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Adrian Dendorfer

NeuroAI - Technical University of Munich & MRC CBU, University of Cambridge

PhD student in Professor Rückert's AI in Medicine Lab at TUM. Currently on the quest to find an interesting topic, so happy about any pointers! Funding comes from Google.org.

Education

10/2023 - 09/2026
M.Sc. Neuroengineering | Technical University of Munich

1.1, best in class. Elite Graduate Programme of the Elite Network of Bavaria.

  • Completed a PhD course on probabilistic AI at NTNU
  • Honourable mention for an essay from the International Neuroethics Society
01/2023 - 05/2023
Exchange Semester | Georgia Institute of Technology

GPA 4.0 across 18 credit hours.

10/2020 - 03/2024
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering & Information Technology | Technical University of Munich

Final grade 1.4 (180 ECTS, approx. top 5 %).

10/2019 - 11/2023
B.Sc. Engineering Science | Technical University of Munich

Final grade 2.1 (210 ECTS).

Publications Google Scholar

Dendorfer A., Mousley A., Páscoa dos Santos F., Astle D.E. & Fakhar K. (2026). Mapping the Trade-Offs That Shape Mammalian Brain Network Architecture. bioRxiv. DOI:10.64898/2026.10.07.757032
Dendorfer A., Luppi A., Poli F., Mousley A., Astle D.E. & Fakhar K. (2026). How Similar Are Two Brains? A Comprehensive Benchmark of Brain Network Similarity Measures. bioRxiv. DOI:10.64898/2026.09.16.752009
Wallner J., Berbuir S.*, Birner L.*, Dendorfer A.*, Panthi B.*, Rahnsch B.*, Muma J., ..., Barteit S. (2026). Overcoming Data Loss in Wearable Disease Detection with GAN-Based Imputation. npj Digital Medicine. DOI:10.1038/s41746-026-02518-4 (*: equal contributors)
Zausinger J., Pennig L., Kozina A., ..., Dendorfer A., et al. (2025). Regress, Don't Guess - A Regression-like Loss on Number Tokens for Language Models. ICML 2025. arXiv:2411.02083
Dendorfer A. & Charlton P.H. (2025). Wrist Photoplethysmography Pulse Waves: Morphological Classes and Physiological Influences. Engineering Proceedings (ECSA-12). DOI:10.3390/ECSA-12-26556
Pilger L., Berberich N., Paredes-Acuña N., Dendorfer A., et al. (2023). Human-centered design of a vibrotactile sensory substitution belt for feet somatosensation in a patient with multiple sclerosis. IEEE/EMBS NER 2023. DOI:10.1109/NER52421.2023.10123871

Posters

2026
Poster, Bernstein Conference | Frankfurt, Germany

Mapping the trade-offs that shape mammalian brain network architecture. Awarded a travel grant by the conference.

2025
Poster, GU-TUM Neuroengineering Summer School | Washington, USA

Participation fully covered.

Leadership & Beyond Research

2026
Co-organiser, UK Scholars Meetup | Max Weber-Programm & Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

Meetup for scholars of both programmes in the UK (80 attendees, 5 speakers).

2023 - 2026
Student Representative | M.Sc. Neuroengineering, TUM

Co-organised the MSNE Summer School 2024.

01/2025 - 05/2025
Recruiting Lead | TUM.ai

Led 17 students; grew total applications by 90 % (to 418) and the female-to-male applicant ratio by 185 %.

10/2023 - 02/2024
Organiser & Judge, Impact Investing Competition | Manage and More

Ran a global competition for impact-oriented social startups (10,000 EUR prize).

05/2020 - 04/2022
Project Lead & Engineer | reStove (social startup)

Led a team of twelve developing frugal biogas plants for a partner NGO's network; built prototypes in India and Germany and sustained partnerships across both countries. 15-20 h/week.

02/2021 - 05/2022
Board of Directors | Enactus Munich

Co-management of a student initiative building entrepreneurial solutions to global challenges.

2020 - 2021
Resort Leader, Student Body | Munich School of Engineering, TUM
09/2018 - 04/2021
Youth Parliamentarian & Treasurer | Hometown Youth Parliament

Scholarships & Programmes