Dr. Daniel Friedrich
Research Group Leader and Director of NMR Platform
Daniel Friedrich (name at birth Stöppler) received his Bachelor of Science in 2011 at University of Potsdam, and his Diploma in Biochemistry in 2014 at Freie Universität Berlin. After completing his PhD studies at Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) in 2018, establishing advanced magic-angle-spinning NMR methods to investigate protonation dynamics in proteins, he did postdoctoral work at Harvard Medical School in Boston (USA) on NMR-based analyses of non-canonical translation initiation in eukaryotes. Since 2022, Daniel Friedrich is heading the NMR junior research group at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of University of Cologne.
Selected Awards
- 2025 Fulbright-Cottrell Award
- 2021-2022 Long-Term Fellowship of Human Frontier Science Program
- 2021 Fellow of German Scholars Organization
- 2020 Research Fellowship of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- 2019 Long-Term Fellowship of European Molecular Biology Organization
- 2019 Ernst Award of German Chemical Society
- 2017 Young Scientist Award of International Society of Magnetic Resonance
Dr. Philipp Hegemann
After graduating in 2014 with a Diploma in Chemistry at University of Bonn, Philipp Hegemann received his PhD in 2020, specializing in Physical Chemistry. Since 2019, he works as engineer in the NMR group and is an expert for both hardware and software of Bruker NMR systems. He is also responsible for automation of analytic measurements in the NMR lab.
Contact details: Room 116A (Organic Chemistry Building), [+49-221-470-] 3874 and philipp.hegemann[at]uni-koeln.de
Kathrin König
As a technician and expert for NMR experiments, Kathrin König takes care of acquisition of NMR spectra of higher dimensionality as well as involving hetero nuclei. She further works on protein purification to produce isotopically labeled protein samples suitable for NMR studies.
Contact details: Rooms 113/115 (Organic Chemistry Building), [+49-221-470-] 1787 / 3082 and kathrin.koenig[at]uni-koeln.de
Daniela Naumann
With her rich experience and expertise in performing NMR experiments, Daniela Naumann is responsible as technician for both routine measurements and detection of hetero nuclei, especially for inorganic molecules. She also records triple-resonance NMR spectra of proteins.
Contact details: Rooms 113/115 (Organic Chemistry Building) and 212a (Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Building), [+49-221-470-] 1787 / 3082 and 3273, and daniela.naumann[at]uni-koeln.de
Sonja Bazhenova
Sonja Bazhenova is a chemist specializing in Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry. Her research focuses on the development of antimicrobial peptides using solid-phase synthesis techniques. She investigates their structure–activity relationships through a range of biochemical and biophysical methods such as cell-based activity assays and NMR spectroscopy.
Contact details: Room 113 (Organic Chemistry Building), [+49-221-470-] 1787, and sbazheno[at]smail.uni-koeln.de
Alumni
André Zenz (Master student)
Angela Esser (Master student)
Benedikt Zeitz (Master student)
Gabriela Petti (PhD student, collaboration with Bart Thomma)
Michael Quagliata (PhD student, collaboration with Ines Neundorf and Anna Maria Papini)
Sebastian von Döllen (Master student)
Vincent Berg (Master student, collaboration with Uli Baumann)