Incoming Class of 2022

Full name: Martha Candoni
Country: Italy
Project: The impact of neonatal hyperoxia on iNOS signaling and consequences in adulthood
PI/co-PI:Norbert Weissmann/Natascha Sommer
E-mail: Martha.Candoni@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
Sponsorship: CPI

Full name: Anis Čilić
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Project: The role of adenylate kinase 4 in pulmonary hypertension
PI/co-PI: Norbert Weissmann
E-mail: anis.cilic@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
Sponsorship: JLU

Full name: Alejandro Egea Zorrilla
Country: Spain
Project: Targeting Notch3-Jag1/2 signalling for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis
PI/co-PI: Ana Pardo Saganta
E-mail: alejandroegezor@gmail.com
Sponsorship: ILH

Full name: Bhavika B. Katariya
Country: Germany    
Project: To identify role of RNA binding proteins in the development of lung fibrosis
PI/co-PI: Poornima Mahavadi

E-mail: Bhavika.B.Katariya@innere.med.uni-giessen.de

Sponsorship: DZL

Full name: Vanessa Kleinhenn
Country: Germany
Project: Characterization of transcription factor RBPJ in pulmonary hypertension
PI/co-PI: Norbert Weißmann
E-mail: Vanessa.Kleinhenn@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
Sponsorship: UKGM

Full name: Dongzhu Li
Country: China
Project: Implication of clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential to the pathophysiology of chronic lung diseases
PI/co-PI: Ana Pardo-Saganta
E-mail: ldzwqy@gmail.com
Sponsorship: ILH

Full name: Muchen Li
Country: China
Project: Mechanism of mitochondrial redox alterations in acute oxygen sensing of the pulmonary vasculature.
PI/co-PI:  Norbert Weißmann / Natascha Sommer
E-mail: Muchen.Li@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
Sponsorship: JLU

Full name: Mahtab Shahriari Felordi
Country: Iran
Project: Role of FGF10 in airway epithelial regeneration
PI/co-PI: Elie El Agha
E-mail: Mahtab.Shahriari-Felordi@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
Sponsorship: ILH

Full name: Leila Sotoodeh Atefi
Country: Iran
Project: Identification of the origin of PH-associated ACTA2-positive vascular smooth muscle cells
PI/co-PI: Saverio Bellusci
E-mail: leila.sotoodeh.atefi@bio.uni-giessen.de
Sponsorship: DZL

Full name: Stephanie Stephan
Country: Lebanon
Project: Investigating the macrophage-alveolar epithelial type II cells interplay in hyperoxia-induced neonatal lung injury
PI/co-PI: Miguel Angel Alejandre Alcázar
E-mail: Stephanie.Stephan@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
Sponsorship: ILH

Full name: Ornella Yamdjeu Tchokondu
Country: Cameroon
Project: O2-sensing in hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction - Deciphering the molecular mechanisms with focus on voltage-dependent K+ channels
PI/co-PI: Norbert Weißmann
E-mail: Ornella.Yamdjeu@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
Sponsorship: DFG

Full name: Mahsa Zabihi
Country: Iran
Project: Role of lipofibroblasts in the development and resolution of pulmonary fibrosis
PI/co-PI: Elie El Agha
E-mail: Mahsa.zabihi@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
Sponsorship: ILH