I am dedicated to solving biomedical challenges and driving innovation in precision medicine utilizing my knowledge of artificial intelligence, machine learning and statistics.

Currently, I am affiliated with the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. As part of the Data & Informatics team, I spearhead the AI-driven analysis of patient-level data collected during the Harvard Aging Brain Study.

Research Interests

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine learning
  • Health
  • Precision medicine
  • AI-improved clinical trial design
  • Generative modeling and synthetic data
  • Time-series analysis

For posts about my first and last author publications please click here. A list of all the publications I contributed to can be found on my Google Scholar.

Education

  • PhD in Computational Life Sciences (completed, awaiting conferral)
  • M.Sc. in Life Science Informatics
  • B.Sc. in Biology specializing in bioinformatics

Experience in international, collaborative research

  • Led a work package on time-series analysis in a Horizon2020 project: TVB-Cloud
  • Contributed to the IMI-funded EPAD and AETIONOMY projects
  • Contributed to the planning and writing of grant proposals
  • Negotiated, conceived, and concluded projects with partners from academia and industry

Teaching and supervision

  • Supervised bachelor, master, and PhD students (List)
  • Worked as a lecturer at University Bonn:
    • Co-tought and graded a seminar about 'Advanced AI methods in the life sciences'
    • Gave lectures on
      • 'AI and data science': Statistics intro; methods from linear regression to advanced neural networks
      • 'biological data bases': Overview on resources available
      • 'data management': SQL basics, relational databases, working with clinical data

Editorial service

  • Since Jan. 2022 member of the editorial board of the EPMA Journal of predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine
  • Served as an associate editor for the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease from 01.2020 to 01.2021

Consulting

  • Consultant for AI in Life Sciences for companies such as SambaNova