Karsten Borgwardt

Karsten Borgwardt is a Professor and Director of the Department of Machine Learning and Systems Biology at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry. He holds a PhD in Computer Science (2007) from LMU Munich and has held academic positions at ETH Zürich, Universität Tübingen, and the Max Planck Institutes in Tübingen. His research focuses on machine learning applications in biology and medicine, including biomarker discovery, personalized medicine, and systems biology.

Education:

• PhD in Computer Science (2007), LMU Munich
• M.Sc. in Biology (2003), University of Oxford
• Diplom (M.Sc. equivalent) in Computer Science (2004), LMU Munich

Research Interests:

• Development of machine learning algorithms for large biomedical datasets
• Pattern recognition in genomic and clinical data
• Applications in sepsis biomarkers, antimicrobial resistance prediction, and personalized medicine

Grants & Projects:

• Scientific Coordinator of Marie Curie Networks (2013-2022)
• Swiss National Science Foundation Starting Grant (2014)
• Personalized Swiss Sepsis Study (CHF 5.3M, 2018)

Awards: Krupp Award (2013), Golden Owl Teaching Award (2017), multiple 'Top 40 under 40' recognitions (2014-2016).

Labs: Leads the Machine Learning and Systems Biology Department at MPI, collaborating with 22+ labs in sepsis research and international networks.