Kathrin Koch

Kathrin Koch is a Professor at the Department of Neuroradiology within the School of Medicine at Technical University of Munich. As a Research Group Leader at the TUM Neuroimaging Center (TUM-NIC), she focuses on understanding structural and functional brain alterations in psychiatric disorders.

• Research Focus: Neural substrates of cognitive processes in psychiatric conditions (OCD, schizophrenia) using fMRI/DTI
• Key Collaborations: ENIGMA-OCD Consortium, TUM-NIC

Her work explores interventions like cognitive training, tDCS stimulation, and meditation to modulate brain function in mental illness. A meta-analytic approach characterizes olfactory processing and network-level changes.

Research Trends: Recent studies (2023-2025) emphasize neural efficiency, connectomics, computational modeling, and machine learning applied to cerebral metabolism and white matter microstructure in OCD.

Advising: Mentors students including Alyssa Torske, Daniela Rodriguez Manrique, and Dr. Tim Reess on neuroimaging projects.