Charlotte Bunne

Charlotte Bunne is an Assistant Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) with dual affiliations in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) and the School of Life Sciences (SV). She leads the Prof. Bunne Group at the Artificial Intelligence in Molecular Medicine (AIMM) unit and is a member of the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC).

• PhD in Computer Science, ETH Zurich
• Postdoctoral work at Genentech and Stanford University

Her research integrates machine learning with large-scale biomedical data to advance personalized medicine, focusing on optimal transport and generative AI for biomedical discovery. Recent publications highlight applications in single-cell omics, spatial proteomics, and chemical reaction modeling.

Scientific awards:

• Fellow of the German National Academic Foundation
• Recipient of the ETH Medal
• Best paper awards

She has contributed to teaching courses on foundation models, generative AI, and biomedical applications at EPFL's interdepartmental teaching units (SIN-ENS, SSC-ENS, SSV-ENS). Her interdisciplinary work bridges computer science, biomedical research, and computational biology.