mateus@mpi-cbg.de

+49 351 210-2504

Max Planck Institute of Molecular
Cell Biology and Genetics
- Mateus -

Pfotenhauerstr. 108
01307 Dresden
Germany

Rita Mateus

Group Leader

Scientific Career

As of Feb 2021

Research Group Leader at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, TU Dresden and at the Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

2015–2020

Post-Doctoral Researcher · University of Geneva, Switzerland

2009–2014

PhD in Developmental Biology · NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal

2008–2009

Fulbright Research Scholar · MGH and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA

2007–2008

MSc in Molecular Biology and Genetics · University of Lisbon, Portugal

Academic Distinctions (selected)

2025

HFSP Early Career Research Grant Award

2021

1st Dresden Concept Joint Research Group Leader

2014

PhD Thesis Award, Portuguese Society of Developmental Biology

2009 – 2013

FCT PhD Scholarship Award, Portugal · ref# SFRH/BD/62126/2009

2008 – 2009

Fulbright Research Scholarship Award, USA · 2008/2009 Edition

Current Group Members

Rita Mateus

Group Leader

Rita Mateus

Group Leader
mateus@mpi-cbg.de
+49 351 210-2504

Eva Angermann

Apprentice Biologielaborant

Eva Angermann

Apprentice Biologielaborant
eangerma@mpi-cbg.de

Catarina Carvalho Lopes

Predoc

Catarina Carvalho Lopes

Predoc
cacarval@mpi-cbg.de

Lucas de Oliveira Petrocchi Ribas

Predoc

Lucas de Oliveira Petrocchi Ribas

Predoc
deolivei@mpi-cbg.de
+49 351 210-2413

Shivani Gunnan Ramkumar

Predoc

Shivani Gunnan Ramkumar

Predoc
gunnanra@mpi-cbg.de
+49 351 210-2412

Sylvia Kaufmann

Technician

Sylvia Kaufmann

Technician
sylvia.kaufmann@mpi-cbg.de
+49 351 210-2493

Vinita Ajit Kini

Guest student

Vinita Ajit Kini

Guest student
kini@mpi-cbg.de

Jinghui Liu

ELBE-Postdoc

Jinghui Liu

ELBE-Postdoc
jiliu@mpi-cbg.de

Elisa Nerli

Postdoc

Elisa Nerli

Postdoc
nerli@mpi-cbg.de
+49 351 210-2654