People

Christina Ludwig, Ph.D., is the head of the proteomics department at the Bavarian Center for Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry (BayBioMS) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Since 2015, she has been fundamental in the setup and development of the BayBioMS, which today is one of the leading science and technology platforms of TUM, equipped with the latest mass spectrometers and providing state-of-the-art proteomics and metabolomics measurements for applications in life science research.

Christina studied chemistry at the Philipps University of Marburg (Germany) and received her PhD from the Technical University of Dortmund (Germany). She completed her postdoc in the group of Professor Ruedi Aebersold at ETH Zurich, where she became an expert in targeted and data-independent acquisition (DIA) proteomics. Her current research focuses on technical developments for high-throughput bacterial proteomics and peptidomics workflows. Her research has led to over 70 publications in high-ranking journals, including Science and Nature Press. Furthermore, Christina has made outstanding contributions to the dissemination of advanced proteomic techniques. Over the last decade, she has taught and organized numerous international proteomics courses, conferences, and proteomics summer schools, and her proteomics learning videos on YouTube are among the most frequently watched videos in the field.

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Susanne holds a Master of Science in Food Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich. During her Bachelor's and Master's thesis, she collaborated with the BayBioMS, specializing in advanced mass spectrometry techniques, including targeted (MRMHR) and untargeted methods coupled with LC or MALDI (Imaging). For her PhD at the Chair of Food Chemistry and Molecular Sensory Science of Prof. Dr. Hofmann - provisional Prof. Dr. Corinna Dawid - at the TUM, Susanne´s research focused on identifying early-life risk markers for later overweight, particularly influenced by early nutrition and maternal body mass index using targeted mass spectrometry.

In October 2022, she joined the Ludwig Group as a Proteomics Project Manager.

Genc Haljiti, M.Sc., is a Doctoral candidate at the Ludwig Group. Genc has graduated as an Engineer of Chemistry – Analytical Biochemistry (B.Sc.) at the University of Tetova in North Macedonia. He then continued his studies at the University of Applied Sciences Fresenius in Idstein, Hessen, Germany, where he graduated with a Master of Sciences in Bioanalytical Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Analysis. Before joining our group, he had a short experience working at ILVO in Gent, Belgium, as a researcher in plant metabolomics.

In October 2022, he joined us as part of the Elite Network Bavaria (ENB) funded project “The Proteomes that Feed the World”. As part of the BayBioMS, he is working on a research project on plant peptidomics. Genc aims to develop a workflow for different plant tissues and then apply it to get insights from the plant peptidome reaction upon bacterial attack. In addition, as part of the ENB, he is working on large-scale plant proteomics projects with many other colleagues, aiming to create the first Crop Proteome Atlas of different tissues for the top 100 most important crops for human nutrition.