Prof. Philipp Berens

Short Bio

Philipp Berens is Director of the Hertie Institute for AI in Brain Health and Full Professor of Data Science at the University of Tübingen. He is Speaker of the Excellence Cluster "Machine Learning – New Perspectives for Science" and part of the core faculty of the Tübingen AI Center. His group develops machine learning and computational modeling approaches to advance our understanding of the eye in health and disease — from large-scale electron microscopy reconstructions and biophysical models of retinal circuits to interpretable algorithms for clinical decision-making in ophthalmology. A particular focus is on building open datasets and benchmarks that enable reproducible research, and on making ophthalmic AI useful in global health settings. His work has been recognized with a DFG Heisenberg Professorship, an ERC Starting Grant and the Bernstein Award of the German Ministry for Science and Education.