
Team
The Defense circuits lab comprises highly skilled and motivated researchers from many disciplines. Combining neuroanatomical, functional and behavioral approaches, we try to gain a better understanding of defensive states and their underlying mechanisms.

Professor
Philip Tovote
+49931 201-44052
Building E4, Office 0.01
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

PostDoc
Silvia Rodriguez-Rozada
+49931 201-44038
Building E4, Office 1.03
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

PostDoc
Jérémy Signoret-Genest
+49931 201-44038
Building E4, Office 1.05
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

PostDoc
Hanna Vila Merkle
+49931 201-44038
Building E4, Office 1.05
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

Scientific Coordinator
Nina Schukraft
+49931 201-44038
Building E4, Office 1.05
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

Lab Coordinator
Katrin Walter
+49931 201-44011
Building E4, Office 1.02
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

Clinician Scientist
Johannes Hartig
+49931 201-44046
Building E4, Office 1.03
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

Data Scientist
Hamidreza Alimohammadi
+49931 201-44046
Building E4, Office 1.03
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

PhD Student
Petra Rebek
+49931 201-44038
Building E4, Office 1.05
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

PhD Student
Mia (Wenyan) Wu
+49931 201-44038
Building E4, Office 1.05
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

PhD Student
Alexia Lantheaume
+49931 201-44038
Building E4, Office 1.05
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

PhD Student
Fabio Felisati
+49931 201-44046
Building E4, Office 1.03
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

PhD Student
Nis Focken
+49931 201-44038
Building E4, Office 1.05
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

PhD Student
César Redondo Alañón
+49931 201-44038
Building E4, Office 1.05
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

MD Student
Nina Schöneberg
+49931 201-44046
Building E4, Office 1.03
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

MD Student
Konstantin Kobel
+49931 201-44046
Building E4, Office 1.03
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

Master Student
Emilia Derksen
+49931 201-44038
Building E4, Office 1.05
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

Master Student
Maria Gruber
+49931 201-44046
Building E4, Office 1.03
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg

Laboratory Technician
Christian Mehling
+49931 201-44013
Building E4, Offices 2.03 and 0.02
Versbacher Str. 5
97078 Würzburg
Alumni
Jost Knaup
Assistant (cRDM )
2024
Kilian Katzenberger
Master Student
2024
Mariana Márquez-Machorro
PostDoc (cRDM)
2024
Michael Schellenberger
Master Student
2024
Nina Seiffert
PhD Student
2023
Sara Lorenco dos Reis
PhD student
2023
Maria Gruber
Bachelor Student
2023
Gabriela Neubert da Silva
PhD Student
2023
Dennis Segebarth
PostDoc
2023
Alejandro Javier Pernía-Andrade
PostDoc
2022
Jennifer Müller
Master Student
2022
Sawako Tabuchi
PostDoc
2022
Lara Lischka
Medical Student
2022
Pauline Frech
PhD Student
2022
Elisabete Bóf Ramos
Laboratory Technician
2021
Moritz Hacke
Clinician Scientist
2020
Yave Lozano
PostDoc
2019