Where does Fabian Theis work?

Fabian Theis is Venture Advisor at Amino Collective.

Where did Fabian Theis go to school?

Fabian Theis studied at University of Regensburg (Diploma, PhD); Universidad de Granada (Phd, Computer Science).

Fabian Theis

Investor

Greater Munich Metropolitan Area

About

Fabian Theis is Director of the Department of Computational Health at Helmholtz Munich and Professor of Mathematical Modelling of Biological Systems at the Technical University of Munich, as well as Associated Faculty at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. He co-founded RN.AI Therapeutics, and his team develops AI tools for single cell genomics, including open-source software such as scanpy, scVelo, CellRank, Squidpy, scGen, CellFlow, MOSCOT, and NicheFormer. His work focuses on foundational models and digital twins of human cells, perturbation modeling, and applications of AI in biology and medicine.

Experience

RN.AI TherapeuticsCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
Helmholtz Pioneer Campus @ Helmholtz MunichScientific Director of Biomedical AI at Helmholtz Pioneer Campus HPCcurrent2022 — presentMunich, Bavaria, Germany
Helmholtz MunichHead of Computational Health Centercurrent2021 — presentMunich, Bavaria, Germany
Helmholtz MunichInstitute Directorcurrent2013 — presentMunich, Bavaria, Germany
Helmholtz MunichJunior Group Leader2007 — 2013
ImmunaiConsultingcurrent2021 — present
Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the ArtsChair of AI Councilcurrent2020 — present
Helmholtz AIScientific Directorcurrent2019 — presentMunich, Bavaria, Germany
DermagnostixPartnercurrent2019 — present
Technische Universität MünchenChair for Mathematical Models of Biological Systemscurrent2013 — present
Technische Universität MünchenProfessorcurrent2013 — present
Technische Universität MünchenAssociate Professor2009 — 2013
CellarityConsulting2022 — 2025
CellarityMentoring and consulting2018 — 2022
OmniscopeConsulting2021 — 2024
Singularity BioConsulting2021 — 2022
RocheMentoring and consulting2018 — 2020
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and SelforganizationIndependent researcher (Bernstein fellow)2006 — 2007
Universität RegensburgPostdoc in Biophysics2006

Skills & more

Machine LearningStart-up LeadershipBioinformatik2Statistik2Maschinelles LernenForschung und EntwicklungAlgorithmenData ScienceResearchModellierungMathematikUnterrichten

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Geschäftsführung

From Fabian's professional profile.

Colleagues at Amino Collective

Conny Gerth

Executive Assistant at Amino Collective

Eva Smorodina

Investment Team Fellow at Amino Collective

Felicitas Hagen

Head of Marketing & Comms at Amino Collective

Jingkun Li

Head of Finance & Operations at Amino Collective

Manuel Grossmann

Founding Partner at Amino Collective

Nirmesh Patel

Investor at Amino Collective

Timon Schneider

Investment Team Fellow at Amino Collective

Frequently asked questions

Who is Fabian Theis?: Fabian Theis is Director of the Department of Computational Health at Helmholtz Munich and Professor of Mathematical Modelling of Biological Systems at the Technical University of Munich, as well as Associated Faculty at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. He co-founded RN.AI Therapeutics, and his team develops AI tools for single cell genomics, including open-source software such as scanpy, scVelo, CellRank, Squidpy, scGen, CellFlow, MOSCOT, and NicheFormer. His work focuses on foundational models and digital twins of human cells, perturbation modeling, and applications of AI in biology and medicine.
Where does Fabian Theis work?: Fabian Theis is Venture Advisor at Amino Collective.
Where did Fabian Theis go to school?: Fabian Theis studied at University of Regensburg (Diploma, PhD); Universidad de Granada (Phd, Computer Science).