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.
Management Team
Prof. Ralf Paus (MD, DSc, FRSB)
Founder & CEO
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-458
Dr. Marta Bertolini (PhD)
Acting CEO
Phone: +49 (0)251 93263-080
Dr. Janin Edelkamp (PhD)
CSO
Phone: +49 (0)251 93263-080

Prof. Ralf Ludwig
Medical Director
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-458
Anja Borrosch
Head of Administration
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-458
Team Leaders
Dr. Markus Fehrholz (PhD)
Team Leader & Data Scientist
Phone: +49 (0)251 93263-079
Dr. Alizée Le Riche (PhD)
Team Leader
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-952
Dr. Karin Pappelbaum (PhD)
Team Leader
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-952
Dr. Ilaria Piccini (PhD)
Deputy CSO & Team Leader
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-952
Finances & HR

Muhammad Zeeshan Tahir (BSc)
Financial Controller
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-952

Maryna Semko (BSc)
HR Specialist
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-458
Marketing & Business Development
Dr. Lisa Epping (PhD)
Scientific Communicator
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-951

Dr. Sabrina Höfling (PhD)
Marketing Manager
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-951

Dr. Anasua Pal (PhD)
Business Development Assistant
Phone: +49 (0) 251 93132952

Dr. Leslie Ponce (PhD)
Business Development Assistant
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-951

Ramanjot Sandhu (MBA)
Marketing & Sales Assistant
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-951
Quality Management & Laboratory Operations

Cristina Garcia Moratalla
Laboratory Logistics and Purchasing Associate
c.garcia@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93263-078
Kristina Ledl (MSc)
Technical Assistant to the Lab Manager
k.ledl@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456

Lavanja Nimalavachchlan (MSc)
(Pre)Clinical Research Associate
l.nimalavachchlan@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93263-078

Ana Steinhoff (MSc)
Quality Management Officer
a.steinhoff@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93263-078
Scientists
Sabrina Altendorf (MSc)
Staff Scientist in Training
s.altendorf@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93263-079

Silvia Barbosa (MSc)
Junior Staff Scientist (MSc)
s.barbosa@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0) 251 93132952

Sofoklis Koudounas (PhD)
Staff Scientist
s.koudounas@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93132-953
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

Dr. Joana Viola-Söhnlein (PhD)
Staff Scientist
j.viola-soehnlein@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93263-079
Research Technicians

Alexandros Maroudas(MSc)
Research Technician
alexandros.maroudas@monasteriumlab.com Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456

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

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

Sujaya Thannimangalath (MSc)
Research Technician
s.thannimangalath@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456
Shaheen Thekkumthala (MSc)
Research Technician
s.thekkumthala@monasteriumlab.com
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-456
Laboratory Assistants
Margret Menke
Jonas Sobierey
Consultants / Scientific Advisors
Prof. Kristian Reich
Scientific Advisor
University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany

Prof. Tamás Bíró (MD, PhD, DSc)
Principal Consultant
Phone: +49 (0)251 93264-458

Dr. David Broadley (PhD)
Consultant
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. Xiaolin Li
Consultant
Postdoc, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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
Dr. Gill Westgate
Senior Consultant
Business Development Manager in the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford
Bradford, UK