Dr. Benedikt Wiestler

Professor

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Biography

Benedikt Wiestler's research bridges the gap between medicine and computer science, focusing on data-driven, personalized medicine for diagnosis and therapy. His work is centered on developing innovative computational analysis methods to extract actionable biomarkers for clinical decision-making from heterogeneous, multi-modal medical data. The translation of advancements in clinical applications is a core motivation for his research. He studied medicine at the Universities of Bonn and Heidelberg, where he received his doctorate in 2011 on the molecular mechanisms of glioma invasion. Following this, he conducted postdoctoral research at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg and habilitated at TUM in 2018. Wiestler became a senior physician at the Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology in 2020 and was appointed to the professorship in AI for Image-Guided Diagnosis and Therapy in 2024.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2024-01-01 — Present

Technical University of Munich • Munich, Germany

Appointed to the professorship in AI for Image-Guided Diagnosis and Therapy.

Senior Physician

2020-01-01 — Present

Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology • Munich, Germany

Serves as a senior physician focusing on innovative approaches in neuroradiology.

Postdoctoral Researcher

2011-01-01 — 2018-01-01

German Cancer Research Center • Heidelberg, Germany

Conducted research on molecular mechanisms of glioma invasion.

Awards

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Kurt Decker Award

2019-01-01
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2nd Place “Lecturer of the Year”

2018-01-01
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Fellowship

2009-01-01