The Helmholtz AI central unit is integral to implementing and running Helmholtz AI, executing the strategy, coordinating the network and ensures the smooth running of daily business. With its science and outreach managers, it coordinates platform activities and projects across all Helmholtz AI local units and within the Helmholtz Association.
Operating from the Helmholtz Zentrum München, the team supports people and activities across the whole network, e.g. through hackathons, educational outreach and via a range of collaborative funding schemes. The team also facilitates the meetings of the Helmholtz AI steering board and the Helmholtz AI scientific advisory committee. Through liaison with the Association's head office, its various bodies and other platforms of the Helmholtz Information and Data Science Incubator, the science management team ensures a seamless flow of information, alignment with overall strategy and concise reporting.

Science management team

Fabian Theis
Helmholtz AI scientific director

Fabian Theis
Helmholtz AI scientific director
Email: fabian.theis@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Christoph Feest
Helmholtz AI head of science management

Christoph Feest
Helmholtz AI head of science management
Email: christoph.feest@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Angela Jurik-Zeiller
Helmholtz AI science manager (on maternity leave)

Angela Jurik-Zeiller
Helmholtz AI science manager (in maternal leave)
Email: angela.jurik-zeiller@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Meike-Jana Kalb
Helmholtz AI science manager

Meike-Jana Kalb
Helmholtz AI science manager
Phone: +49 89 3187 3996
Email: meike-jana.kalb@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Karolina Worf
Helmholtz AI science manager

Karolina Worf
Helmholtz AI science manager
Phone: +49 89 3187 43854
Email: karolina.worf@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Gemma Fornons
Helmholtz AI outreach manager

Gemma Fornons
Helmholtz AI outreach manager
Email: gemma.fornons@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Mohammad Mirkazemi
Helmholtz AI research software engineer

Mohammad Mirkazemi
Helmholtz AI research software engineer
Email: mohammad.mirkazemi@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Emma van Holthe
ELLIS Munich network manager

Emma van Holthe
ELLIS Munich network manager
Email: emma.holthe@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Andrea Mikulandra
Helmholtz AI office manager

Andrea Mikulandra
Helmholtz AI office manager
Email: andrea.mikulandra@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Natalya Symonova
Helmholtz AI team assistant

Natalya Symonova
Helmholtz AI team assistant
Email: natalya.symonova@helmholtz-muenchen.de