Meet the people behind NFDI4BIOIMAGE
The NFDI4BIOIMAGE team brings together a network of contributors, all working to advance bioimaging research. From coordinating activities and providing expert guidance on FAIR data management to supporting the community with tools and resources, our team ensures that bioimaging data is accessible, reusable, and impactful for the research community.
NFDI4BIOIMAGE organises its work into six Task Areas (TAs), each focusing on a specific aspect of FAIR bioimage data management, from standards and infrastructure to data integration, analysis, training, and coordination. The Task Areas work closely together and are led by experts in their field, combining expertise across institutions to develop solutions that support the entire bioimage data lifecycle.
The coordination office
The Coordination Office is staffed by experienced scientific project managers and supports the consortium in all administrative, organizational, and strategic matters. Feel free to reach out for inquiries regarding collaborations, representation of NFDI4BIOIMAGE at conferences, meetings or symposia, trainings and workshops, our work in sections of the NFDI association and organizational and administrative questions regarding budget, data protection and collaboration agreement.
HHU Düsseldorf, Center for Advanced Imaging (CAi)
Building 26.24.00.011
Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf
Phone: + 49 211 81-12831
Office hours: Mon – Fri, 8:30 – 4:00
- budget planning and administration
- organizational matters
- communication and outreach
- reporting and evaluation
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
Room 01.MC.120
Berliner Straße 41, 69120 Heidelberg
Phone: +49 6221 42-2657
Office hours: Mon – Fri, 8:15 – 5:00
- national and international networking
- community integration and collaboration
- organizational matters
- communication and outreach
- reporting and evaluation
University of Münster, Münster Imaging Network – Microscopy
Multiscale Imaging Centre
Röntgenstraße 16, 48149 Münster
Phone: +49 251 83-30437
Office hours: Mon – Fri, 8:15 – 4:00
The NFDI4BIOIMAGE consortium comprises legally independent partners and does not act autonomously towards third parties. Both Project Coordinators represent the contributions from their respective affiliated institutions and work together for the project.
Outreach & Communications
The NFDI4BIOIMAGE Outreach and Communications team connects the bioimaging community through clear, accessible, and engaging communication. We share resources and updates across our channels. We translate complex bioimaging topics into formats that are easy to understand and use. Our goal is to foster exchange across disciplines and make NFDI4BIOIMAGE’s services, standards, and tools visible and impactful for the wider community.
Our Data Stewardship team
Get to know our Data Stewardship Team for community support! NFDI4BIOIMAGE Data Stewards are scientists from diverse research fields with a focus on bioimaging. Working across different Task Areas within the consortium, they combine their knowledge and expertise to provide support for a wide range of data management cases.
No matter your research field, we are here to help with handling data acquired with microscopes. If needed, our team can also connect you with additional contact partners, for example within other NFDI consortia. The Data Stewardship Team is built by the community, for the community, to ensure that bioimaging data management is accessible and well supported for everyone.
To contact our Data Steward team for support in bioimaging data management, please use the Help Desk.
Dr. Mohsen Ahmadi
Background: Biochemistry & Microscopy
Affiliation: INP Greifswald
Dr. Vanessa Fuchs
Background: Plant Sciences
Affiliation: Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Dr. Riccardo Massei
Background: Environmental Sciences and Toxicology
Affiliation: Helmholtz Center f. Env. Res. (UFZ), Leipzig
Dr. Maximilian Müller
Background: Ecotoxicology
Affiliation: University of Konstanz
Jens Wendt
Background: Electrical Engineering/Information Technology & Biomedical Engineering
Affiliation: University of Münster
Dr. Cornelia Wetzker
Background: Molecular Biology, Immunology, Zoology
Affiliation: Dresden Technical University
Research Software Engineers
Meet the NFDI4BIOIMAGE Research Software Engineering team: a dedicated group of experts bridging biology and technology. They develop, optimise, and support software tools for bioimaging data, enabling FAIR data management, advanced analysis, and seamless workflows for the research community.
Dr. Michele Bortolomeazzi
Background: Bioinformatics, image analysis
Skills: Containers, Nextflow, OMERO
Affiliation: ScOpen Lab, DKFZ, Heidelberg
Niraj Kandpal
Background: Physics, Astronomy, Bio & Geo-image analysis, Data Science, system administration, data management
Skills: Image Processing, Machine Learning, System administration, OMERO, Docker
Affiliation: CECAD Imaging Facility, University of Cologne
Julia Thönnißen
Background: Neuroinformatics, Research Software Engineer, Data Management
Skills: Docker/Apptainer, HPC, Snakemake, DataLad
Affiliation: Big Data Analytics group, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich
Yi Sun
Background: research software engineer
Skills: Containers, Virtual desktops, Cloud, Knowledge Graph/Ontologies,rif-cs,oai-pmh
Affiliation: EMBL Heidelberg
Rodrigo Escobar Díaz Guerrero
Background: Computer Science
Skills: Full-stack developer, Image processing, Deep learning, Docker containers
Affiliation: Leibniz-Institute of Photonic Technology
Haowen Jiang
Background: Electrical Engineering, Computer science
Skills: Hyperspectral imaging, Deep Learning
Affiliation: Georg August University of Göttingen, HAWK
Dr. Tom Boissonnet
Background: Neurobiology, Computer science
Skills: Python, JS, (C, Java), OMERO
Affiliation: Heinrich Heine University
Michael Scherle
Background: Computer Science
Skills: QEMU, Virtualization, VDI
Affiliation: Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Tobias Gottschall
Background: cognitive Neuroscience (Psychology)
Skills: psychometric based neuroscience, image processing, neural networks
Affiliation: Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg