Meier-Schellersheim Research Group

Dr. Meier-Schellersheim obtained a master’s degree in physics in 1997 and a Ph.D. in 2001 from the University of Hamburg, Germany. His research focuses on building a bridge between experimental and computational cell biology through the development and application of modeling tools that combine accessible graphical interfaces with the capability to perform spatially and temporally highly resolved simulations, even for models of complex cellular signaling processes.

Hannes Bongartz is an experimental biologist and a Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow in the Computational Systems Biology Section (CSBS). He received his Ph.D. in 2017 from Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany, for his work on the pathogenesis of dysregulated cellular signaling pathways associated with myeloproliferative neoplasms. Hannes joined CSBS in 2021 to further pursue his interest in...

Matthew Penaso-Stinson is interested in the complex signaling environments in which macrophages are embedded and how extracellular matrix fibers alter their responses to inflammatory and migratory cues to control their decision-making processes. He primarily studies macrophage behavior with live-cell migration assays in 3-D chambers in vitro, designed to mimic basement membrane and interstitial...

Thorsten Prüstel received his B.S. and Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Hamburg in Germany. After conducting post-doctoral research under the supervision of Dr. Martin Meier-Schellersheim, he became a staff scientist in the Computational Systems Biology Section.

The main foci of Thorsten’s research are on stochastic modeling and quantitative analyses of interactions between cells...

Yuting Shao is a postdoctoral visiting fellow in the Computational Biology Section. She received her Ph.D. in physics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics, her M.S. in computer science from Northeastern University, and her B.S. in electronic engineering from Jilin University. She brings a unique interdisciplinary background to her research, combining her expertise in...

Shikha is a postdoctoral visiting fellow in the Computational System Biology Section (CSBS). She received her Ph.D. in computational biology in August 2023 from the Indian Institute of Science and Educational Research in Mohali, India for her work on antimalarial drug actions and their mechanisms of resistance. Shikha joined CSBS in November 2023 to further pursue her interest in 3D structural...

Fengkai Zhang is a staff scientist in the Computational Systems Biology Section. He received his M.D. from Beijing Medical University, his B.S. in computer science and statistics from the University of Manitoba, and his master’s degree in bioinformatics from the University of Waterloo. His postdoctoral work at Virginia Commonwealth University focused on SNPs in human and mouse. Following his...