Graduate Students

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

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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

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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

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Cosmin I. Bercea

Class of 2020

Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) / Helmholtz AI (H.AI)

1st PI:   Shadi Albarqouni , H.AI / HMGU

2nd PI:  Daniel Rückert, TUM

Project: Federated Unsupervised Anomaly Detection 

Domain: Biomedicine

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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Ghalia Rehawi

Class 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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