Prof. Dr. Manuel Spitschan
Assistant Professor of Chronobiology & Health (TUM)
Max Planck Research Group Leader (MPI)
Principal Investigator (TUMCREATE)
Team
Principal Investigator
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Maydel Fernandez Alonso
Postdoctoral Researcher (MPI), April 2022–now
Dr. Anna M Biller
Postdoctoral Researcher (TUM), April 2022–now
Dr. med. Stephan Munkwitz
Researcher (MPI), April 2022–now
Dr. Johannes Zauner
Postdoctoral Researcher (TUM), July 2023–now
Dr. Resshaya Roobini Murukesu
Postdoctoral Fellow (TUMCREATE), January 2024–now
Dr. Marie Luise Schreiter
Postdoctoral Researcher/Science Communicator (MPI)
August 2024–now
Research Software Engineers
Denz Del Villar
Research Software Engineer, November 2023–now
Natalia Petliak
Research Software Engineer, February 2025–now
Doctoral Students
Hannah Sophie Heinrichs
Doctoral Student (TUM & IMPRS-MMFD), June 2022–now
Niloufar Tabandeh
Doctoral Student (TUM & IMPRS-MMFD), June 2022–now
Laura Hainke
Doctoral Student (TUM, with Josef Priller), October 2022–now
Lucien Bickerstaff
Doctoral Student (TUM/MPI), February 2024–now
Josef Trinkl
MD Student (MPI), February 2024–now
Carolina Guidolin
Doctoral Student (TUM/MPI), February 2024–now
Zara Alkaff
Doctoral Student (TUMCREATE), January 2024–now
Salma Thalji
Doctoral Student (MPI), January 2024–now
Thesis Students
Amna Nadeem
Master’s thesis student (TUM)
Supervision: Anna Biller
Verena Plankl
Bachelor’s thesis student (TUM)
Supervision: Anna Biller
Adea Borova
Master’s thesis student (TUM)
Supervision: Anna Biller
Areej Hassan
Master’s thesis student (TUM)
Supervision: Anna Biller
Benedikt Donaubauer
Bachelor’s thesis student (TUM)
Lea Weichselgartner
Bachelor’s thesis student (TUM)
Supervision: Anna Biller
Larissa Stocker
Master’s thesis student (TUM)
Supervision: Manuel Spitschan
Sarina Hilden
Master’s thesis student (TUM)
Supervision: Manuel Spitschan
Suyoun Lee
Master’s thesis student (TUM)
Supervision: Manuel Spitschan
Sing Yik Chan
Master’s rotation student (MPI/Uni Tübingen)
Supervision: Manuel Spitschan
Lina Becker
Master’s thesis student (TUM)
Supervision: Anna Biller
Tamara Roth
Bachelor’s thesis student (TUM)
Supervision: Anna Biller
Visitors and Interns
Mithish Ravisankar Geetha
Summer intern from The University of British Columbia
Bruno Bustos
Summer intern from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Erwin Obias
Summer intern from University of the Philippines - Diliman
Tre Ridgway-Davis
Summer intern from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Administrative Support
Kathrin Knapp
Personal Assistant, January 2022–now
Katharina Hilber
Assistant, April 2023–now
Specialists
Zazil
Zazil is Floor Manager, Sleep Practitioner and holds a Dogtorate in Advanced Morale Management
January 2022–