Team
Alesia Tietze
Professor in Medicinal Chemistry
Alesia received her M.Sc. in Chemistry in 2008 and Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 2011 from Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. After pursuing PostDocs at the University of Bonn, TU Darmstadt/Germany, and Iowa State University/USA, she established an independent research group at TU Darmstadt as a Liebig Fellow funded by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie before being recruited as an Assistant Professor and Wallenberg Fellow to the University of Gothenburg in 2018. In March 2025, she was promoted to Professor. Professor Tietze’s research lies at the interface of medicinal chemistry, peptide science, chemical biology, and bioinspired materials. Her laboratory combines synthetic chemistry, peptide engineering, biophysics, microbiology, and nanotechnology to translate fundamental molecular discoveries into new therapeutic and diagnostic solutions.
Luisa Beyer
Post-doctoral Fellow
Luisa defended her PhD in February 2026. During her PhD studies she focused on the engineering of nature-inspired antimicrobial peptides in collaboration with Beatriz Camara Lab in Valparaiso in Chile She has spent 2 months of internship in Valparaiso/Chile in Beatriz Camara's Lab.
She also received numerous grants and travel awards during her PostDoc: Research project grant, Adlerbertska Research Foundation, 2026 (70 000 SEK) and PhD: Research project grant, Adlerbertska Research Foundation, 2024 (55 000 SEK), Waived conference fee, EPS2024, Florence/Italy, European Peptide Society, 2024, Research visit grant, National Doctoral Programme in Infections and Antibiotics, 2023 (35 00 SEK), Travel grant, Adlerbertska Scholarships, 2023 (20 000 SEK), Travel award, Australian Peptide Symposium 2023/Brisbane, Australian Peptide Association, 2023, Research project grant, Adlerbertska Research Foundation, 2022 (40 000 SEK), Waived conference fee, Swedish Chemical Society, 2022
Natrium, Medicinaregatan 19, R 6165
luisa.beyer[at]gu.se
Maryna Zhylinskaya
Research Assistant
Maryna received her M.Sc. degree in Biology from the Belarusian State University/Minsk, Belarus
Her project is focused on targeted drug delivery in cancer therapy. She investigates mechanisms of selective targeting of cancer with SAIL-transmembrane peptide nanoformulations
Natrium, Medicinaregatan 19, R 6165
maryna.zhylinskaya[at]gu.se
Jakob Segerbo
Master thesis student
He received his B.Sc. degree in Chemistry. Currently his research project is focused on development of peptidomimetic inhibitors of Sortase A, which is a virulent factor of Gram positive bacteria. By this approach we aim to disarm bacteria, not to kill them, therefore reducing pressure for pathogenic bacteria to develop resistance.
Natrium, Medicinaregatan 19
gussegerja[at]student.gu.se
Amir Sadykov
Master thesis student
Natrium, Medicinaregatan 19
gussadyam[at]student.gu.se
He received his B.Sc. degree in Chemistry. His research focuses on development of selective targeting strategies of cancer cells. He uses various techniques for his studies ranging from solid-phase peptide synthesis to analytical, structural and cancer cell biology.
Lisa Andersson
Master thesis student
She received her B.Sc. degree in Chemistry. Her project is aimed at development of marine-inspired peptides towards their antimicrobial activities. She introduces modifications to peptides to increase their proteolytic stability and studies mechanism of action of these peptides.
Natrium, Medicinaregatan 19
gusandliir[at]student.gu.se
Marco Giglio
Erasmus+ internship student
from University of Pavia, Italy
Alumni
Dr. Jordi Hintzen PostDoc, currently: USA, Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Enoch Appiah, PostDoc, currently: AstraZeneca
Dr. Daniel Tietze, Researcher, currently: AstraZeneca
Dr. Ann Saik Ooi PhD student (co-supervisor), 02-2024
Dr. Hanna Zhdanova PostDoc, currently: AstraZeneca
Dr. Lena K. Müller PhD student, graduated 2020-02-27, Laborleiter at MERCK, Darmsadt (TU)
Dr. Andreas C. Baumruck PhD student, graduated 2020-04-09 (TU); Regulatory Affairs Manager - KFT - Infraserv Höscht, Germany.
Dr. Jie Yang PostDoc (UGOT, 2019-2021)
Dr. Natalja Root PostDoc (TU)
Dr. Sudarshana Majumder Visiting Scientist (TU)
Çağlayan Öztürk Master Thesis (UGOT, 2022)
Luisa Beyer Master Thesis (UGOT, 2021), PhD thesis (defended: 2026)
Farnaz Aliyari Master Thesis (UGOT, 2021)
Helal Abujubara Master Thesis (UGOT, 2020), PhD Thesis (defended: 2025) currently: Assistant Professor in Jordan
Karan Patel Master Thesis (UGOT, 2021)
Susann Weissheit Master thesis (TU)
M.Sc. Uemit Özdilek Master thesis (TU)
Birsen Ayse Otyakmaz Master Thesis (UGOT, 2022)
Hawa Abdi Hassan Master Thesis (UGOT, 2022)
Anna Dang Bachelor thesis (UGOT, 2021)
Wissam Alatki Bachelor thesis (UGOT, 2019)
Alva Abrahamsson Bachelor thesis (UGOT, 2019)
Puttharat Supharee Bachelor thesis (UGOT)
Joshua Stahl Bachelor thesis (TU)
Gerke-Fabian Thomas Bachelor thesis (TU)
Thomas Merke KET 930, internship 2021 (UGOT)
Patrick Bedi Billu KET 916, 30/08-2/11, internship 2021
Birsen Ayse Otyakmaz Master thesis (UGOT, 2022)
Bahadir Bayik KET 916 (UGOT, 2022)
Shitanshu Devrani PhD thesis (defended: 2025)