Spider Silk Research

Team

Postdoctoral Researcher

Benjamin Schmuck, PhD
benjamin.schmuck@slu.se

Tomas Bohn Pessatti, PhD
tomas.bohn.pessatti@slu.se

My research focuses on designing and producing functional biomaterials, such as hydrogels and fibers, for biomedical use. I am also interested in the basic biology of spiders, including how different spidroins contribute to successful web formation.
In my work, I test biomaterials in vitro and use a wide range of characterization methods, from spectroscopy to multi-omics approaches, to gain a deeper understanding of material properties and the biological systems behind them.

Sarah Stadlmayr, PhD
sarah.stadlmayr@ki.se

Elin

Biochemist working on SpiCE-LMa’s

Elin Karlsson, PhD
elin.cb.karlsson@slu.se

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Gabriele Pozzati, PhD
gabriele.pozzati@slu.se

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Johan Reimegård, PhD
johan.reimegard@scilifelab.se

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Tove Kivijärv, PhD
Tove.kivijarv@ki.se

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Lucia Youssef, PhD
lucia.youssef@slu.se

PhD Students

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Tobias Fietze,
tobias.fietze@ki.se

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Research Technician

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Saher Sahid, PhD
saher.sahid@slu.se

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Lu Lu, PhD
lu.lu@slu.se

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Bryan Gross, PhD
bryan.gross@slu.se

Visiting Researcher

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Sofia Ferreira Melo, PhD
sofia.ferreira.melo@slu.se

Students

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Carolin Geiger, Bachelor Student
carolin.geiger@slu.se

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Alumni

Postdocs

  • Gabriele Greco (Postdoc, 2018-2025)
  • Urmimala Chatterjee (Research Engineer, 2019-2024)
  • Olga Shilkova (Lab Manager, 2019-2024)
  • Sameer Hassan (Postdoc, 2019-2022)
  • Nina Schiller (2020-2021)
  • Fredrik Bäcklund (2019-2021)
  • Nathalie Gonska (2019-2020)
  • Mike Mikolka (2017-2018)
  • Jakub Zeibialowicz (2015-2018)
  • Bentolhoda Fereydouni (2018)
  • Lotta Floderus (2016-2017)
  • Siqin Wu (2011-2015)
Graduate Students
  • Sumalata Sonavane (PhD Student, 2019-2024)
  • Tina Arndt (2018-2022)
  • Marlene Andersson (2011-2016)

Visiting Researcher/Graduate Students 

  • Yui Kosukegawa (Assistant Professor, 2024-2025)
  • Max Kappus (Visiting PhD Student, 2025)
  • Rocco Malaspina (Visiting PhD Student, 2025)
  • Vincenzo Fazio (Guest Researcher, 2025)

Undergraduate Students

  • Stefanie Nguyen (Bachelor Student, 2025)
  • Carla Wilkens (Bachelor Student, 2024-2025)
  • Anil Putri (Master Student 2024)
  • Emeline Mauriot (Master Student 2024)
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