Image of Dr. Johannes Stein

Dr. Johannes Stein

Research Group Leader

Curriculum Vitae

Since 10/2025

Research Group Leader

MPI for Molecular Genetics (Berlin, DE)

07 – 08/2025

Visiting Researcher

University of Copenhagen (DK)

2021 – 2025

Postdoctoral Researcher

Harvard Medical School & Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering (Boston, USA)

with George Church and Chao-ting Wu

2023 – 2024

Visiting Scientist

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus (Ashburn, US)

2022 - 2023

Visiting Scientist

Max Delbrück Center BIMSB (Berlin, DE)

2020 – 2021

Bridging Postdoc

MPI of Biochemistry (Martinsried, DE) with Petra Schwille

2017 – 2020

Ph.D. in Physics/Biophysics

MPI of Biochemistry (Martinsried, DE)  & Ludwig Maximilian University (Munich, DE) with Petra Schwille and Ralf Jungmann

2011 – 2016

Studies in Physics

B.Sc. at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (Munich, DE) and M.Sc. at University College London (UK)


Honors & Awards

2025    Emmy Noether grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) 
2023    Honorable mention, Gregorio Weber Prize in Biological Fluorescence
2022    EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship
2022    Leopoldina Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined)
2020    Finalist Nano Innovation Ph.D. Thesis Award of the Munich Center for Nanocience (CeNS)
2019    Publication Award of the Munich Center for Nanocience (CeNS)
2017    Ph.D. Fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG)

Go to Editor View