Team

Prof. Dr. Matthias König
Prof. Dr. Matthias KönigGroup Leader

Data scientist, data analyst, computational modeler, bioinformatician, group leader. Application of computational modeling and machine learning to biological, medical and...

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Mariia Myshkina
Mariia MyshkinaPh.D. Student

Mariia works on ATLAS, a decision support tool for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Based on AI methods, ATLAS processes all relevant...

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Shubhankar Palwankar
Shubhankar PalwankarScientific Researcher

Shubhankar worked on enhancing our understanding of enalapril's pharmacokinetics and dynamics based on a physiologically based modeling approach. The work...

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Martina Grohs
Martina GrohsTechnische Assistentin (TA)

Martina works on data management and metadata of clinical samples.

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Michelle Elias
Michelle EliasMaster Thesis

Michelle develops a physiologically based pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic (PBPK) model of the sulfonylurea glimepiride. The objective is to enhance our understanding...

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Mariia Babaeva
Mariia BabaevaStudent Assistant

Mariia works on a physiologically based model of lisinopril. Key questions are the effect of hepatic and renal disease on...

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Amanda Schwaiger
Amanda SchwaigerMedical Thesis

Amanda develops a physiologically based pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic (PBPK/PD) model of the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide. The objective is to enhance our understanding...

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Minjun Kim
Minjun KimHumboldt Internship Project

Kim is developing a physiologically based pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic (PBPK/PD) model of the GLP-1 receptor agonist dulaglutide to better understand its...

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Jessica Cruz
Jessica CruzHumboldt Internship Project

Jessica Cruz is developing a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of the leukotriene receptor antagonist montelukast to better understand its...

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Shelee Bedón
Shelee BedónInternship Project

Shelee is developing a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of the multikinase inhibitor lenvatinib to better understand its absorption, distribution,...

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Chang Linh Nguyen
Chang Linh NguyenBachelor Project

Chang Linh is developing a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of the β2-adrenergic receptor agonist albuterol (salbutamol) to better understand...

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Sandeep Konaka Gautamdas
Sandeep Konaka GautamdasInternship Project

Sandeep is developing a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of the multi-kinase inhibitor regorafenib to better understand its absorption, distribution,...

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Antonio Aquiles Alvarez Aguilar
Antonio Aquiles Alvarez AguilarInternship Project

Antonio will delve into the influence of parameter variability in PBPK models, focusing on the consequential effects for dynamic liver...

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Open Positions

Internship

We offer internships online or in-person for instance via the Humboldt Internship Program.

We support ERASMUS student internships.

Bachelor Thesis

Undergraduate (Bachelor) students are always welcome. Projects can take place in Lübeck or Berlin.

Master Thesis

Graduate (Master) students are always welcome. Projects can take place in Lübeck or Berlin.

PhD

We have a fully funded open position available as PhD in Lübeck as a Research Software Engineer (RSE) or Informatician.

We also supervise doctoral projects if you have a fellowship or similar funding source.

PostDoc

We have a fully funded open position available as PostDoc in Lübeck as a Research Software Engineer (RSE) or Informatician.

We also supervise postdoctoral projects if you have a fellowship or similar funding source.

We offer projects on the following topics

Interested in joining the group? Contact Prof. Matthias König.

Alumni

2025
Monika Jesionek
Monika JesionekERASMUS Student

Monika is developing a PBPK model of immune suppressant rapamycin (sirolimus) as part of our contribution to the Immune Digital Twin (IDT).

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Monika Jesionek ERASMUS Student
Juan Pablo Ramos Mendoza
Juan Pablo Ramos MendozaMaster Student

Juan Pablo is developing a closed-loop control system to optimize anesthesia delivery, aiming to enhance precision and patient safety during surgical procedures.

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Juan Pablo Ramos Mendoza Master Student
Ennie Tensil
Ennie TensilBachelor Thesis

Ennie develops a physiologically based pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic (PBPK) model of the direct angiotensin II receptor (ARB) inhibitor losartan. The objective is to enhance our...

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Ennie Tensil Bachelor Thesis
Elisabetta Casabianca
Elisabetta CasabiancaMaster Thesis

Elisabetta develops a physiologically based pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic (PBPK) model of the direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) rivaroxaban. The objective is to enhance our understanding of...

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Elisabetta Casabianca Master Thesis
Helen Leal Pujol
Helen Leal PujolStudent Assistant

Helen worked on a physiologically based model of pravastatin. Key questions are the effect of genotypes and hepatic and renal disease on pravastatin pharmacokinetics...

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Helen Leal Pujol Student Assistant
Nike Nemitz
Nike NemitzBachelor Project

Nike develops a physiologically based pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic (PBPK) model of SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin. The objective is to enhance our understanding of the underlying causes...

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Nike Nemitz Bachelor Project
Isabella Tan
Isabella TanHumboldt Internship Project (HIP)

Isabella is building a PBPK/PD model of the GLP-1 receptor agonist liraglutide to explore its pharmacological behavior and impact on glucose homeostasis, with a...

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Isabella Tan Humboldt Internship Project (HIP)
Olivia Yau
Olivia YauHumboldt Internship Project (HIP)

During Program Day at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Isabella Tan, Olivia Yau, and Minjun Kim presented their physiologically based pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic (PBPK/PD) modeling projects on...

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Olivia Yau Humboldt Internship Project (HIP)
Rohini Chakraborty
Rohini ChakrabortyData Curation

Rohini supports the data curation for morphine pharmacokinetics.

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Rohini Chakraborty Data Curation
Rohit Chakraborty
Rohit ChakrabortyData Curation

Rohit supports the data curation for morphine pharmacokinetics.

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Rohit Chakraborty Data Curation
Emre Hikmet
Emre HikmetGoogle Summer of Code (GSOC)

Emre works on CySBML Reloaded: Smarter, Simpler, Automated, a project focused on upgrading CySBML — a Cytoscape app for visualizing computational models encoded in...

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Emre Hikmet Google Summer of Code (GSOC)
Michael Gaas
Michael GaasGoogle Summer of Code (GSOC)

Michael Gaas is enhancing the Systems Biology Simulation Core Library (SBSCL) by developing a solver-agnostic framework that enables seamless integration of open-source and commercial...

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Michael Gaas Google Summer of Code (GSOC)
Abhinav Mishra
Abhinav MishraMaster Internship

Abhinav develops a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of the GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist tirzepatide (Mounjaro). The objective is to enhance our understanding...

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Abhinav Mishra Master Internship
Yusuf Ali Kulanoglu
Yusuf Ali KulanogluBachelor Thesis Biophysics

Yusuf works on a physiologically based pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic model of the direct renin inhibitor aliskiren.

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Yusuf Ali Kulanoglu Bachelor Thesis Biophysics
2024
Luca Samuel Sawady
Luca Samuel SawadyInternship

Luca works on a physiologically based model of the oral contraceptive component ethinylestradiol. By the end of this project, we offer a robust and...

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Luca Samuel Sawady Internship
Jennesse Alejandro
Jennesse AlejandroHumboldt Internship Student (Brown University)

Jennesse develops a physiologically based pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic (PBPK) model of SGLT2 inhibitor canagliflozin. The objective is to enhance our understanding of the underlying causes...

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Jennesse Alejandro Humboldt Internship Student (Brown University)
Deepa Maheshvare
Deepa MaheshvareHumboldt Internship Student

Deepa worked on a kinetic model of glucose stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) of the pancreatic beta-cell, studying changes in glycolysis during insulin secretion, and...

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Deepa Maheshvare Humboldt Internship Student
Beatrice Stemmer Mallol
Beatrice Stemmer MallolStudent Assistant

Beatrice works on a physiologically based model to characterize intestinal P-glycoprotein using talinolol as a probe drug.

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Beatrice Stemmer Mallol Student Assistant
Vera Tereshchuk
Vera TereshchukHumboldt Internship Student

Vera developed a physiologically based pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic (PBPK) model of SGLT2 inhibitor canagliflozin. The objective is to enhance our understanding of the underlying causes...

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Vera Tereshchuk Humboldt Internship Student
Samira Eissazedeh
Samira EissazedehERASMUS

Samira works to enhance our understanding of the role of endoglin in TGF-β signaling. She develops a computational model that explores the nuances of...

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Jonas Küttner
Jonas KüttnerQuaLiPerF

Jonas worked on a physiologically based model of chlorzoxazone for hepatic CYP2E1 phenotyping. Key questions are the effect of CYP2E1 induction/inhibition and zonation on...

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Jonas Küttner QuaLiPerF
Prerna Parakkat
Prerna ParakkatHumboldt Internship Student

Prerna worked on an advanced Large Language Model (LLM) to serve as an expert system for efficiently and accurately curating pharmacokinetic data from scientific...

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Prerna Parakkat Humboldt Internship Student
Afruja Hossain
Afruja HossainBachelor Student

Afruja worked on a systematic overview of the protein variability of cytochrome P450 (CYP450) isoforms in the human liver.

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Afruja Hossain Bachelor Student
2023
Hannah Menghis
Hannah MenghisHumboldt Internship Student (Brown University)

Hannah will establish a pharmacokinetic dataset of semaglutide and develop an initial version of a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of the GLP-1 inhibitor...

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Hannah Menghis Humboldt Internship Student (Brown University)
Hülya Karaboğa
Hülya KaraboğaERASMUS

Huelya will develop a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of the ACE inhibitor captopril.

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Frances Okibedi
Frances OkibediInternship

Frances works on a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of sorafenib for systemic treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Key questions are to study the...

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Frances Okibedi Internship
Sankha Das
Sankha DasResearch Internship

Sankha worked on the analysis and quantification of microcirculation data recorded in Humans and Rats, developing a workflow for the analysis of orthogonal polarization...

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Sankha Das Research Internship
Xenia Petukhova
Xenia PetukhovaHumboldt Internship Student

Xenia works on a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of inulin to assess the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Our goal is to gain a...

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Xenia Petukhova Humboldt Internship Student
Zahra Bahri
Zahra BahriHumboldt Internship Student

Zahra works on a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model to estimate the glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) using creatinine. The objective is to enhance our...

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Zahra Bahri Humboldt Internship Student
Adrian Köller
Adrian KöllerStudent Assistant

Adrian worked on a physiologically based model of indocyanine green (ICG) clearance. Key questions are the effect of blood flow and plasma proteins on...

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Adrian Köller Student Assistant
Nurudeen Sojimade
Nurudeen SojimadeInternship

Nurudeen works on a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of the contrast agent Gd-EOB-DTPA. Key questions are to study the effect of hepatorenal impairment,...

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Nurudeen Sojimade Internship
Jan Grzegorzewski
Jan GrzegorzewskiPh.D. Student

Jan worked on the stratification and personalization of computational models. He develops methods and software for semi-automatic data curation of pharmacokinetic information and a...

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Jan Grzegorzewski Ph.D. Student
Sophie Silberhorn
Sophie SilberhornInternship

Sophie worked on a systematic overview of the protein variability of ABC and SLC transporters in the human liver.

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Sophie Silberhorn Internship
2022
Paula Ogata
Paula OgataHumboldt Internship Student

Paula works on a pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics model of metoprolol. Key questions are the effect of dosing and formulation on metoprolol pharmacokinetics and exercise heart rate...

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Paula Ogata Humboldt Internship Student
Janosch Brandhorst
Janosch BrandhorstStudent Assistant

Janosch works on the computational modeling of acetaminophen through the liver and curates data for the pharmacokinetics database PK-DB.

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Janosch Brandhorst Student Assistant
2021
Sükrü Balci
Sükrü BalciBachelor Student

Sükrü Balci works on a physiologically based model of omeprazole. Key questions are the effect of omeprazole formulation and dosing on the pharmacodynamic effects...

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Sükrü Balci Bachelor Student
Yannick Duport
Yannick DuportBachelor Student

Yannick Duport works on a physiologically based model of midazolam clearance. Key questions are the effect of inhibitors and inducers on the metabolism of...

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Yannick Duport Bachelor Student
Danny Ke
Danny KeHumboldt Internship Student

Danny Ke works on a physiologically based model of benzodiazepines. Key questions are the effect of genetic variance on clearance of diazepam.

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Danny Ke Humboldt Internship Student
2020
Florian Bartsch
Florian BartschMaster Project

Florian works on a physiologically based model of statin clearance. Key questions are the effect of statins (atorvastatin and simvastatin) on cholesterol plasma levels...

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Florian Bartsch Master Project
Sara de Angelis
Sara de AngelisHumboldt Internship Student

Sara de Angelis works on a physiologically based model of torasemide. Key questions are the effect of sex on torasemide pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.

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Sara de Angelis Humboldt Internship Student
Hemant Yadav
Hemant YadavGoogle Summer of Code Student

In cooperation with Andreas Dräger from the University of Tübingen we are extending SBML and JSON support for cobrapy. The full proposal is available...

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Hemant Yadav Google Summer of Code Student
Hemil Panchiwala
Hemil PanchiwalaGoogle Summer of Code Student

In cooperation with Andreas Dräger from the University of Tübingen we are extending SBML support for The Systems Biology Simulation Core Library. The full...

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Hemil Panchiwala Google Summer of Code Student
2019
Kaustubh Trivedi
Kaustubh TrivediGoogle Summer of Code Student

In cooperation with Andreas Dräger from the University of Tübingen we are working on the extension of ModelPolisher to a universal annotation tool.

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Kaustubh Trivedi Google Summer of Code Student
Patrick Pett
Patrick PettPh.D. Student (Mentoring)

Patrick works on the analysis of mammalian circadian clock in the human liver based on the analysis of OMICS datasets.

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Patrick Pett Ph.D. Student (Mentoring)
2018
Roman Schulte
Roman SchulteBachelor Thesis

Within his thesis the concept of an Modular Research Environment (MRE) was developed. An MRE is a modular application framework that can be extended...

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Roman Schulte Bachelor Thesis
Shalin Shah
Shalin ShahGoogle Summer of Code

The Systems Biology Simulation Core Library (SBSCL) provides an efficient and exhaustive Java™ implementation of methods to interpret the content of models encoded in...

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Shalin Shah Google Summer of Code
2017
Takahiro Yamada
Takahiro YamadaGoogle Summer of Code

Within this project as part of Google Summer of Code 2017 a Web App for SBML models was implemented which provides functionality for time...

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Takahiro Yamada Google Summer of Code
Dimitra Eleftheriadou
Dimitra EleftheriadouStudent Assistant

Dimitra (Master Toxicology) worked on the analysis and digitalization of literature data for liver function tests.

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Dimitra Eleftheriadou Student Assistant