Interdisciplinary & international team
We are very proud of our international team with their diverse backgrounds. They combine technical expertise and a strong passion to drive growth in advancing our client’s success. In addition, our worldwide network of senior consultants, physicians, and scientists provide us with their knowledgeable advice on various projects, strategies, and key decisions.
Leadership Team

Prof. Ralf Paus (MD, DSc, FRSB)
Founder & CEO
r.paus@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-458

Anja Borrosch
General Manager
a.borrosch@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-458

Dr. Marta Bertolini (PhD)
CSO & Deputy General Manager
m.bertolini@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93263-080

Dr. Janin Edelkamp (PhD)
Deputy CSO & Team Leader
j.edelkamp@monasteriumlab.com
Phone:+49 (0)251 93263-080

Prof. Tamás Bíró (MD, PhD, DSc)
Principal Consultant & Head of Advanced Technologies Program
t.biro@monasteriumlab.com
Phone:+49 (0)251 93264-458
Personal Assistant

Dr. Sabrina Höfling (PhD)
Personal Assistant to the CSO
s.hoefling@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-952
Marketing Laboratory & Office Management

Iván Martín Rodríguez
Marketing Assistant
i.martin-rodriguez@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-951

Dr. Lisa Epping (PhD)
Scientific Communicator
l.epping@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-951

Dr. Julita Mikulec (PhD)
COO & Lab Manager
j.mikulec@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93263-078
Team Leaders

Dr. Markus Fehrholz (PhD)
Team Leader / Data Scientist
m.fehrholz@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93263-079

Dr. Karin Pappelbaum (PhD)
Team Leader
k.pappelbaum@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93263-078

Dr. Ilaria Piccini (PhD)
Team Leader
i.piccini@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-952

Dr. Max van Lessen (PhD)
Team Leader
m.vanlessen@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-952
Staff Scientists / Interns

Dr. Enrica Cappellozza (PhD)
Intern
e.cappellozza@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-953

Dr. Onur Egriboz (PhD)
Staff Scientist
o.egriboz@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93263-079

Dr. Vahid Kheirollahi (PhD)
Staff Scientist
v.kheirollahi@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-951

Dr. Mercedes de Mirecki (PhD)
Staff Scientist at Las Palmas
Mediteknia Hair and Skin Lab
m.mirecki@monasteriumlab.com

Dr. Alizée Le Riche (PhD)
Staff Scientist
a.leriche@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-951

Dr. Thomas Rouillé (PhD)
Senior Staff Scientist
t.rouille@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-953

Dr. Yuliya Skabytska (PhD)
Staff Scientist
y.skabytska@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-458

Ana Steinhoff (MSc)
Junior Staff Scientist
a.steinhoff@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93263-079

Dr. Joana Viola-Söhnlein (PhD)
Staff Scientist
j.viola-soehnlein@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93263-078

Dr. Lisa Zondler (PhD)
Staff Scientist
l.zondler@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-953

Marta Sousa (MSc)
Research Assistant
m.sousa@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-952

Alok Chauhan (MSc)
Junior Data Analyst
a.chauhan@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93263-079
Research Technicians

Raul Campos (MSc)
Research Technician
r.campos@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456

Helene El-Bacha (MSc)
Research Technician
h.el-bacha@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456

Jasmina Golaboska (BSc)
Research Technician
j.golaboska@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456

Noelia Guedes (MSc)
Research Technician at Las Palmas Mediteknia Hair & Skin Lab
lab@mediteknia.com

Eleftheria Karamoustou (MSc)
Research Technician
e.karamoustou@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-951

María Molina Gracia (MSc)
Research Technician
m.molinagracia@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-951

Kristina Ledl (MSc)
Research Technician
k.ledl@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456

Kayumba Ng'andu (BSc)
Research Technician
k.ng'andu@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456

Janina Nienhaus (MSc)
Research Technician
j.nienhaus@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456

Naailah Roheemun (BSc)
Research Technician
n.roheemun@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456

Gangaram Ramavath (MSc)
Research Technician
g.ramavath@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456

Ekta Sidhu (MSc)
Research Technician
e.sidhu@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456

Shaheen Thekkumthala (MSc)
Research Technician
s.thekkumthala@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456

Annika Wieghaus (MSc)
Research Technician
a.wieghaus@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456

Filip Manevski (MSc)
Research Technician
f.manevski@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456

Sofoklis Koudounas (MSc)
Research Technician
s.koudounas@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456

Sabrina Altendorf (MSc)
PhD Student
s.altendorf@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456

Marta Lousada (MSc)
PhD Student
m.lousada@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456
Work Students

Laboratory Assistants

Olaide Adedeji

Paula García

Marieke Maxein

Margret Menke

Lasse Middendorf

Marie Sarazova

Jonas Sobierey

Philip Drell
Consultants / Scientific Advisors

Prof. Kristian Reich
Scientific Advisor
University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf Hamburg, Germany

Dr. David Broadley (PhD)
Consultant
d.broadley@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-953

Prof. Dr. Falk G. Bechara
Senior Consultant
Department of Dermatology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany and ICH - International Center of Hidradenitis suppurative /Acne inversa

Dr. Jérémy Chéret
Consultant
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami
Miami, USA

Prof. Amos Gilhar
Professor (emeritus) of Dermatology
Skin Research Laboratory, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Prof. Francisco Jiménez
Senior Consultant
Founder & Head of Mediteknia Hair Lab, Professor at University Fernando Pessoa Canarias
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Dr. Ulrich Knie
Senior Consultant
Dr. Ulrich Knie Scientific Consulting
Bad Salzuflen, Germany

Dr. Xiaolin Li
Consultant
Research Scientist,
Singapore Immunology Network,
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore

Dr. Tiago R. Matos
Consultant
Amsterdam University Medical Center, Netherlands

Prof. Yuval Ramot
Consultant
Associate Professor of Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Hadassah Medical Center
Jerusalem, Israel

Prof. Alfredo Rossi
Senior Consultant
Division of Dermatology, Department of Anesthesiology and Cardiovascular Clinical Internal Sciences Sapienza University
Rome, Italy

Prof. Desmond J.Tobin
Senior Consultant
Professor of Dermatological Science at UCD School of Medicine and Director of the Charles Institute of Dermatology, University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland

Prof. Daisuke Tsuruta
Senior Consultant
Department of Dermatology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine
Osaka, Japan

Prof. Heiko Traupe
Senior Consultant
Professor emeritus, Guest scientist at Dept. of Dermatology, University Hospital of Münster
Münster, Germany

Prof. em. Erwin Tschachler
Senior Consultant
Professor of Dermatology and Venereology emeritus
Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria

Dr. Gill Westgate
Senior Consultant
Business Development Manager in the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford
Bradford, UK

Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Thomas Luger
Senior Consultant
Department of Dermatology, University of Münster
Münster, Germany