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Portrait Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich © BIOTEC
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Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich

Heisenberg Professor for Mechanics of Active Biomaterials

Elisabeth’s CV

Scientific Career

as of 2023
Center for Systems Biology Dresden (CSBD) Affiliate

as of 2023
Heisenberg Chair (tenure track) at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, TU Dresden

Since 2019
Group leader at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, TU Dresden

2017–2019
Group leader at Biotec, TU Dresden, “Active rheology of the actin cytoskeleton”

2011–2016
Postdoctoral work jointly at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden and the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden

2009–2011
Postdoctoral work at the Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Israel

Education

2009
Doctoral degree in Physics, Saarland University

2005–2009
PhD work at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden

2004
Diploma in Physics, Leipzig University

Group Members

Name Position
Prof. Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich Group Leader
Annika Frenzel Lab Technician
Dr. Liyuan Sui Postdoc
Dr. Narinder Postdoc
Karla Yanín Guerra Santillán Predoc
Gina Dimari Predoc
Valentin Ruffine Predoc
Yogishree Arabinda Panda Predoc
Kartik Jatwani Student Research Assistant