Team
Experimentelle Kardiovaskuläre Medizin![Prof. Peter Kohl](fileadmin/_processed_/d/5/csm_Peter_Kohl_6a4afc1b48.jpg)
![](fileadmin/_processed_/c/8/csm_Stefanie_Wachsmann__8__1e6c1f06b1.jpg)
Stefanie Wachsmann
Controlling
![Dr. Julia Verheyen](fileadmin/_processed_/0/c/csm_Julia_Verheyen_bf971c7572.jpg)
Dr. Julia Verheyen
Wissenschaftskoordinatorin
![Dr. Susanne Tulke](fileadmin/_processed_/3/6/csm_Susanne_Tulke_e84d72c781.jpg)
Dr. Susanne Tulke
Graduiertenkoordinatorin
![](fileadmin/_processed_/3/7/csm_OReilly_James_9c6862c3ed.jpg)
James O'Reilly, PhD
Scientific Writer
![](fileadmin/_processed_/d/5/csm_Cameron_Breanne_2e95388a29.jpg)
Breanne Cameron, PhD
Physiologin - Translationale Medizinische Forschung
![Dr. Enaam Chleilat](fileadmin/_processed_/5/4/csm_Chleilat_Enaam_4488bbe444.jpg)
Dr. Enaam Chleilat
Biologin - Bioinstrumentation, Translationale Medizinische Forschung
![](fileadmin/_processed_/6/7/csm_csm_csm_Leerbild-blau-100x133_0d837d972a_e0b8db488d_ee248acfcb.png)
Dr. Francesco Giardini
Post-doc - Bioinstrumentation / Experimentelle Bildgebung
![Simon Jacobi](fileadmin/_processed_/3/5/csm_Jacobi_Simon_675e6ee615.jpg)
Simon Jacobi
Physician Scientist - Bioinstrumentation
![Dr. med. Hannah Fürniss](fileadmin/_processed_/7/b/csm_Fuerniss_Hannah_aaaa12f980.jpg)
Dr. med. Hannah Kappler
Physician Scientist - 4D Bildgebung
![Alexander Klesen](fileadmin/_processed_/d/b/csm_Klesen_Alexander_cdd2b94433.jpg)
Dr. med. Alexander Klesen
Clinician Scientist - Optogenetik
![Thomas Kok, MSc cand.](fileadmin/_processed_/0/3/csm_Kok__Thomas_20de268822.jpg)
Thomas Kok, MSc
Scientific Assistant - Bioinstrumentation / Experimentelle Bildgebung
E-Mail: thomas.kok@uniklinik-freiburg.de
![Dr. Josef Madl](fileadmin/_processed_/c/5/csm_Madl_Josef_454d26e7f6.jpg)
Dr. Josef Madl
Leiter der Plattform für Konfokal- und MultiPhotonen-Mikroskopie
Senior Scientist - 4D Bildgebung
E-Mail: josef.madl@uniklinik-freiburg.de
![Remi Peyronnet, PhD](fileadmin/_processed_/8/e/csm_Peyronnet_Remi_1bb30529b3.jpg)
Remi Peyronnet, PhD
Leiter Mechanobiologie
![Prof. Ursula Ravens](fileadmin/_processed_/3/0/csm_Ravens_Ursula_fc8b3a7e92.jpg)
Prof. Ursula Ravens
Senior Professorin - Mechanobiologie
![](fileadmin/_processed_/5/6/csm_Reis_Catarina-IEKM-v1_2056e1759d.jpg)
Dr. Catarina Reis Orcinha
Labormanagerin
![Eva Rog-Zielinska, PhD](fileadmin/_processed_/9/d/csm_Rog-Zielinska_65c8a0aed2.jpg)
Eva Rog-Zielinska, PhD
Leiterin 4D Bildgebung
![Leonardo Sacconi, PhD](fileadmin/_processed_/3/e/csm_Sacconi_Leonardo_3868c0ad2c.jpg)
Leonardo Sacconi, PhD
Senior Scientist – Bioinstrumentation, Optogenetik, 4D Bildgebung
![Dr. Franziska Schneider-Warme](fileadmin/_processed_/a/3/csm_Schneider-Warme_296d250245.jpg)
Dr. Franziska Schneider-Warme
Leiterin Optogenetik
![Ana Simón Chica, MSc](fileadmin/_processed_/3/f/csm_Simon_Chica_d85bf9fcf4.jpg)
Ana Simón Chica, MSc
Wissenschaftliche Assistentin - Mechanobiologie, Optogenetik
![Callum Zgierski-Johnston, PhD](fileadmin/_processed_/0/f/csm_Zgierski-Johnston_5e996908d0.jpg)
Callum Zgierski-Johnston, PhD
Leiter Bioinstrumentation / Experimentelle Bildgebung
komm. Leiter Computermodellierung
![Jonas Heer, BSc cand.](fileadmin/_processed_/2/6/csm_Heer__Jonas_2dfd6b964f.jpg)
Jonas Heer
Technician
E-Mail: jonas.heer@uniklinik-freiburg.de
![Pia Iaconianni](fileadmin/_processed_/8/1/csm_Iaconianni_Pia_11be097bbe.jpg)
Pia Iaconianni
Technician
![Manuel Koch, MSc cand.](fileadmin/_processed_/5/8/csm_Koch__Manuel_90d84c2c25.jpg)
Manuel Koch
Technician
![Kristina Kollmar](fileadmin/_processed_/0/d/csm_Kollmar_Kristina_44bf33ad04.jpg)
Kristina Kollmar
Technician
![Stefanie Perez-Feliz](fileadmin/_processed_/5/9/csm_Perez-Feliz_e7400cd251.jpg)
Stefanie Perez-Feliz
Technician
![](fileadmin/_processed_/9/f/csm_Rieder-Trudbert_ce841ed6fa.jpg)
Trudbert Rieder
IT Administration
E-Mail: trudbert.rieder@uniklinik-freiburg.de // IT requests to iekm.itsupport-ticket@uniklinik-freiburg.de
![Cinthia Walz](fileadmin/_processed_/d/9/csm_Walz_Cinthia_e8747d9317.jpg)
Cinthia Walz
Technician
![Dr. rer. nat. cand. Marbely del Carmen Calderón-Fernández](fileadmin/_processed_/8/d/csm_Calderon-Fernandez_0a000e13bd.jpg)
Dr. rer. nat. cand. Marbely del Carmen Calderón-Fernández
Optogenetik, Bioinstrumentation
![](fileadmin/_processed_/6/0/csm_Fu_Jiaying_6e60ea4457.jpg)
Dr. sc. hum. cand. Jiaying (April) Fu
Mechanobiologie, 4D Bildgebung
E-Mail: jiaying.fu@uniklinik-freiburg.de
![Dr. Ing. cand. Joachim Greiner](fileadmin/_processed_/f/c/csm_Greiner_Joachim_93ea12937b.jpg)
Dr.-Ing. cand. Joachim Greiner
4D Bildgebung
![Dr. sc. hum. cand. Bo Han](fileadmin/_processed_/d/e/csm_Han_Bo_9692c5031a.jpg)
Dr. sc. hum. cand. Bo Han
Bioinstrumentation / Experimentelle Bildgebung
E-Mail: bo.han@uniklinik-freiburg.de
![Wesley Dean Jones, MSc cand.](fileadmin/_processed_/b/6/csm_Jones__Wesley_3ec137715f.jpg)
Dr. med. cand. Wesley Dean Jones
4D Bildgebung
![Dr. med. cand. Wenzel Kaltenbacher](fileadmin/_processed_/e/4/csm_Kaltenbacher_Wenzel_62642d3b0e.jpg)
Dr. med. cand. Wenzel Kaltenbacher
4D Bildgebung
![](fileadmin/_processed_/a/1/csm_Leemisa_Andries_aaa5bab7fe.jpg)
Dr. rer. nat. cand. Andries Leemisa
Optogenetik
E-Mail: andries.leemisa@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Personal Page
![Siri Leemann](fileadmin/_processed_/2/6/csm_Leemann_Siri_8b7158f54b.jpg)
![](fileadmin/_processed_/a/f/csm_Ohnemus_Sophia_38d9c569a5.jpg)
Dr. Ing. cand. Sophia Ohnemus
Computermodellierung, Optogenetik
![](fileadmin/_processed_/4/3/csm_Oros-Rodrigo_Sofia_1c60e4b9f5.jpg)
Dr. rer. nat. cand. Sofía Orós Rodrigo
4D Bildgebung
![Dr. rer. nat. cand. Teresa Schiatti](fileadmin/_processed_/7/a/csm_Schiatti_Teresa_d3d199cd2b.jpg)
Dr. rer. nat. cand. Teresa Schiatti
Mechanobiologie
![Dr. rer. nat. cand. Stephanie Schmid](fileadmin/_processed_/6/a/csm_Schmid_Stephanie_ff578ff564.jpg)
Dr. rer. nat. cand. Stephanie Schmid
4D Bildgebung
![](fileadmin/_processed_/f/8/csm_Snitchler_Collin_a4037afaef.jpg)
Dr.-Ing. cand. Collin Snitchler
Bioinstrumentation / Experimentelle Bildgebung
![Dr.-Ing. cand. Eike Wülfers](fileadmin/_processed_/f/1/csm_Wuelfers_Eike_c4ddaad587.jpg)
Dr.-Ing. cand. Eike Wülfers
Computermodellierung
![](fileadmin/_processed_/d/c/csm_Stief_Gregor_76e87978db.jpg)
Gregor Stief, MSc cand.
4D Bildgebung / Kardiale NanoDynamiken
![](fileadmin/_processed_/8/0/csm_Gavin_Tumlinson__2__e2bac034a1.jpg)
Gavin Tumlinson
Translationale Medizinische Forschung
![](fileadmin/_processed_/5/2/csm_Zeidler_Vanessa_7decbcb161.jpg)
Vanessa Zeidler, MSc cand.
4D Bildgebung / Kardiale NanoDynamiken
![](fileadmin/_processed_/0/a/csm_Brennan_Tomas_4f3d03ea4f.jpg)
Tomas Brennan
![Dr. Rebecca-Ann Burton](fileadmin/_processed_/3/f/csm_Burton__Rebecca-Ann_761f4f8d65.jpg)
Dr. Rebecca-Ann Burton
Associate Professor in Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford
Dr. Rebecca-Ann Burton did her undergraduate degree in Chemistry and Biology (first class with distinction) and obtained an MSc in Pharmacology and Biotechnology from Sheffield Hallam University (2003). She then joined the Oxford Cardiac Mechano-Electric Feedback Group of Prof. Peter Kohl as a Lab Manager and Research Assistant. Remaining with the same team, she was awarded one of the coveted Oxford Overseas Research Scholarships to support her studies towards a DPhil in Cardiac Physiology (2010). In parallel, she completed an MBA, with Merit (2008). Her graduate research was focused on developing high-resolution, histo-anatomically detailed reconstructions of whole mammalian hearts, to support individualised structure-function modelling. Dr. Burton and Prof. Kohl have continued to collaborate and have published extensively in peer review journals.
![Dr. rer. nat. cand. Elisa Darkow](fileadmin/_processed_/e/f/csm_Darkow_Elisa_f7475459ad.jpg)
Dr. rer. nat. Elisa Darkow
![Dr. rer. nat. Ramona Emig](fileadmin/_processed_/5/1/csm_Emig_Ramona_3d40bbcac4.jpg)
Dr. rer. nat. Ramona Emig
![Dr. Alan Garny](fileadmin/_processed_/a/7/csm_Garny__Alan_d575ef4dc5.jpg)
Dr. Alan Garny
Senior Software Developer in the Auckland Bioengineering Institute at the University of Auckland.
Dr. Alan Garny is a Senior Software Developer in the Auckland Bioengineering Institute. He did his DPhil with Prof. Peter Kohl at the University of Oxford, developing computer models of the origin and spread of cardiac excitation. Part of this work involved the development of COR, the first publicly available CellML-based environment. He is now the project manager and lead developer of OpenCOR, another CellML-based environment that relies on COMBINE standards (incl. CellML and SED-ML) to enable reproducible science.
![Luis Hortells, PhD](fileadmin/_processed_/0/3/csm_Hortells_Luis_ce4d7101ce.jpg)
Luis Hortells, PhD
![Paulina Kaas, MSc cand.](fileadmin/_processed_/c/4/csm_Kaas__Paulina_cf98ae7d59.jpg)
Paulina Kaas, BSc
![Dr.-Ing. Robin Moss](fileadmin/_processed_/2/4/csm_Moss_Robin_ac5e298b64.jpg)
Dr.-Ing. Robin Moss
![Dr. Simone Nübling](fileadmin/_processed_/a/6/csm_Nuebling_Simone_933a93ec52.jpg)
Dr. Simone Nübling
![Dr. Alex Quinn](fileadmin/_processed_/d/4/csm_Quinn__Alexander_3e85be21d8.jpg)
Dr. Alex Quinn
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics & The School of Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University.
Dr. Alex Quinn did his postdoctoral training at the University of Oxford and Imperial College London with Prof. Peter Kohl from Oct 2008 - March 2013, investigating mechanisms of mechanically-induced arrhythmias and physiologic and ischaemia-related electrophysiological variability. The focus of his lab is on the intrinsic regulation of cardiac function and the effects of mechano-electric interactions on heart rhythm. His team continues to work in collaboration with the IEKM on various projects, most recently: (i) using cell-specific expression of a genetically-encoded voltage-sensitive fluorescent protein in mice to demonstrate electrical coupling between myocytes and non-myocytes in situ (PNAS, 2016); (ii) demonstrating the use of a genetically-expressed light-activated chloride channel in zebrafish to pace or silence the heart in vivo (Front Physiol, 2018); and (iii) comparing the structural, mechanical, and electrophysiological determinants of the chronotropic response to sinoatrial node stretch in rabbit and mouse (Front Physiol, 2020).
![Dr.-Ing. Gunnar Seemann](fileadmin/_processed_/b/6/csm_Seemann-Gunnar_05ff189c54.jpg)
Dr.-Ing. Gunnar Seemann
![Frédéric Sonak, BSc cand.](fileadmin/_processed_/b/f/csm_Sonak__Frederic_c21f7d77df.jpg)
Frédéric Sonak, BSc
![Pia Stroeger](fileadmin/_processed_/e/0/csm_Pia_Srtoeger_c93e41a643.jpg)
Pia Stroeger
![Dr. Viviane Timmermann](fileadmin/_processed_/e/6/csm_Timmermann_Viviane_81c17dae2d.jpg)
Dr. Viviane Timmermann