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Nicolai Spicher, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Digital Health Research Section
Department of Health Technology
Technical University of Denmark
2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Ørsteds Plads, Building: 345B Room: 250
E-Mail: nicsp[at]dtu[dot]dk
   

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Experience

2022-2024: Junior Research Group Leader
Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical Center Göttingen
2020-2022: Postdoc & Lecturer
Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, Technical University of Braunschweig
2015-2020: PhD student
Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, University of Duisburg-Essen
2014-2020: Research assistant
Department of Medical Informatics, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund
2011-2013: Research assistant
Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University


Education

2020: Dr. rer. medic (Medical Faculty, University of Duisburg-Essen)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mark E. Ladd (German Cancer Research Center)
Title of Dissertation: Time-frequency analysis of optical and electrical cardiac signals with applications in ultra-high-field MRI (Download)
2014: M.Sc. Medical Informatics (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund)
2011: B.Sc. Medical Informatics (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund)


Academic service

Since 2025: Speaker of the technical comittee Biosignals of the DGBMT
Since 2025: Vice Chair of IEEE EMBS Germany Chapter
Since 2023: Young Professional Representative of IEEE EMBS Administrative Committee
2023-2024: Chair of IEEE EMBS Germany Chapter
2023-2024: Member of CIDAS
2022-2024: Member of Young DZHK
2021: Graduate of IEEE Volunteer Leadership Training Program (VoLT) (PDF)
2021-2022: Trainee within the Next Stop Prof program
2021-2022: Member of the Admissions Committee for M.Sc. Data Science of TU Braunschweig
2021-2024: Deputy speaker of the technical comittee Biosignals of the DGBMT
Since 2021: Member of the IEEE Germany Administrative Committee
2021-2022: Treasurer of IEEE EMBS German Chapter


Invited talks etc.

2025: Talk at Faculty of Engineering of University of Kiel
2024: Talk at ELTE Budapest
2024: Talk at Y-DZHK Retreat Göttingen
2024: Talk at Volkswagen Foundation's Scoping Workshop: Consensus Meeting on 3D-printed patient-specific Bone Implants (CoMBI)
2023: Panelist at IEEE EMBS Tunisia North Africa Forum on Healthcare Innovations (PDF)
2023: Talk at Institute for Medical Statistics, Computer and Data Sciences (Invitation)
2023: Talk at Ubiquitous Computing Lab
2023: Panelist at EMBC "Student and Young Professional Opportunities with EMBS" panel
2023: Panelist at EMBC "Performing Research in Academia" panel
2023: Talk at CIDAS Colloquium
2023: Talk at Secure HPC Workshop organized by GWDG
2022: Talk at YDZHK Retreat 2022
2022: Panelist at the HeKKSaGOn initiative
2022: Keynote at Workshop Biosignale 2022
2019: Talk at Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics (Invitation)


Recognitions

2023: "Outstanding Reviewer" of Physiological Measurement (PDF)
2023: 8th place George B. Moody PhysioNet Challenges and ''Best Team Name'' Award (PDF)
2022: "Highlight talk" of the YDZHK Retreat 2022
2021: Johann Peter Süßmilch-Medaille of the GMDS (More Information) (PDF)
2021: 3rd place Best Paper Award (2nd author) at MEDINFO 2021 (PDF)
2017: Magna Cum Laude Merit Award (1st author) of the ISMRM (PDF)
2015: "Förderpreis" of the GMDS (PDF)
2014-2016: Educational stipend of the ISMRM
2014-2018: 4-year Ph.D. funding

Recognitions of supervised students

2025: IEEE EMBC 2025 Student Paper Competition Finalist Angelika Bader
2024: "Förderpreis" of the GMDS for M.Sc. thesis of Philip Zaschke
2024: ACM KDD 2024 Student Travel Award Philip Hempel
2024: IEEE EMBC 2024 Next Scholar Award Philip Hempel


Organized conferences and sessions

2025: TPC chair of IEEE German Education Conference (GECon)
2025: SPC member of ISMT 2025
2024: SPC member of ACM NanoCom 2025
2025: Challenge co-organizer at IEEE ISBI 2025: PS3C
2024: SPC member of ACM NanoCom 2024
2024: TPC chair of IEEE German Education Conference (GECon)
2024: Associate Editor of IEEE EMBC 2024
2024: SPC member of ISMT 2024
2024: Conference chair of Workshop Biosignale
2024: IPC member of IFAC BMS 2024 & Automed 2024
2024: SPC member of 58th Annual Meeting of the DGBMT
2023: TPC chair of IEEE German Education Conference (GECon)
2023: SPC member of 57th Annual Meeting of the DGBMT
2023: SPC member of Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin (BVM) Workshop
2022: TPC chair of IEEE German Education Conference (GECon)
2022: SPC member of Conference of the Austrian, German and Swiss Societies for BME
2022: SPC member of Workshop Biosignale
2021: SPC member of 55th Annual Meeting of the DGBMT
2019: LOC member of 64th Annual Meeting of the GMDS

2024: Session organizer at Conference of the German AI Service Centers:
Using and Integrating Health Data
2024: Session organizer at Conference of the German AI Service Centers:
AI-Applications in Clinical Practice - Challenges and Successes
2024: Session organizer at 69th Annual Meeting of the GMDS:
Synthetic and Augmented Image Data Enhancing AI Research
2024: Session organizer at 58th Annual Meeting of the DGBMT:
Synthetic and Augmented Biosignal Data Enhancing AI Research
2023: Session organizer at 68th Annual Meeting of the GMDS:
Multimodal image analysis for cardiovascular assessment
2023: Session organizer at 57th Annual Meeting of the DGBMT:
Multimodal signal analysis for cardiovascular assessment
2022: Session organizer at 67th Annual Meeting of the GMDS:
Image-Based Risk Prediction in Cardiovascular Diseases
2022: Session organizer at Conference of the Austrian, German and Swiss Societies for BME:
Signal-Based Risk Prediction in Cardiovascular Diseases
2021: Session co-organizer at 66th Annual Meeting of the GMDS: Blutdruck, Hämodynamik und Gefäßzustand: Innovative Erfassung und Bewertung – bildbasierte Verfahren
2021: Session co-organizer at 55th Annual Meeting of the DGBMT: Blutdruck, Hämodynamik und Gefäßzustand: Innovative Erfassung und Bewertung – signalbasierte Verfahren
2019: Session organizer at 13th CME International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering: New video analysis methods ranging from entertainment to clinical applications

Editorials (journals)

Since 2024: Associate Editor @ IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology
2023 - 2024: Guest Editor @ Elsevier Biomedical Signal Processing and Control Special issue

Editorials (conferences)

2025: Editor in Chief @ 4th IEEE German Education Conference (GECon)
2025: Associate Editor @ IEEE EMBC 2025
2024: Editor in Chief @ 3rd IEEE German Education Conference (GECon) Proceedings
2024: Associate Editor @ IEEE EMBC 2024
2023: Editor in Chief @ 2nd IEEE German Education Conference (GECon) Proceedings
2022: Editor in Chief @ 1st IEEE German Education Conference (GECon) Proceedings


Reviews (journals)

2023,2024, 2025: npj Digital Medicine
2024,2025: IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing
2023,2024: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
2023,2024: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
2024: Scientific Reports
2024: Scientific Data
2024: ESC Heart Failure Journal
2023, 2024: Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
2020,2021,2022,2023, 2024: Physiological Measurement
2017,2020,2021,2022: PLoS ONE
2020: IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Reviews (conferences)

2024: 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS (EMBC)
2023: 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)
2023: 57th Annual Meeting of the DGBMT
2023: 68th Annual Meeting of the GMDS
2023: 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS (EMBC)
2023: 33rd Medical Informatics Europe Conference (EFMI MIE)
2023: Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin (BVM) Workshop
2022: IEEE German Education Conference 2023 (GeCon)
2022: Workshop Biosignale 2022
2022: IEEE German Education Conference 2022 (GeCon)
2022: Joint Conference of the Austrian, German and Swiss Societies for Biomedical Engineering
2022: 67th Annual Meeting of the GMDS
2022: 21st IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (IEEE MELECON)
2022: 32nd Medical Informatics Europe Conference (EFMI MIE)
2021: Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB 2022
2021: 18th World Congress of Medical and Health Informatics (MEDINFO)
2021: 55th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Biomedical Engineering within the VDE
2021: IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI)
2021: 66th Annual Meeting of the GMDS
2021: 31st Medical Informatics Europe Conference (EFMI MIE)
2020: 65th Annual Meeting of the GMDS
2020: 15th International Congress on Nursing Informatics
2019: 28th Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
2019: 64th Annual Meeting of GMDS
2019: IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI)
2019: 17th World Congress of Medical and Health Informatics (MEDINFO)