As a team leader, Stephan Sigrist has played an important role in the early career of several young scientists, many of whom have pursued successful careers as researchers in academic science or in industry. Former graduate students examined under Stephan Sigrist’s main supervision who went for an academic career:

• Dr. Robert Kittel*, Leader of an independent research group, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany
• Dr. David Owald*, DFG Emmy Noether Group Leader Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
• Dr. Manuela Schmidt*, currently: DFG Emmy Noether Group Leader, Max-Planck-Institut für Experimentelle Medizin, Göttingen, Germany

Former postdocs who worked under his supervision:

• Carolin Wichmann, Professor (W2) "Molecular architecture of synapses", Medical Faculty Göttingen
• Dr. M.Sc. Alexander Walter*, currently DFG Emmy Noether Group Leader, Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Berlin, Germany 

* After finishing their PhD or postdoc at the Sigrist lab, these individuals were awarded the most prestigious German funding for young independent researchers (“Emmy Noether Group”).

Heidi Leßmann (Fly food fairy)
Till Andlauer (Dr. rer. nat.)
Abdollah Aghebat Rafat (Aref) (M.Sc.)
Beatriz Campo (M.Sc.)
Stefanie Rosa (Dr. rer. nat)
Leandra Hahn (M.Sc.)
Frauke Christiansen-Engelhardt (Dr. rer. nat.)
Lea Dämpfling (M.Sc.)
Peter Engerer (Diplom)
Wernher Fouquet (PhD)
Anne Grünwald (Diplom)
Asja Guzman (Diplom)
Karina Maldonado Hernandez (M.Sc.)
Jens Hörl (technician)
Omid Khorramshahi (Dr. rer. nat.)
Robert J. Kittel (Dr. rer. nat.)
Elena Knoche (Dr. rer. nat.)
Jorg Körner (B.Sc.)
Karen S.Y. Liu (Dr. rer. nat.)
Ulrike Prange (Dr. med.)
Qin Gang (PhD)
David Owald (Dr. rer. nat.)
Tobias Rasse (PhD)
Günther Roth (senior researcher)
Andreas Schmid (Dr. rer. nat.)
Manuela Schmidt (PhD)
Tobias Schwarz (Dr. rer. nat.)
Matthias Siebert (Dr. rer. nat.)
Laura Swan (PhD)
Rui Tian (Dr. rer. nat.)
Christian Werner (Diplom)
Carolin Wichmann (PostDoc)
Claudia Wirth (technician)
Franziska Zehe (technician)
Christina Zube (PostDoc)
Harald Depner (PostDoc)
Karzan Muhammad (PhD)
Husam Babikir (PhD) 
Varun Gupta (PhD)
Sara Mertel 
Christina Beis (Dr. rer. nat.)
Eric Reynolds (PhD)
Mathias Böhme (Dr.rer.nat)
Madeleine Brünner (Technician)
Ulises Rey (PhD)
Andreas Fulterer (Dr. rer. nat.)
Anuradha Bhukel (Dr. rer. nat.)
Dominique Dufour Bergeron
Malou Mampell (Dr. rer. nat.)
Eva Michael (Dr. rer. nat)
Torsten Goetz (Dr. rer. nat.) 
Anatoli Ender (Dr. rer. nat.)
Christine Beuschel (Dr. rer. nat.)
Yongtian Liang (Dr. rer. nat.)
Marc Escher (Dr. rer. nat.) 
Lu Fei (Dr. rer. nat.)
Jason Chun Kit See (Dr. rer. nat.)
Marcello Torsello (M.Sc.)
Jennifer Woitkuhn (Dr. rer. nat.)
Alexander Neumann (Dr. rer. nat.)
Lisa Scheunemann (PostDoc)
Ryota Fukaya (PostDoc)
Atefeh Pooryasin (PostDoc)
Beatrice Rackwitz (Secretary)