Team Members
Group Leader
Prof. Nicole Strittmatter, PhD
nicole.strittmatter@tum.de, Tel.: +49 89 289-13321
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1277-9608
Room: CH 52110
Postdocs
Dr. Lieby Zborovsky
Project: Unravelling disease mechanisms using mass spectrometry imaging
lieby.zborovsky@tum.de
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6730-8569
Room: 52308
Ph.D. Students
Daniel Heffernan, M.Sc.
Project: Development of novel methods to analyse volatiles using DBDI (currently writing up)
daniel.heffernan@tum.de
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7563-0769
Room: 52311, T: +49 89 289-13636
Mihyun Park, M.Sc.
Project: New chemical strategies to achieve mass spectrometry imaging - Thesis submitted
(Co-supervisor: Prof. Dr. Angela Casini, Medicinal and Bioinorganic Chemistry)
mihyun.park@tum.de
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3665-4247
Room: 52310
Min Qiu, M.Sc.
Project: Assessing the spatial heterogeneity in environmental biofilm specimen
Room: 52311, T: +49 89 289-13636
Wei Chen, M.Sc.
Project: MALT1 signaling network in B cell metabolism and function
(funded by DFG FOR5560)
Room: 52311, T: +49 89 289-13636
Jiahao Li, M.Sc.
Project: Development of novel LDI-REIMS setups for high-resolution imaging
(funded by ERC)
Room: 52311, T: +49 89 289-13636
Patricia Taborda, M.Sc.
Project: Mapping the tumor micorenvironment using MSI
(funded by ERC)
Room: 52311, T: +49 89 289-13636
Melina Rumpf, M.Sc.
Project: Development of new mass tag concepts for multiplexed mass spectrometry imaging
(Co-supervisor: Prof. Dr. Angela Casini, Medicinal and Bioinorganic Chemistry)
melina.rumpf@tum.de
https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2668-181X
Room: 52310
Kristina Krahulikova, M.Sc.
Project: LC-MS method development for detection of biomarkers in biological samples
Room: 52311, T: +49 89 289-13636
Barbara Matić, M.Sc.
Project: Harnessing spatial metabolomic patterns to exploit cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc
as productive biofilms (funded by DFG SPP2494)
Room: 52311, T: +49 89 289-13636
Yuting Lu, M.Res.
Project: Development of novel bioinformatic methods to study cell specific metabolism (funded by ERC)
Room: 52309
Michel Cassier, Apotheker (Staatsexamen)
Project: Cell-specific drug metabolism in pancreatic cancer (funded by ERC)
Room: 52309
M.Sc. Students
Jonas Floto (March - September 2026, Biochemistry)
Maya Kiegele (March - September 2026, Chemistry)