About Us

Our research group forms part of the

at the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen in Germany

Meet the Team

Group Leader

Michael Borg

Michael is applying his knowledge of plant reproductive biology to the weird and wonderful world of sex in red algae.

PhD Student

Romy Petroll

Romy is building on her MSc studies to understand more about adaptations driving red algal diversity.

PhD Student (co-supervision)

Jeromine Vigneau

Jeromine is exploring the conservation of chromatin regulation in brown algae in a collaborative project with the Coelho group.

MSc Student

Valentin Bernard

Valentin is exploring method development in red algae.

Alice Laigle

PhD candidate at Université de Neuchâtel Switzerland

Valentin Baptiste

Completed MSc studies