Dr. Wolfgang Wein

CEO

Founder and CEO of ImFusion. He has 20 years of research experience in medical image computing and computer-assisted interventions, most of it in industry. After obtaining his doctoral degree from Prof. Navab's group in Munich, he worked a few years at Siemens Corporate Research in Princeton, NJ. He has conducted numerous projects from early feasibility to product implementation, providing innovative solutions for various clinical applications. From receiving the MICCAI Young Scientist Award in 2007, he has remained actively involved in the academic community with regular publications, and is also acting as adjunct professor for the faculty of computer science at Technische Universität München (TUM).

Dr. Alexander Ladikos

Head of Computer Vision
Head of Quality Management

Founding member and CTO of ImFusion with more than 15 years of experience in the areas of computer vision and medical image processing. Alexander obtained his PhD at Technische Universität München for work on multi-camera occlusion detection for robotic surgery environments. During this time he has been a visiting researcher at Telekom Laboratories in Berlin and INRIA Grenoble in France. His expertise spans a wide range of topics with a particular emphasis on 3D computer vision, 3D surface reconstruction and model based tracking. He has authored many scientific articles and patents and is a regular reviewer for all major computer vision and medical image processing conferences. He is also responsible for the ISO 13485 compliance and quality management processes at ImFusion.

Dr. Raphael Prevost

Senior Research Scientist
Head of Machine Learning

Raphael Prevost studied in France where he obtained a MSc. in applied mathematics and a MSc. in machine learning and computer vision in 2010. He then spent three years in Philips Research working on image segmentation during his PhD. He authored multiple articles, book chapters and patents; he is laureate of the Dauphine Foundation 2014 Award, received the AMIES 2014 Prize for research in mathematics with industrial impact, and the MICCAI 2015 best reviewer award.

Since 2013, Raphael has worked on various image analysis topics and has driven R&D in terms of image segmentation and machine learning at ImFusion.

Dr. Christian Schulte zu Berge

Senior Software Engineer
Head of SDK

Christian Schulte zu Berge holds a Diploma in Computer Science from the University of Münster where he graduated with his thesis on Diffusion Tensor Imaging visualization. He then pursued a PhD on real-time processing for advanced visualization of medical ultrasound at Technische Universität München and enriched his academic work with a part-time stay at Siemens Corporate Technology in Princeton, NJ.

Christian joined the ImFusion team in 2016 where he combines his background on large-scale software development with his academic expertise in visualization and computer graphics.

Dr. Oliver Zettinig

Senior Research Scientist
Head of Ultrasound

Oliver Zettinig holds a Master's degree in Biomedical Computing and pursued his PhD on advanced, interventional ultrasound imaging techniques at Technische Universität München. During his academic career, he conducted research visits at Siemens Corporate Technology in Princeton, NJ, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, and received the MICCAI Young Scientist Award in 2013.

Oliver joined ImFusion in 2017 and strives to further push the boundaries in ultrasound-guided navigated procedures.

Dr. Matthias Wieczorek

Senior Research Scientist
Head of CT and Interventional X-Ray

Matthias Wieczorek studied Computer Science at Technische Universität München and graduated with his thesis on Sparse regularization for Phase-Contrast Computed Tomography. Additionally, to these studies he holds a B.Sc. degree in Mathematics. He continued to work on problems related to modern Computed Tomography during his PhD on Anisotropic X-ray Dark-field tomography.

Matthias joined ImFusion in 2017 and continues to improve the value gained from tomographic imaging methods.

Dr. Marco Esposito

Senior Research Scientist
Head of Robotics

Marco Esposito holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Technische Universität München, where he also pursued a PhD on Collaborative Robotic Medical Imaging. Previously he obtained a B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Pisa. During his academic career he conjugated research and contribution to the open source robotic community. His work was presented at top-tier conferences such as MICCAI and ROSCON, and received the IJCARS Best Paper Award.

Marco joined ImFusion in 2019, with the objective of making robots friendly and useful partners for doctors and surgeons.

Judith Kurzmaier

Finance Manager
Head of Operations

Judith Kurzmaier studied Biochemistry at Technische Universität München where she obtained her Bachelor's degree. First professional experience were gained in customer support at GOP Varieté Theater München. She completed her professional education as office management assistant at Drillisch Online GmbH where she afterwards joined the purchasing department. Judith joined ImFusion management team in 2019.

Markus Habert

Senior Software Engineer

Markus Habert studied Computer Science at Technische Universität München (TUM), completed internships in several industries and wrote his master thesis on multi-modal image registration with ImFusion. In 2014 he joined ImFusion as a full-time employee, where he employs his strong coding and software architecture skills combined with his medical imaging experience.

Olga Gavranovic

Senior Software Engineer

Olga Gavranovic obtained her Master's degree in Computational Science and Engineering at Technische Universität München. She wrote her thesis on augmented touch interfaces for head-mounted displays at the augmented reality company Metaio. Olga has been working as a full-time employee at ImFusion on surface reconstruction and industrial vision applications since late 2015.

Simon Jagoda

Senior Research Engineer

Simon Jagoda joined up with ImFusion part-time in 2014 while a master level student at LMU Munich's department of physics. He has since finished his thesis on radiative feedback and efficient simulation of laser-plasma interactions and became a full-time employee in 2016. There, he employs his skills especially for image reconstruction problems which require detailed understanding of acquisition physics.

Dr. Marijn Stollenga

Senior Research Scientist

Marijn Stollenga graduated in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Groningen and pursued his PhD on Humanoid Perception and Control at the Swiss AI Lab IDSIA in the group of Prof. Jürgen Schmidhuber. From 2016 - 2018 he was a postdoctoral researcher at the TU München and worked on combining Virtual Reality and Machine Learning to train intelligent agents. He authored several papers applying deep learning in varying domains, ranging from automatic medical segmentation to robotic control. Marijn joined the ImFusion team in 2018 where he continues to apply his knowledge to new challenges.

Martin Matilla

Senior Software Engineer

Martin Matilla holds a Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications and Audiovisual Systems and obtained his Master's degree in Computer Vision at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. His Master's thesis dealt with real-time rendering of 360º video featuring multiview stereo estimation for VR. Martin brings over four years of experience as a Research Developer in the field of Image Processing and Multiview Reconstruction. In 2019 he joined ImFusion where he consolidates his Computer Vision knowledge with his Software Development expertise.

Mert Asim Karaoglu

Research Engineer

Mert Asim Karaoglu joined ImFusion as a working student in 2019. He completed his Master's studies in Biomedical Computing at TU Munich with a thesis about Adversarial Domain Feature Adaptation for Monocular Bronchoscopic Depth Estimation and became a full-time employee as of 2021. By joining ImFusion's Computer Vision group, he enriches the team with his expertise in learning-based methods and works on various 3D vision projects.

Dr. Mattia Lupetti

Senior Research Scientist

Mattia Lupetti studied Physics at the University of Pisa and pursued his PhD at LMU Muenchen at the chair of Computational and Plasma Physics, where he developed new concepts for imaging ultrashort laser pulses on nanostructured surfaces.

After four years working as Software Engineer in the Artificial Intelligence department at Brainlab, he joined ImFusion in late 2019, where he brings his experience in researching, prototyping and deploying Machine Learning models to solve new challenges in the field of medical image processing.

Alexander Schwer

Software Engineer

Alexander Schwer is a graduate of the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg (Dual Study of B.Eng. Electrical Engineering and Electronics Technician) and Technische Universität München (M.Sc. Electrical Engineering and Information Technology). He gained professional experience in Electrical and Software Engineering as a student at MAN Diesel & Turbo SE and Rohde & Schwarz, where he worked on 3D Posture Recognition and 3D Point Registration in Microwave Imaging. Alexander joined ImFusion in 2020.

Stefan Haninger

Software Engineer

Stefan Haninger holds a Bacherlor's degree in computer science with a minor in medicine and a Master's degree in biomedical computing, both obtained at Technische Universität München. In 2019 Stefan joined ImFusion as working student to write his Master thesis which dealt with the accelartion of iterative reconstruction in X-ray computed tomography with deep learning. In 2020 he joined the company as full time employee and contributes with his expertise in tomographic reconstruction and deep learning.

Martín Axelrad Tinoco

Software Engineer

Martín joined ImFusion as a working student in April 2020. Since November 2022, he has been working as a full-time employee after finishing his studies in Biomedical Computing M.Sc. at TU Munich. Martin developed his thesis, 'Deep Reinforcement Learning for Facet Joint detection using Robotic Ultrasound,' and currently contributes his expertise to robotic and ultrasound-related projects.

Ilja Manakov

Research Scientist

Ilja Manakov studied Physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich where he completed the Medical Physics curriculum with a Master specialization. After graduating, he started his PhD in Computer Science at the chair for Database Systems and Data Mining, while being employed as a Research Scientist at the LMU University Clinic. In his PhD work, he focuses on Represenation, Self-Supervised and Unsupervised Learning. Ilja regularly authors scientific papers and received amongst others the Best Paper Award at MICCAI DART 2019. He joined ImFusion in 2020, where he contributes with his practical and theoretical knowledge to the deep learning team.

Lisa Stalitza

Finance and Operations Manager

Lisa Stalitza holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, where she specialized in Marketing & Strategy as well as Technology & Innovation. She gathered international experience during her studies at Sogang University in Seoul, South Korea. While working for ProSiebenSat.1 TV Deutschland GmbH she gained her first professional experience. Lisa Stalitza joined ImFusion in 2021 and is currently working as Finance and Operations Manager, where she strives to apply her academic knowledge to new challenges.

Julia Rackerseder

Technical Product Manager

Julia Rackerseder holds a Master's degree in Bioinformatics from LMU and TU Munich. Since 2016 she has been a researcher and PhD candidate at the Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures with strong focus on multi-modal medical image registration and segmentation in a neurosurgical setting. Julia brings 6+ years of professional experience to ImFusion: she is Co-Founder of the NPO MedInnovate and has been Head of Human Centered Design at Konica Minolta from 2019 - 2020. Julia is certified Service Design Thinker and Manager for Regulatory Affairs. She joined ImFusion as Product Manager in 2021.

Timo Horstmann

Software Engineer

Timo Horstmann completed his Master of Science at RWTH Aachen University with his thesis on Incorporating Domain Knowledge into Uncertainty Estimation for the Classification of Haematipoietic Cells. He joined ImFusion as a working student in April 2021, and since October 2021 he has been contributing his expertise as a full-time employee in our Machine Learning team.

Dr. Nathanael Schilling

Research Scientist

Nathanael Schilling holds Bachelor's degrees in both Computer Science and Mathematics and a M.Sc. in Mathematics, all from TU Munich. Since 2017 he has been PhD candidate in Mathematics at his alma mater, focusing his research on numerical and mathematical analysis of dynamical systems. Nathanael joined ImFusion's CT group in 2021, and contributes with his expertise to solving a wide range of challenges in that field.

Devan Pitches

Office Creative

Devan Pitches holds a Bachelor’s degree in Film and Digital Media from Deakin University in Melbourne (Australia). After completing his studies, he gained professional experience in office management as Operation Coordinator at a financial company in Melbourne. In 2016 he moved to Munich and began working as Office Creative at a software company, DAVID Systems. Here he divided his time between Marketing activities, moderating workshops and office management. Devan joined ImFusion as Office Creative in 2021, where he combines his creative background and office management skills to tackle new challenges.

Dr. Christian Gebhardt

Research Scientist

Christian Gebhardt holds a B.Sc. in Physics and Computer science and a M.Sc. in Physics, all from LMU Munich. He further participated in a master’s program in Technology Management at the Center for Digital Technology and Management, where he gained professional experience at projects with BMW and KONUX. During his PhD in the field of Biophysics and Bioinformatics, he focused on advanced data analysis methods in single-molecule microscopy and molecular modelling using multi-modal data analysis. Christian joined ImFusion in 2021.

Thomas Kanzok

Senior Software Engineer

Thomas Kanzok studied Computer Science at Chemnitz University of Technology (CUT) where he graduated with his thesis on Virtual Reconstruction of Vessels from 3D-Scanned Potsherds. He gained professional experience working at as a Research Associate at CUT on visualization of large point clouds, before joining Carl Zeiss Optotechnik GmbH, where he developed algorithms and software libraries for processing and inspecting data acquired by optical surface measurement systems. Thomas joined ImFusion in 2021 and contributes with his expertise in 2D/3D data processing and visualization.

Viktoria I. Markova

Software Engineer

Viktoria joined ImFusion as a working student in March 2020. Since December 2022, she has been working as a full-time employee after finishing her studies in Informatics; Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Medical Applications M.Sc at the Technical University of Munich. Viktoria developed her thesis with us, ' Global Multi-modal 2D/3D Registration via Local Descriptors Learning', and due to her experience gained in her study years and her exchange at the University in Waterloo, she is currently contributing to ultrasound related projects.

Matteo Ronchetti

Software Engineer

Matteo Ronchetti studied Artificial Intelligence at the University of Pisa and graduated with his Master thesis on the Use of end-to-end differentiable models for the reconstruction of tomographies in noisy settings. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the Insurbria University, and is co-organizer of the “Machine Learning Milan” meetup group, which is the largest Machine Learning meetup in Italy. Matteo joined ImFusion in 2021.

Maria Tirindelli

Research Scientist

Maria Tirindelli graduated in Biomedical Engineering at the Politecnico of Milano, Italy with a B.Sc. thesis on Respiratory motion modelling from Cone-Beam CT and a M.Sc. thesis on Catheter segmentation in 3D Ultrasound volumes. After graduating, she spent one year and a half in the computer vision team of TeiaCare, an italian startup. She then joined Prof. Navab's Chair at the TU Munich as a PhD candidate, where she focuses on Robotic-Ultrasound solutions for spine navigation. Maria joined ImFusion as full-time employee in June 2022.

Dr. Victoria Engemann

Quality and Regulatory Affairs Manager

Victoria Engemann studied at TU Darmstadt where she obtained a MSc. in Chemistry. During her Ph.D. she studied on the development of cell-based assays, protein chemistry and microfluidics. She gathered first professional experience in the field of regulation of digital medical devices at Ruma GmbH in Cologne and is TÜV-trained for Expert Technical Documentation of Medical Devices. Additionally, Victoria is a a certified Scrum Master. Victoria joined ImFusion in 2022 as Quality and Regulatory Affairs Manager.

Junan Chen

Research Engineer

Junan Chen studied Physics at the Technische Universität München (TUM), where he wrote his master's thesis on dual-energy X-ray dark-field computed tomography. He gained research experience as research assistant and working student at the University of Michigan EECS Department, TUM E17 and Nankai University. He also holds a bachelor degree in Physics from the Nankai University, China.

Dr.-Ing. Steffen Schuler

Research Scientist

Steffen studied Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). In his Bachelor's and Master's theses, he developed computer simulations to gain a better understanding of electrical, elastomechanical and hemodynamical phenomena in the human heart. During his PhD, he worked on electrocardiographic imaging and received the Rosanna Degani Young Investigator Award at Computing in Cardiology 2019. Steffen joined ImFusion in 2022, where he uses his expertise on image-based computer modeling and inverse problems to contribute to the Ultrasound and CT groups.

Meysam Farazmand

SysAdmin & DevOps Engineer

Meysam Farazmand obtained his Master’s degree in Information Technology from the Qazvin Science and Research University, Iran. After completing his studies, he gained professional experience as Network Support Engineer at the Solico Group in Tehran, and from 2018-2022 Meysam worked as a DevOps and Cloud Engineer for Afranet, Tehran. He joined ImFusion in June 2022 and contributes with his vast experience in Linux System administration, networking, monitoring and Development Operations.

Dr. Rafael A. Rojas

Research Scientist

Rafael Rojas graduated in Mechanical engineering at the Sapienza University of Rome with a MSc thesis on biped locomotion implemented in the Nao Robot. He pursued his PhD in Applied and Theoretical Mechanics at his alma mater, where he focused his research on the application of non-traditional methods of optimal control theory in vibration control and energy harvesting. From 2017-2020 Rafael served as research assistant at the Free University of Bozen and worked on Robotics applications and Optimization for Motion planning in Robotics. He also spent three years as scientific collaborator at the Fraunhofer Italia Research working on CI/CD methodologies for robotics and control systems. He joined ImFusion’s Robotics team in 2022.

Van Nguyen

Research Scientist

Van Nguyen holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam, and a Master’s degree in Information Science from the Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. Since 2017, she has been PhD candidate in Physics at the University of Antwerp with her research focused on 4D X-ray Computed Tomography. Van obtained first professional experience in the fields of media and telecommunications at Mekong media and Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group. In 2022 Van joined ImFusion’s CT group where she applies her expertise to new challenges.

Dr. Max Pietsch

Senior Research Scientist

Max obtained an MSc in Physics from Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg and an MPhys degree in Lasers and Optoelectronics from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. For his master thesis, he studied colocalization and molecular clusters in immunological synapses using direct Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy data. During his Ph.D. studies at King’s College London, Max developed advanced diffusion MRI analysis methods to study the neonatal brain. Continuing as Research Associate at King’s College London, he developed machine learning methods for the analysis of placental MRI relaxometry and fetal and infant brain diffusion MRI. He joined ImFusion in 2022.

Federico Gnesotto

Senior Software Engineer

Federico Gnesotto studied Physics at the University of Padova (Italy) and at the LMU Munich. After his Master Thesis on Active-Matter he decided to pursue a PhD in Biophysics at the chair of Statistical and Biological Physics of the LMU Munich. After graduating in 2020, he decided to take on a new challenge and joined Brainlab as a Software Engineer to work on segmentation and fiber-tracking algorithms and services. Federico joined ImFusion in the fall of 2022: he is looking forward to combining his physics-expertise with his software engineering skills to solve new challenges in the medical imaging field.

Andreas Baar

Human Resources Manager

Andreas Baar, an HR Manager with valuable experience in the field. Prior to his current position, Andreas worked as Human Resources Manager at surgery and reference institutions specialized on mammography and breast cancer, as well as Administrative Employee at the Bavarian medical association. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Healthcare Management from Hochschule Rosenheim and had the opportunity to do part of his studies at ICHEC Brussels Management School, Belgium. Andreas is committed to create a positive work environment that promotes growth and development for all team members. He joined ImFusion as HR Manager in February 2023

Berfin Kavşut

Working Student

Berfin currently studies MSc. Biomedical Computing at the Technical University of Munich, focusing on image processing, medical image reconstruction, deep learning, and AI in medicine. She gained professional experience as project team member at DataBoss where she worked on Anomaly-Based Network Intrusion Detection System using Big Data. Berfin holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. She joined ImFusion in August 2022 as working student.

Ahmed Kadri

Working Student

Ahmed currently studies Computer Science BSc. with a minor in Medicine at the Technical University of Munich. He gained professional experience as working student software developer at Valtech GmbH in Munich. Ahmed joined ImFusion as working student in August 2022.

Jiajie Chen

Working Student

Jiajie joined ImFusion’s Computer Vision group as a working student in October 2022. He currently studies MSc. Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence at the Technical University of Munich, focusing on 3D computer vision and SLAM. He has finished an internship in the sensor group of an autonomous driving startup WeRide in China and holds a bachelor degree in Mechatronics from the Tongji University.

Saransh Agarwal

Master Student

Saransh joined ImFusion's Machine Learning group as a master's thesis student in October 2022. He currently studies Data Engineering and Analytics at the Technical University of Munich, focusing on deep learning. Previously, he worked at a robotics startup in India and holds a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from Delhi Technological Univeristy.

Vincent Bürgin

Master Student

Vincent currently studies MSc. Informatics at the Technical University of Munich and joined ImFusion in November 2022 as an intern in the Machine Learning team. He holds bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Passau. At ImFusion, he works on using graph neural networks for spine-related applications.

Laura Delgado González

Working Student

Laura has joined ImFusion in January 2023 as a working student to apply her Marketing skills and take responsibility for the social media channels. Laura is currently studying two Masters in Digital Marketing Management and Digital Project Management at IM Digital Business School in Barcelona.