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Julia A. Schnabel

Also known as Julia Schnabel, Julia Anne Schnabel

Julia Schnabel is a professor at the Technical University of Munich and directs the Institute of Machine Learning in Biomedical Imaging at Helmholtz Munich. In 1993 she earned a computer-science degree at the Technical University of Berlin, and in 1998 she completed a PhD at University College London. She joined the University of Oxford as an associate professor in 2007, became a full professor there in 2014, and joined King's College London as chair in computational imaging in July 2015. She is also a founding and executive editor of MELBA, a free open-access journal for machine learning in biomedical imaging. The IEEE named her a Fellow in 2021, and the German Radiological Society gave her the Alfred Breit Prize in 2024.

Timeline

  1. 1993–1998

    Computer science in Berlin and London

    She graduates in computer science from the Technical University of Berlin in 1993, and she earns a PhD at University College London in 1998.

  2. 2007–2014

    Engineering science at Oxford

    In 2007 she joins the University of Oxford as an associate professor of engineering science, and in 2014 she becomes a full professor there.

  3. July 2015

    Chair in Computational Imaging

    She joins King's College London in July 2015 as Chair in Computational Imaging at the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences.

  4. 2018–2019

    Programme chair of MICCAI 2018

    She chairs the programme of MICCAI 2018 in Granada, Spain. The MICCAI Society names her a Fellow in 2018, and ELLIS names her a Fellow in 2019.

  5. 2021

    Head of a new Munich institute

    In 2021 she joins Helmholtz Zentrum München to head its newly formed Institute of Machine Learning in Biomedical Imaging, and she is a founding and executive editor of MELBA, a free open-access journal.

  6. 2021

    An IEEE Fellowship

    The IEEE names her a Fellow in 2021 for contributions to medical image computing.

  7. 2024

    The Alfred Breit Prize

    In 2024 the German Radiological Society awards her the Alfred Breit Prize for her work in radiological imaging.

  8. Since 2021

    Professor at TUM

    Since 2021 she is a professor of computational imaging and AI in medicine at TUM, and she directs the institute at Helmholtz Munich.

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  1. Julia Schnabel helmholtz-munich.de. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Julia Schnabel - King's College London kclpure.kcl.ac.uk. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. Julia Schnabel to lead new Institute of Machine Learning in Biomedical Imaging helmholtz-munich.de. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. Schnabel_Julia professoren.tum.de. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Julia Schnabel - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. MCML - Alfred-Breit-Prize for Julia Schnabel mcml.ai. Checked 14 October 2026.
  7. German Radiological Society Awards the Alfred Breit Prize to Prof. Julia Schnabel helmholtz-munich.de. Checked 14 October 2026.