
Kenan Ahmic
DLR

Kenan Ahmic
Class of 2021
German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR)
1st PI: Darius Burschka, TUM
2nd PI: Johann Bals/Jonathan Brembeck, DLR
Project: Multi-Agent AI-Based Learning for Cooperative Trajectory Control of Robotic Electric Vehicles
Domain: Robotics

Elisabeth Ailer
HMGU / H.AI

Elisabeth Ailer
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) / Helmholtz AI (H.AI)
1st PI: Niki Kilbertus , H.AI / HMGU
2nd PI: Mathias Drton , TUM
Project: Estimating causal effects in consequential decisions
Domain: Biomedicine

Victor Artigues
IPP

Victor Artigues
Class of 2019
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)
1st PI: Frank Jenko, IPP
Project: Disruption prediction with machine learning
Domain: Plasma physics

Sören Becker
HMGU / H.AI

Sören Becker
Class of 2021
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) / Helmholtz AI (H.AI)
1st PI: Niki Kilbertus , H.AI / HMGU
2nd PI: Fabian Theis, HMGU
Project: Causal discovery in high-dimensional single cell genomics
Domain: Biomedicine

Cosmin I. Bercea
HMGU / H.AI

Cosmin I. Bercea
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) / Helmholtz AI (H.AI)
1st PI: Julia Schnabel, HMGU & TUM
2nd PI: Daniel Rückert, TUM
Project: Interpretable Machine Learning in Medical Image Analysis
Domain: Biomedicine

Michael Bergmann
IPP

Michael Bergmann
Class of 2019
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)
1st PI: Frank Jenko, IPP
2nd PI: Hans-Joachim Bungartz, TUM
Project: Integrated Data Analysis 2.0
Domain: Plasma physics

Tobias Bernecker
HMGU

Tobias Bernecker
Class of 2022
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Annalisa Marsico, HMGU
2nd PI: Erika von Mutius , LMU
Project: Advancing Machine Learning Algorithms for Biomarker Detection via Multi-Omic Network Inference and Embedding
Domain: Biomedicine

Sebastian Birk
HMGU / H.AI

Sebastian Birk
Class of 2021
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) / Helmholtz AI (H.AI)
1st PI: Fabian Theis, HMGU
2nd PI: Michael Hoelscher, LMU
Project: Translating host-pathogen interactions to the clinic with Artificial Intelligence
Domain: Biomedicine

Tobias Blickhan
IPP

Tobias Blickhan
class of 2019
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)
1st PI: Michael Kraus, IPP
2nd PI: Eric Sonnendrücker, IPP
Project: Reduced Order Methods for Plasma Physics Applications
Domain: Plasma physics

Giulia Cantini
HMGU

Giulia Cantini
Class of 2021
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Annalisa Marsico, HMGU/LMU
2nd PI: Vigo Heissmeyer, HMGU
Project: Predicting the fate of T-cells with machine learning models of post-transcriptional gene regulation
Domain: Biomedicine

Alejandra Castelblanco
HMGU

Alejandra Castelblanco
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Benjamin Schubert, HMGU
2nd PI: Anne Hilgendorff , LMU
Project: Development of an AI-based Non-Invasive Sensor for Neonatal Care
Domain: Biomedicine

Shubham Kumar Chaudhary
HMGU

Shubham Kumar Chaudhary
Class of 2021
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Paolo Casale, HMGU/LMU
2nd PI: Eleftheria Zeggini , HMGU
Project: Machine Learning tools to enhance the genetic studies of human disease
Domain: Biomedicine

Codrut Diaconu
DLR

Codrut Diaconu
Class of 2021
German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR)
1st PI: Xiaoxiang Zhu, DLR
2nd PI: Stephan Günnemann, TUM
Project: Robust Deep Learning Models in Earth Observation
Domain: Earth Observation

Sugandha Doda
DLR

Sugandha Doda
Class of 2019
German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR)
1st PI: Xiaoxiang Zhu, DLR
2nd PI:
Project: Population density estimation using satellite images
Domain: Earth observation

Walid Durani
LMU

Walid Durani
Class of 2021
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
1st PI: Christian Böhm, LMU
2nd PI: Nikola Müller, HMGU
Project: Robust Mixed-type Clustering Methods for Complex Diseases
Domain: Biomedicine

Ana Luiza de Santana Villasboas Arruda
HMGU

Ana Luiza de Santana Villasboas Arruda
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Eleftheria Zeggini, HMGU
2nd PI: Arthur Gilly, HMGU
Project: Understanding multimorbidity using big data in genomics
Domain: Biomedicine

Emilio Dorigatti
LMU
MUDS Student Representative

Emilio Dorigatti
Class of 2019
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
1st PI: Bernd Bischl, LMU
2nd PI: Benjamin Schubert, HMGU
Project: Uncertainty-aware Epitope-based Vaccine Design
Domain: Biomedicine

Felix Drost
HMGU

Felix Drost
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Benjamin Schubert, HMGU / TUM
2nd PI: Kilian Schober , TUM
Project: Dissecting the T cell Receptor-Epitope Landscape through Semisupervised Deep Learning
Domain: Biomedicine

Hannah Eichhorn
HMGU

Hannah Eichhorn
Class of 2022
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Julia Schnabel, HMGU
2nd PI: Christine Preibisch , TUM
Project: Deep learning for reconstruction of multi-parametric magnetic resonance brain imaging
Domain: Biomedicine

Vladyslav Fediukov
TUM

Vladyslav Fediukov
Class of 2020
Technische Universität München (TUM)
1st PI: Hans-Joachim Bungartz, TUM
Co-PI: Johann Bals, DLR
Project: Terramechanics data analysis and model synthesis for rover locomotion applications
Domain: Robotics

Jianxiang Feng
DLR
MUDS Student Representative

Jianxiang Feng
Class of 2019
German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR)
1st PI: Rudolph Triebel, DLR
2nd PI: Stephan Günnemann, TUM
Project: SeBa - Semi-supervised Bayesian Learning for Robotic Perception Tasks
Domain: Robotics

Samuele Firmani
HMGU

Samuele Firmani
Class of 2021
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st Pl: Annalisa Marsico, HMGU
2nd PI: Andreas Pichlmair, TUM
Project: Deep learning on graphs for disease-causing gene and drug effect predictions in viral infections
Domain: Biomedicine

Constantin Gahr
IPP

Constantin Gahr
Class of 2020
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)
1st PI: Frank Jenko, IPP
2nd PI: Hans-Joachim Bungartz, TUM
Project: Scientific Machine Learning in Fusion Research
Domain: Plasma physics

Simon Geisler
TUM

Simon Geisler
Class of 2019
Technische Universität München (TUM)
1st PI: Stephan Günnemann, TUM
Co-PI: Rudolph Triebel, DLR
Project: SeBa - Semi-supervised Bayesian Learning for Robotic Perception Tasks
Domain: Robotics

Xenofon Giannoulis
HMGU

Xenofon Giannoulis
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Eleftheria Zeggini , HMGU
2nd PI: Na Cai , HMGU
Project: Gene Environment interactions in complex traits
Domain: Biomedicine

Robin Greif
IPP
MUDS Student Representative

Robin Greif
Class of 2019
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)
1st PI: Frank Jenko, IPP
2nd PI: Nils Thuerey, TUM
Project: Data-Driven Algorithms for Plasma Turbulence Simulations
Domain: Plasma physics

Alexander Guy
HMGU / H.AI

Alexander Guy
Class of 2021
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Carlos Talavera Lopez, HMGU
2nd PI: Fabian Theis, HMGU / Michael Hölscher, LMU
Project: Translating host-pathogen interactions to the clinic with artificial intelligence
Domain: Biomedicine

Patrick Hanel
HMGU

Patrick Hanel
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Maria Colomé-Tatché, HMGU
2nd PI: Celia Martinez-Jimenez, HMGU
Project: Leveraging single-cell multi-omics integration to identify signatures of ageing and chronic disease
Domain: Biomedicine

Katharina Hechinger
LMU

Katharina Hechinger
Class of 2020
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
1st PI: Göran Kauermann, LMU
2nd PI: Xiaoxiang Zhu, DLR
Project: From Large Scale Earth Observation Data to Urban Climate Zones
Domain: Earth observation

Barbara Höllbacher
HMGU

Barbara Höllbacher
Class of 2019
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Matthias Heinig, HMGU
2nd PI: Henriette Uhlenhaut, HMGU
Project: Learning the gene regulatory code of glucocorticoid response
Domain: Biomedicine

Marc Horlacher
HMGU

Marc Horlacher
Class of 2019
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Annalisa Marsico, HMGU
2nd PI: Johannes Beckers, HMGU
Project: Predicting Type 2 Diabetes risk from transgenerational epigenomic and transcriptomic data
Domain: Biomedicine

Nastassya Horlava
HMGU

Nastassya Horlava
Class of 2021
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Fabian Theis, HMGU
2nd PI: Siegfried Priglinger, LMU
Project: Federated multi-view deep learning to integrate eye imaging data, electronic health records and molecular readouts
Domain: Biomedicine

Karin Hrovatin
HMGU

Karin Hrovatin
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Fabian Theis, HMGU / TUM
2nd PI: Heiko Lickert , HMGU
Project: Computational analysis and modelling of beta-cell fate in diabetes
Domain: Biomedicine

Salome Kazeminia
HMGU / H.AI

Salome Kazeminia
Class of 2021
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) / Helmholtz AI (H.AI)
1st PI: Carsten Marr, HMGU
2nd PI: Shadi Albarqouni, H.AI
Project: Low dimensional embeddings of single cell image data for patient classification and mapping disease trajectories
Domain: Biomedicine

Valentin Koch
HMGU

Valentin Koch
Class of 2021
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Carsten Marr, HMGU
2nd PI: Julia Schnabel, HMGU
Project: AI based analytics for intravascular optical coherence tomography
Domain: Biomedicine

Christoph Koller
DLR

Christoph Koller
Class of 2020
German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR)
1st PI: Xiaoxiang Zhu, DLR
2nd PI: Göran Kauermann, LMU
Project: From Large Schale Earth Observation Data to Urban Climate Zones
Domain: Earth Observation

Robert Köberl
IPP

Robert Köberl
Class of 2021
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)
1st PI: Christopher Albert, IPP
2nd PI: Hans-Joachim Bungart, TUM
Project title: Physics-informed uncertainty quantification in 3D plasma equilibrium computations

Lukas Kondmann
DLR

Lukas Kondmann
Class of 2019
German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR)
1st PI: Xiaoxiang Zhu, DLR
2nd PI: Laura Leal-Taixe, TUM
Project: Deep Learning Meets Sequence Analysis in Remote Sensing
Domain: Earth observation

Lorenz Lamm
HMGU / H.AI

Lorenz Lamm
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) / Helmholtz AI (H.AI)
1st PI: Tingying Peng, HMGU
2nd PI: Ben Engel, HMGU
Project: Realizing the Promise of Visual Proteomics: A Deep Learning Toolbox for the Analysis of Cryo-Electron Tomograms
Domain: Biomedicine

Christopher Lance
HMGU / LMU

Christopher Lance
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Fabian Theis, HMGU
2nd PI: Daniel Kotlarz, LMU
Project: Decoding transcriptional landscapes in patients with very early onset inflammatory bowel diseases
Domain: Biomedicine

Corinna Losert
HMGU

Corinna Losert
class of 2021
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Matthias Heinig, HMGU
2nd PI: Fabian Theis, HMGU
Project: : Charting the gene regulatory networks of the human heart using single cell genomics
Domain: Biomedicine

Hugo Loureiro
HMGU/Roche

Hugo Loureiro
Class of 2019
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) / Roche Diagnostics GmbH
1st PI: Fabian Theis, HMGU
Co-PIs: Narges Ahmidi, HMGU / Anna Bauer-Mehren, Roche
Project: Real-world data analysis to support precision medicine in oncology
Domain: Biomedicine

Benedikt Mairhörmann
HMGU / LMU

Benedikt Mairhörmann
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) / Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
1st PI: Pascal Falter-Braun, HMGU / LMU
2nd PI: Kurt Schmoller, HMGU
Project: Revealing yeast cell size control strategies using high-throughput live-cell imaging and automated image analysis
Domain: Biomedicine

Laura Martens
HMGU / TUM

Laura Martens
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) / Technische Universität München (TUM)
1st PI: Julien Gagneur, TUM / HMGU
2nd PI: Fabian Theis, HMGU
Project: Unraveling the gene regulatory code using single-cell multi-omic data
Domain: Biomedicine

Martin Meinel
HMGU / TUM

Martin Meinel
Class of 2021
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Michael Menden, HMGU
2nd PI: Natalie Garzorz-Stark, TUM
Project: Analysing the bimolecular landscape of inflammatory skin diseases with machine learning and biostatistical models
Domain: Biomedicine

Svitlana Oleshko
HMGU / Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH

Svitlana Oleshko
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Annalisa Marsico, HMGU
2nd PI: Matthias Heinig, HMGU / Sergio Picart-Armada, Boehringer Ingelheim
Project: Multi-modal data integration in the central nervous system landscape
Domain: Biomedicine

Giovanni Palla
HMGU

Giovanni Palla
Class of 2019
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Fabian Theis, HMGU
2nd PI: Heiko Lickert, HMGU
Project: Generative models for single cell omics data
Domain: Biomedicine

Daniel Racek
LMU

Daniel Racek
Class of 2021
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
1st PI: Göran Kauermann, LMU
2nd PI: Xiaoxiang Zhu, DLR
Project: Conflict Research using Remote Sensing Earth Observation Data
Domain: Earth observation

Katharina Rath
IPP

Katharina Rath
Class of 2019
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)
1st PI: Udo von Toussaint, IPP
2nd PI: Bernd Bischl, LMU
Project: Hamiltonian emulators for charged particle orbits in magnetized plasmas
Domain: Plasma physics

Kislaya Ravi
TUM

Kislaya Ravi
Class of 2019
Technische Universität München (TUM)
1st PI: Hans-Joachim Bungartz, TUM
2nd PI: Frank Jenko, IPP
Project: Integrated Data Analysis 2.0
Domain: Plasma physics

Ghalia Rehawi
HMGU

Ghalia Rehawi
Class of 2021
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Annalisa Marsico, HMGU
2nd PI: Janine Knauer-Arloth , HMGU
Project: Understanding the heterogenous effect of SARS-CoV-2infection in the human population by defining individual molecularfitness patterns based on multi-level data
Domain: Biomedicine

Sabrina Richter
HMGU

Sabrina Richter
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Fabian Theis, HMGU
2nd PI: Matthias Mann, MPI
Project: Advanced Deep Learning Methods for Mass-Spectrometry Analysis
Domain: Biomedicine

Till Richter
HMGU

Till Richter
Class of 2021
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Fabian Theis, HMGU
2nd PI: Niki Kilbertus, HMGU / H.AI
3rd PI: Yoshua Bengio, MILA
Project: Causal cell dynamics
Domain: Biomedicine

Patrick Schwehn
HMGU

Patrick Schwehn
Class of 2019
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Pascal Falter-Braun, HMGU
2nd PIs: Korbinian Schneeberger, LMU / Annalisa Marsico, HMGU
Project: Estimation Of Translational Efficiency With Convolutional Neural Networks
Domain: Biomedicine

Sayedali Shetab Boushehri
HMGU/Roche

Sayedali Shetab Boushehri
Class of 2019
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) / Roche Diagnostics GmbH
1st PI: Fabian Theis, HMGU
Co-PIs: Carsten Marr, HMGU / Fabian Schmich , Roche
Project: Lab of the future: Using AI to transform antibody development
Domain: Biomedicine

Mara Stadler
HMGU

Mara Stadler
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Christian L. Müller, HMGU, LMU
2nd PI: Till Bartke, HMGU
Project: EpiDecoder - A Computational Framework for Breaking the Epigenetic Code
Domain: Biomedicine

Marco Stock
HMGU

Marco Stock
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Antonio Scialdone, HMGU
2nd PI: Maria Colomé-Tatché, HMGU
Project: Erase and rewind: reprogramming cell type identity
Domain: Biomedicine

Aysim Toker
TUM

Aysim Toker
Class of 2019
Technische Universität München (TUM)
1st PI: Laura Leal-Taixe, TUM
2nd PI: Xiaoxiang Zhu, DLR
Project: Deep Learning Meets Sequence Analysis in Remote Sensing
Domain: Earth observation

Oleg Vlasovetc
HMGU

Oleg Vlasovetc
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Christian L. Müller, H.AI/LMU
2nd PI: Annette Peters , HMGU
Project: MicroEnv – deciphering environmental effects on gut microbial ecosystems with high-dimensional statistical and deep learning techniques
Domain: Biomedicine

Henrik von Kleist
HMGU

Henrik von Kleist
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Narges Ahmidi, HMGU
2nd PI: Daniel Rückert, TUM
Project: Early Prediction of Neurological, Cardiovascular, and Pulmonary Morbidities in Preterm Infants via Analysis of their Combined Electronic Health Records, Omics and Imaging Data
Domain: Biomedicine

Nils Wagner
TUM

Nils Wagner
Class of 2019
Technische Universität München (TUM)
1st PI: Julien Gagneur, TUM
Co-PIs: Juliane Winkelmann, HMGU/ Thomas Meitinger (HMGU)
Project: Predicting gene regulatory defects in every tissue from a drop of blood
Domain: Biomedicine

Sophia Wagner
HMGU / H.AI

Sophia Wagner
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) / Helmholtz AI (H.AI)
1st PI: Tingying Peng , H.AI / HMGU
2nd PI: Melanie Boxberg , TUM
Project: Hierarchical and confident deep learning for computer-aided cancer diagnosis
Domain: Biomedicine

Simon Wengert
HMGU

Simon Wengert
Class of 2020
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Na Cai, HMGU
2nd PI: Matthias Heinig , HMGU
Project: Variations in mtDNA and their regulatory effects in single cells
Domain: Biomedicine

Dominik Winkelbauer
DLR

Dominik Winkelbauer
Class of 2020
German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR)
1st PI: Rudolph Triebel, DLR
2nd PI: Nils Thuerey, TUM
Project: Physics-based simulation to learn functional grasping for robot manipulation
Domain: Robotics

Yehor Yudin
IPP

Yehor Yudin
Class of 2020
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)
1st PI: Hans-Joachim Bungartz, TUM
2nd PI: Frank Jenko, IPP, David Coster, IPP
Project: Machine Learning for Uncertainty Quantification in High-Performance-Computing Plasma Simulations
Domain: Plasma physics

Luise Zeckey
HMGU

Luise Zeckey
Class of 2021
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
1st PI: Sarah Kim-Hellmuth, HMGU/LMU
2nd PI: Eleftheria Zeggini, HMGU
Project: Deciphering the genetic basis and transcriptional complexity of the human immune system to build transcriptome-wide prediction models of immune responsiveness
Domain: Biomedicine

Henning Zwirnmann
TUM

Henning Zwirnmann
Class of 2020
Technische Universität München (TUM)
1st PI: Sami Haddadin, TUM
2nd PI: Fabian Theis, HMGU
Project: Lab of the Future
Domain: Biomedicine