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title: Members
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date: '2026-09-09'
description: 'Members Senior Researchers Marko Vendelin Rikke Birkedal Martin Laasmaa Researchers Jelena Branovets Mari Kalda PhD Students Behruz Alipour Irina Česnokova Otto Gustavson Lucia Jaska Divya Shikha Maike Mona Širinov Kärol Soodla Former Members Pearu Peterson Jaanus …'
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# Members

## Senior Researchers

- [Marko Vendelin](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/people/marko-vendelin)
- [Rikke Birkedal](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/people/rikke-birkedal)
- [Martin Laasmaa](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/people/martin-laasmaa)

## Researchers

- Jelena Branovets
- Mari Kalda

## PhD Students

- Behruz Alipour
- Irina Česnokova
- Otto Gustavson
- Lucia Jaska
- Divya Shikha
- Maike Mona Širinov
- Kärol Soodla

## Former Members

- Pearu Peterson
- Jaanus Karo
- Hena Ramay
- Nathalie Béraud
- Romain Bernasconi
- Ardo Illaste
- Natalja Jepihhina
- Hamed Karimi
- David Schryer
- Mervi Sepp
- Jekaterina Stolova
- Kristofer Hiis-Hommuk
- Karina Barsunova
- Svetlana Jugai
- Merle Mandel
- Päivo Simson

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  - [Marko Vendelin](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/people/marko-vendelin.md)
  - [Martin Laasmaa](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/people/martin-laasmaa.md)
  - [Rikke Birkedal](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/people/rikke-birkedal.md)