Our Team

Bioinformatics for Multi-Omics Research Group

Group Photo April 2026

April 2026

Principal Investigator

Dr. rer. nat. Pooja Gupta

Research Group Leader

Email: Pooja.Gupta [at] uk-erlangen.de

Phone: +49 9131 85-42840

Department of Stem Cell Biology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Scientific Researchers

Florin Ratajczak

Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: Florin.Ratajczak [at] uk-erlangen.de

Phone: +49 9131 85-42835

Project: S03 - Research Information Infrastructure, Data Management and Bioinformatics Core in TRR 417 - Cellular Communication in the Stroma of Colorectal Cancer: from pathophysiology to clinical translation (Project No. 540805631)

Dr. Luis Carlos Rivera Monroy

Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: luis.rivera [at] fau.de

Website: Personal Website

Project: AI-Driven Multimodal Data Integration for Predicting IBD-PD Comorbidity Progression (AI-PREDICT), BMFTR-funded project (Project No. 01ZU2502)

Alejandra Pizzano

Scientific Staff

Email: alejandra.adali.pizano [at] fau.de

Project: Z01 - Integrative tissue profiling, omics analysis support and FAIR data management in CASCAID - Cellular and Systems Control of Autoimmune Disease (Project No. 550296805)

Dr. Cornelia Redel Smirnov

Scientific Staff

Email: cornelia.redel-smirnov [at] uk-erlangen.de

Phone: +49 9131 85-42907

Project: Z01 - Management and Administration of the Clinical Research Unit in KFO 5024 - Immune checkpoints of gut-brain communication in inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases (GB.Com; Project No. 505539112)

Dr. Veronika Sigutova

Scientific Staff

Email: veronika.sigutova [at] uk-erlangen.de

Phone: +49 9131 85-42907

Project: Z01 - Management and Administration of the Clinical Research Unit in KFO 5024 - Immune checkpoints of gut-brain communication in inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases (GB.Com; Project No. 505539112)

PhD Students

Yanlin Wang

PhD Student (2025 - Present)

Email: Yanlin.Wang [at] uk-erlangen.de

Project: Z02 Project for Bioinformatics analysis and FAIR data management in TRR 369 DIONE

Sumit Kumar

PhD Student (2026 - Present)

Email: Sumit.Kumar [at] uk-erlangen.de

Project: AI-Driven Multimodal Data Integration for Predicting IBD-PD Comorbidity Progression (AI-PREDICT), BMFTR-funded project (Project No. 01ZU2502)

Sudhanva Krishna Shastry

PhD Student (2026 - Present)

Project: AI-Driven Multimodal Data Integration for Predicting IBD-PD Comorbidity Progression (AI-PREDICT), BMFTR-funded project (Project No. 01ZU2502)

Alumni & Past Supervisions