diseases
  • Founding director of the Institute for Lung Research
  • Member of the ILH - Institute for Lung Health, DZIF - German Center for Infection Research, DZL - German Center for Lung Research, and SYNMIKRO - Center for Synthetic Microbiology

Postdoctoral Researchers

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PD Dr. Wilhelm Goswin Bertrams

Phone: 28-65713
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Dr. Katrin Laakmann

Phone: 28-66057
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Dr. Matthew Jones

Phone: 28-65713
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Doctoral Students

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Felix Bornhausen

Phone: 28-21993
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Marie Metzelder

Phone: 28-65713
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Paul Pollmächer

Phone: 28-65713
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Fatemeh Zarei

Phone: 28-65713
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Janis Konstantinidis
Phone: 28-65713

Freya Swaboda
Phone: 28-65713

Clinician Scientists

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Dr. med. Barbara Weckler

Phone: 58-62091
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Dr. med. Hendrik Pott

Phone: 58-62091
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Dr. med. Max Kuzinski

Technical Assistants

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Kerstin Hoffmann

Phone: 28-65717
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Clinical Study Office

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Ute Wissner

Phone: 58-67673
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