Group Members

	PD Dr. med. Natascha Sommer, Ph.D. Group Leader Link to Medical Clinic
	Dr. Oleg Pak, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow email: Oleg.Pak@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Claudio Nardiello, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Research topic: The role of ferroptosis in pulmonary hypertension; The impact of neonatal hyperoxia and consequences in adulthood. Expertise: Cell culture, functional cellular assays, molecular biology, microRNA, hyperoxia, lung function measurements, histology, stereology, FISH, confocal microscopy. email: Claudio.Nardiello@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Claudia Fernanda Garcia Castro PhD Student Research topic: Mitochondrial signaling in COPD Expertise: In vivo lung function and hemodynamic measurements, histology, stereology, vascular morphometry, mitochondrial respiration measurements, cell culture, molecular biology, live imaging, functional cellular assays. email: Claudia.Garcia@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Vidya Srokshna Balasubramanian Lakshmi PhD Student Research topic: Mitochondrial T cell reprogramming in Virus-induced COPD Exacerbations and emphysema progression. Expertise: Cell culture, molecular biology, mitochondrial respiration measurements. email: Vidya.Lakshmi@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Luca Giordano, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Research topic: OXPHOS, alternative enzymes, oxidative stress and their signaling in hypoxia and COPD. Oxygen-sensing, COX remodeling in lung pathophysiology. Expertise: High-resolution respirometry, cell culture, in vitro assays, cell-free DNA, molecular biology, confocal microscopy email: Luca.Giordano@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Martha Candoni PhD Student Research topic: The role of neonatal hyperoxia on iNOS signaling and consequences in adulthood. Expertise: Cell culture, functional cellular assays, molecular biology, hyperoxia, lung function measurements. email: Martha.Candoni@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Sandipan Jash PhD Student Research topic: Causes and consequences of Cytochrome c Oxidase (COX) remodeling in lung diseases. Expertise: Cell culture, Molecular biology, in vitro assays, confocal microscopy, live cell imaging email: Sandipan.Jash@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Muchen Li PhD Student Research topic: Mechanism of mitochondrial redox alterations in acute oxygen sensing of the pulmonary vasculature. Expertise: Cell culture, isolated ventilated and perfused mouse lung. email: Muchen.Li@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
	Verena Brehmer MD Student Research topic: The effect of Ferroptosis inducers on pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell metabolism, migration, and proliferation. Expertise: Cell culture, molecular biology. email: Verena.Brehmer@med.uni-giessen.de
	Kati Vosmer MD Student Research topic: Mitochondrial respiration in peripheral t-cells of COPD-patients with emphysema. Expertise: Cell culture, High-resolution respirometry. email: Kati.Vosmer@med.uni-giessen.de
	Janik Deutscher MD Student Research topic: Investigation of the effect of e-cigarette smoke on endothelial integrity in isolated, ventilated, perfused murine lungs. Expertise: Isolated ventilated and perfused mouse lung. email: Janik.deutscher@med.uni-giessen.de
	Navya Sri Bonthu Technical Assistant Expertise: Cell culture, primary mouse cell isolation. email: Navya.Bonthu@innere.med.uni-giessen.de