Gene Detectives

Meet the Team

We place importance on fostering a nurturing and inclusive environment, where kindness and equality are our core principles to support groundbreaking research.

Gaurav Dugar

Gaurav Dugar

Group Leader / Scientist

Independent Scientist (Sep '19 - Aug '22). Heading the DNA & RNA Interaction Lab since September 2022 to decipher bacterial gene regulations.

Daphne Denaijere

Daphne Denaijere

Research Technician

Managing lab workflows and supporting bacterial RNA biology and high-throughput sequencing experiments since September 2025.

Emma Bouvy

Emma Bouvy

Research Analyst

Investigating regulatory networks and developing multi-omics pipelines in the lab. Joined the team in November 2025.

Collaborative Mentorship

Co-supervised PhDs

Yaozu Han

Yaozu Han

PhD Student
Biwen Wang

Biwen Wang

PhD Student
Alberto Agnolin

Alberto Agnolin

PhD Student
Xinyu Wang

Xinyu Wang

PhD Student
Zihao Teng

Zihao Teng

PhD Student
Fabia Koch

Fabia Koch

PhD Student
Dogukan Türk

Dogukan Türk

Bachelor student

Sep '25 - Oct '25

Dolça Serra Sallent

Dolça Serra Sallent

Erasmus Bachelor student

Feb '25 - June '25

Alberto Pavan

Alberto Pavan

Master student (Bioinformatics)

Apr '24 - Mar '25

Selina Forrer

Selina Forrer

PhD student

Feb '24 - June '24

Irene Marco del Prado

Irene Marco del Prado

Research Assistant

Jan '24 - June '24

Marine Kleiber

Marine Kleiber

Master student

July '23 - Aug '23

Michael Lekkerkerker

Michael Lekkerkerker

Bachelor student

Feb '23 - July '23

Haris Uzunovic

Haris Uzunovic

Bachelor student

Feb '23 - July '23

Fleur van de Koolwijk

Fleur van de Koolwijk

Master student

Dec '21 - July '22

Floris Ophorst

Floris Ophorst

Bachelor student

Mar '21 - June '21

Momo Wijngaarde

Momo Wijngaarde

Bachelor student

Mar '21 - June '21

Marije Kuiken

Marije Kuiken

Bachelor student

Mar '21 - June '21