Lab Members

STEPHAN A PLESS
Professor, University
of Copenhagen, Denmark,
from 2020
Associate Professor, University
of Copenhagen, Denmark,
from 2014
Postdoctoral fellow, University of British
Columbia, Canada, until 2013
PhD
University of Queensland,
Australia, 2008

JANNE M COLDING
Senior Laboratory Technician, University
of Copenhagen, Denmark,
from 1997

Mette Homann Poulsen
Assistant Professor,
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, since 2021
Postdoctoral fellow, University
of Copenhagen, Denmark, from 2016
Postdoctoral fellow,
Leibniz Institute, FMP,
Germany, until 2016
PhD in chemical biology,
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, 2013

Hendrik Harms
PhD student
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, since 2021
Visiting MSc student
Christian-Albrechts University Kiel,
Germany, since 2019

Samuel Usher
Postdoctoral fellow
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, since 2021
DPhil Ion Channels in Disease
University of Oxford,
UK, 2021
BA in Biomedical Sciences
University of Oxford,
UK, 2015

Nadine Ritter
Postdoctoral fellow,
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, since 2023
PhD student,
WWU Muenster,
Germany, since 2019
BSc and MSc in Biology,
WWU Muenster,
Germany, 2013-2019

Emma Krindel Beyer
PhD student
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, from 2023
MSc in Medicinal Chemistry
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, 2022
BSc in Chemistry
University of Copenhagen
Denmark, 2020

Natasja Jacobsen
Research Assistant,
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, since 2024
MSc in Pharmacy,
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, 2022-2024
BSc in Pharmacy,
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, 2019

Laurie Peverini
Postdoctoral fellow
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, since 2023
Postdoctoral fellow
Pasteur Institute Paris,
France, 2019-2023
PhD in Chemical & Therap. Chemistry
University of Strasbourg,
France, 2017
BSc / MSc in Bioorganic Chemistry / Chemical Biology
University of Lorraine / University of Strasbourg,
France, 2012 / 2014

Janina Sörmann
Assistant Professor
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, since 2025
Postdoctoral fellow
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, 2023-2025
Research Associate
Evotec SE Hamburg
Germany, 2022-2023
Postdoctoral fellow
University of Oxford, UK, 2020-2022
PhD in Biochemistry
MPI Biophysics, Germany, 2019

Bernadette Lang
Visiting student,
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, 2024
BSc in Biomedical Sciences,
University of Reutlingen,
Germany, since 2021

Mathilde Fibinger Nielsen
MSc in Pharmacy,
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, since 2024
BSc in Pharmacy,
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, 2023

Lukas Morten Fagerlund
MSc in Medicinal Chemistry,
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, since 2024
BSc in Medicinal Chemistry,
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, 2023

Michelle Nilsson
Postdoctoral fellow,
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, since 2024
PhD student,
Linköping University,
Sweden, 2024
BSc and MSc in medical and experimental biology,
Linköping University,
Sweden, 2014-2019