Professor Dr. Benedikt Wiestler
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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 — PresentTechnical University of Munich • Munich, Germany
Appointed to the professorship in AI for Image-Guided Diagnosis and Therapy.
Senior Physician
2020-01-01 — PresentInstitute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology • Munich, Germany
Serves as a senior physician focusing on innovative approaches in neuroradiology.
Postdoctoral Researcher
2011-01-01 — 2018-01-01German Cancer Research Center • Heidelberg, Germany
Conducted research on molecular mechanisms of glioma invasion.