Kersten lab 06/2026
Akademischer Oberrat
Tel.: 39-25714
E-Mail: kerstec"at"uni-mainz.de
Room: 03-155
Research interset: Research
Teaching Pharmazie/BMC/MoBi (aktuell):
Pharmazeutische/Medizinische Chemie
Arzneistoffanalytik
Arzneimittelanalytik
Wirkstoffdesign & CADD
Short Bio:
| 11/2025 | Habilitation in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry and obtaining the venia legendi |
| since 05/2024 | Akademischer Oberrat |
| 10/2017 - 05/2024 | Akademischer Rat (senior researcher/lecturer), Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, JGU Mainz |
| 07/2017 - 10/2017 | Postdoctoral researcher, JGU Mainz with Prof. Dr. Tanja Schirmeister |
| 07/2017 | Promotion (Dr. rer. nat.) |
| 07/2013 - 07/2017 | Doctoral candidate, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, JGU Mainz with Prof. Dr. Ruth Brenk (10/2015 - 06/2016 at University of Bergen, Norway) |
| 06/2013 | licensed pharmacists |
Laura Almena Rodriguez
M. Sc. Chemistry
Tel.: 39-25726
E-Mail: almelaur@uni-mainz.de
Raum: 03-171
Forschungsinteressen: Strukturbasiertes Design, Synthese und biophysikalische Charakterisierung von RNA-bindenden Small Molecules
Maike Grimm
M. Sc. Biomedizinische Chemie
Tel.: 39-25601
E-Mail: mgrimm@students.uni-mainz.de
Raum: 03-151
Forschungsinteressen: CADD, ML, RNA, MAINCE
Katherina Meisel
Apothekerin
Tel.: 39-25601
E-Mail: kmeisel@uni-mainz.de
Raum: 03-151
Forschungsinteressen: RNA-small molecule Bindungsstudien, RNA Dynamik, Assayentwicklung
Hannah Müller
M. Sc. Biomedicinal Chemistry
Tel.: 39-
E-Mail: mhannah@students.uni-mainz.de
Raum: 03-165
Forschungsinteressen: RNA-targeting small molecules, riboswitches, organic synthesis, riboDESIGN
Mareike Riedel
M. Sc. Chemie
Tel.: 39-31186
E-Mail: mriedel@uni-mainz.de
Raum: 03-173
Forschungsinteressen: MMP9, peptide synthesis, assay development, MUNASET
Thomas Schmidpeter
M. Sc. Chemie
Tel.: 39-
E-Mail: schmidpt@uni-mainz.de
Raum: 03-165
Forschungsinteressen: Synthesis and hit optimization of RNA-binding small molecules
Thales do Valle Moreira
M. Sc. Pharmaceutical Sciences
Tel.: 39-26742
E-Mail: tdovalle@uni-mainz.de
Raum: 03-163
Forschungsinteressen: Protease inhibitors in theranostics, OncoProTools
Alumni
Dr. Annabelle Weldert (04/2022 - 06/2026, co-PIs Tanja Schirmeister & Fabian Barthels), thesis: "Tools for the Characterization of New Modality Drugs Targeting RNA Methyltransferases and Lectins"
Dr. Sabrina Hoba (10/2021 - 12/2025, co-PI Tanja Schirmeister), thesis: "Selectivity in Substrate and Inhibitor Design: Case Studies in Methyltransferases and Matrix Metalloproteases" (Forschungskolleg Rheinland-Pfalz "MultiSensE")
Dr. Damian Tarasek (02/2024 - 01/2026), postdoctoral researcher working on covalent RNA-ligands
Dr. Elisabeth Kallert (07/2021 - 11/2024), thesis: "Unraveling the Secrets of Pathogenic RNA: Biophysical Approaches to Study RNA–Small Molecule Interactions"
Kersten Lab 07/2025
Kersten Lab 08/2024