People

Adrián E. Granada

Principal Investigator

Adrián studied physics at the University of Buenos Aires and completed his PhD in Biophysics at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. This was followed by postdoctoral training at the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School with Prof. Galit Lahav. Afterwards, he held an independent research fellow position at the IRI for the Life Sciences in Berlin. From 2020 to 2025, he served as a research group leader at the Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center, where he established a robust program in quantitative systems biology.

Carolin Ector

PhD Student

Carolin studied Biology at the Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg and did her Master’s in Molecular Life Science at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Her project focuses on understanding how cell-intrinsic factors regulate the treatment response in triple-negative breast cancer.

Nica Gutu

PhD Student

Nica studied Theoretical Physics at the University of Barcelona and did her Master’s in Engineering Physics at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, in Spain. Her Bachelor’s and Master’s theses were within the fields of Biophysics and Computational Biology. Her project focuses on developing computational and modelling approaches to study the dynamics of drug responses in cancer treatment.

Marie Möser

Student Assistant

Marie has a Bachelor’s degree in Life Science Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences (HTW Berlin) and is currently doing her Master’s in Life Science Engineering at HTW Berlin.

Marie supports multiple research projects and keeps everything organized in the lab.

Malthe Skytte Nordentoft

Visiting PhD Student

Malthe studied physics at the University of Copenhagen and is now a PhD fellow in the Biocomplexity group at the Niels Bohr Institute in Denmark. He is mainly interested in the application of dynamical systems theory to subjects ranging from bicycle traffic to neurons. As a visitor in the Granada Lab he is working on several projects combining theory and experiment.

Sofia Peso

Master Student

Sofia studied Biology at the Complutense University of Madrid and is currently finishing her Master’s in Biophysics at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Her project in the lab involves understanding the role of cyclic non-genetic cellular states in determining individual cellular responses.

Valentina Balde

Bachelor Student

Vale is currently a bachelor student in Biochemistry at the Freie Universität Berlin. Her project in the lab focuses on assessing and understanding how the circadian clock influences cellular growth in neuroblastoma models.