Dr. Kim Westerich-Fellner

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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße
52428 Jülich

Institute of Fusion Energy and Nuclear Waste Management (IFN)

Nuclear Waste Management (IFN-2)

Building 05.3 / Room 375

About me

Dr. Kim Westerich-Fellner is a postdoctoral researcher at Forschungszentrum Jülich, where she serves as coordinator of the Expert Panel on Nuclear Disarmament Verification (EXPAND). She is also a member of the research consortium VeSPoTec. Her work focuses on nuclear disarmament verification.

Prior to her current position, Westerich-Fellner served as a Mercator Fellow on International Affairs. In this role, she worked at the European Council on Foreign Relations, the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in the United States, and Forschungszentrum Jülich, focusing on nuclear disarmament, verification, and conventional arms control. She is a member of the New European Voices on Existential Risk initiative of the European Leadership Network.

Westerich-Fellner holds a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Münster (summa cum laude). She conducted research stays at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, the University of Cambridge, and the Max Planck Institute.

Publications

A system-of-systems approach to nuclear disarmament verification through the lens of Kazakhstan’s experience. Yanikömer, Westerich-Fellner. Z Friedens und Konflforsch (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42597-026-00164-x

Eine EU-Atombombe für die Abschreckung? Westerich-Fellner (2025). Article for Frankfurter Rundschau

Up in arms: European security options for a post-cooperative era. Westerich-Fellner (2024). Commentary for the European Council on Foreign Relations

Nuclear disarmament verification and the NPT: De-politicising the political. Westerich-Fellner (2024). Commentary for the European Leadership Network

Spatial organization and function of RNA molecules within phase-separated condensates in zebrafish are controlled by Dnd1. Westerich, Tarbashevich, Schick, Gupta, Zhu, Hull, Romo, Zeuschner, Goudarzi, Gross-Thebing, Raz. (2023). Developmental Cell. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.06.009

Linking human Dead end 1 variants to male infertility employing zebrafish embryos. Westerich, Reinecke, Emich, Wyrwoll, Stallmeyer, Meyer, Oud, Fietz, Pilatz, Kliesch, Fried, Tarbashevich, Limon, Stehling, Friedrich, Tüttelmann, Erez Raz. (2023). Human Reproduction. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dead031

Bioorthogonal mRNA labeling at the poly(A) tail for imaging localization and dynamics in live zebrafish embryos. Westerich*, Chandrasekaran*, Gross-Thebing, Kueck, Raz, Rentmeister. (2020). Chemical Science. doi: 10.1039/C9SC05981D

Using migrating cells as probes to illuminate features in live embryonic tissues. Gross-Thebing, Truszkowski, Tenbrinck, Sánchez-Iranzo, Camelo, Westerich, …, Raz. (2020). Science Advances. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abc5546

Last Modified: 15.07.2026