Priv.-Doz. Dr. René Seiger

About me

I am a cognitive neuroscientist currently working at the Technical University of Munich, focusing on the identification of early markers of dementia using structural MRI for predictive modeling. My work aims to improve early detection by leveraging advanced neuroimaging and data-driven approaches. In addition, I work with OPM-MEG sensor technology in neuroscience, applying this emerging method to investigate brain function with high precision.

40 published articles in peer-reviewed journals | h-index: 26 | citations: 2050 (Google Scholar Profile)

Hot off the press:

Seiger, R., & Fierlinger, P. (2026). Predicting conversion from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease using a vision transformer and hippocampal MRI slices. Bioengineering, 13(2), 163. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering13020163

Academic Appointments

2024 – pending Postdoctoral Research Fellow

TUM School of Natural Sciences

Technical University of Munich, Germany

2021 – 2023 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

General Adult Psychiatry & Health Systems

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

University of Toronto, Canada

2020 – 2021 Postdoctoral Researcher

Department of Women’s and Children’s Health

Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

2018 – 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher

Neuroimaging Labs

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Education

2024 Habilitation (Venia Docendi) in Neuroscience (Priv. -Doz.)

Medical University of Vienna

2013 – 2018 Doctoral Programme Clinical Neurosciences (PhD)

Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

2010 – 2013 Middle European interdisciplinary master programme in Cognitive Science (MSc)

University of Vienna, Universitaetsring 1, 1010 Vienna, Austria

Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria

University Medical Center Ljubljana, Zaloska cesta 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

2004 – 2010 Philosophy (MA)

University of Vienna, Universitaetsring 1, 1010 Vienna, Austria

1997 – 2002 Higher Technical College for Computer Engineering (Ing)

HTL Donaustadt, Donaustadtstrasse 45, 1220 Vienna, Austria