Dr Christabel Mennicken
Projekt Manager
Christabel Mennicken is the project manager of “StadtLandMitmachbus” (City-Country-Participation Bus) as part of the Year of Science 2026.
About
- Since 04/2026: Project manager of ‚StadtLandMitmachbus‘ at the Department of Social Ethics, University of Bonn
- 01/2021-03/2026: Researcher at the Institute for Innate Immunity at the University of Bonn and Ph.D. candidate in the SFB 1454 Metaflammation and Cellular Programming
- 06/2023-08/2023: JSPS Summer Program Fellow, research stay at Teikyo University in Tokyo
- 05/2020-12/2020: Research associate at Biotech Start-up Beren GmbH i.G., Bonn
- 10/2016-10/2019: Master's Program in Immunobiology, University of Bonn
- 01/2018-06/2018: ERASMUS semester at NTNU Trondheim, Norway
- 10/2013-08/2016: Bachelor's Program in Human Biology, University of Marburg
Focus
- Project management
- Science communication
StadtLandMitmachbus
During Science Year 2026, the StadtLandMitmachbus—focused on the future of medicine—will tour rural areas in the Rhineland and the Eifel. This will give local residents an accessible and engaging way to connect with researchers and the world of science, and to contribute their own ideas.
Get to know Christabel
Christabel is the project manager of the federally funded science communication project “StadtLandMitmachbus,” which is taking place as part of the Year of Science 2026 under the theme “Medicine of the Future.”
She has a background in the natural sciences, based on studies in human biology, particularly immunobiology and metaflammation. Her dissertation focuses on the treatment of atherosclerosis using the sugar molecule cyclodextrin and examines its effects on bone marrow and adipose tissue in mice.
Contact
Office hours
Please contact me by e-mail.