People

Portrait Helmut Schießel

Helmut Schießel

Chair of Theoretical Physics of Living Matter

Helmut’s CV

Scientific Career

as of 2021
Chair of Theoretical Physics of Living Matter at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, TU Dresden

2005–2020
Full professor, Theoretical Physics of Life Processes, Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Leiden University

2000–2004
Project leader, Polymer Theory Group, Max-Planck Institute of Polymer Research, Mainz

1999–2000
Postdoctoral researcher at Dept. of Physics and Astronomy and Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California in Los Angeles

1997–1998
Postdoctoral research at Materials Research Lab, University of California in Santa Barbara

Education

1994–1997
PhD in Theoretical Physics at Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg

Postdocs

Enrico Skoruppa

Postdoc

DNA mechanics

enrico.skoruppa[AT]tu-dresden[DOT]de

PoL at A18 | Room 216

PhD Students

Manish Yadav

PhD Student

Spermatogenesis

manish.yadav[AT]tu-dresden[DOT]de

PoL at A18 | Room 216

Sukanta Mukherjee

PhD Student

Epigenetic inheritance

sukanta.mukherjee[AT]tu-dresden[DOT]de

PoL at A18 | Room 216

Sophie Klempahn

PhD Student

Chromatin remodeling

sophie.klempahn[AT]tu-dresden.[DE]

PoL at A18 | Room 216

Lennart de Bruin

PhD Student (Leiden University)

debruin@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

Adi Kiang

PhD Student (Leiden University)

kiang@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

Student Research Assistants

Jason Galeczka

Student assistant

jason.galeczka@tu-dresden.de

PoL at A18 | Room 216

Yasmin Magdy Emadeldin Mohamed Abdelghaffar

Student assistant

yasmin_magdy_emadeldin_mohamed.abdelghaffar@mailbox.tu-dresden.de

PoL at A18 | Room 216

Nachiket Kamlakar Deoghare

Student assistant

nachiket_kamlakar.deoghare@mailbox.tu-dresden.de

PoL at A18 | Room 216

Administration

Irina Breitner

Administrative Assistant

irina.breitner@tu-dresden.de
+49 351 463-41258

PoL at A18 | Room 204

Seven people standing on a meadow by a river with the silhouette of historic Dresden in the background

Alumnus

Takashi Nishio

Postdoc

Fritz Förster

Student assistant

fritz.foerster1@mailbox.tu-dresden.de