Team

Principal investigator

Pavlo Lutsik

Assistant professor (BOFZAP) · Department of Oncology, KU Leuven

Postdocs

Antonella Sarnataro

Postdoctoral researcher

Maria Luisa Ratto

Postdoctoral researcher, joint with the Digestive Oncology lab

PhD students

Guillaume Sacchetti

PhD student · since 2023

Dmytro Rizdvanetskyi

PhD student · since 2025

Cecilia Mongardi

PhD student · since 2025

Julie Van Gijseghem

PhD student, co-supervised · since 2026

Thesis students and interns

Pranav Muthuraman

Master's student, Biomedical sciences, KU Leuven · 2026

Cap Sinh Huy Nguyen

Master's student, Biomedical sciences, KU Leuven · 2026

Natalia Sobolewska

Bachelor's student, Maastricht University · 2026

Administration

Els Engelen

Financial officer

Alumni

NameInstitution / ProgramRole in the lab
Louis LambotKU LeuvenMaster's student
Alejandro S. MartinezKU LeuvenMaster's student
Noémie TardieuKU LeuvenMaster's student
Abdul MoeedHIDSS4Health / DKFZco-advised PhD student
Katherine KellyHeidelberg University / DKFZPhD student
Etienne SollierHeidelberg University / DKFZPhD student
Reka TothDKFZSenior scientist
Yu-Yu LinDKFZPostdoctoral researcher
Yunhee JeongHeidelberg University / DKFZPhD student, postdoctoral researcher
Mei-Ju ChenDKFZPostdoctoral researcher
Marvin MayerHeidelberg UniversityBachelor's and Master's student
Franziska OberhammerHeidelberg UniversityMaster's student
Iva BuljanHeidelberg UniversityMaster's student
Elisabeth BürgerDHBW MannheimApprentice, Bachelor's student
Patrick ScholzDKFZ, computer systems integrationApprentice
Anand MayakondaHeidelberg University / DKFZco-advised PhD student
Chieh-Yu LeeHeidelberg UniversityMaster's student
Marlene GanslmeierHeidelberg UniversityMaster's student
Kasimir NoackHeidelberg UniversityBachelor's student
Marie KörnerHeidelberg UniversityBachelor's student
Kevin Brooks HenryHeidelberg UniversityMaster's student
Kersten BreuerHeidelberg UniversityMaster's student
Michael SchererSaarland Universityco-advised PhD student
Muhammad RaheelSaarland UniversityMaster's student
Junfang ChenSaarland UniversityMaster's student
Daniel BeckerSaarland UniversityMaster's student

Join us

We are always interested in hearing from motivated students and postdocs with a background in computational biology, statistics or machine learning. Get in touch with Pavlo Lutsik at pavlo[dot]lutsik[at]kuleuven[dot]be with a short CV and a description of your interests.