Contact: Dr. Roland Wittler dils@uni-bielefeld.de

• Sebastian Jünemann (defended on 20 January 2023), Quality is a Myth – Assessing and Addressing Errors in Sequencing Data
• Lisa Kühnel (defended on 27 September 2023), From hidden data and information towards data-driven research
• Luca Parmigiani (defended on 06 November 2025), Measuring pangenome diversity at scale
• Hanna Marie Schilbert (defended on 05 December 2023), Molecular and bioinformatic identification and analysis of genomic loci controlling seed protein quality in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)
• Tizian Schulz (defended on 13 December 2023), Computational Methods in k-mer-based Pangenomics
• Katharina Sielemann (defended on 25 April 2023), Computational pangenomics and its application to sugar beet and crop wild relatives
• Janik Sielemann (defended on 02 May 2023), Machine learning approaches for the characterisation of biological systems
• Donat Wulf (defended on 25 January 2024), Analysis of photosynthetic and photoprotective transcription factors in Viridiplantae