Maximilian Sprang

Maximilian Sprang is a bioinformatician and AI researcher leading a junior research group in Bioinformatics and BioAI at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. His research focuses on quality control of multi-omics data, generative models for DNA sequences, and AI applications in immunology. Maximilian Sprang earned his PhD summa cum laude from Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, where he investigated quality-related characteristics in multi-omics datasets using machine learning. Throughout his career, he has worked on applying AI to clinical and biological data and has contributed to open science initiatives such as OpenBioML. His interdisciplinary work spans bioinformatics, machine learning, epigenetics, and high-performance computing, with a particular emphasis on reproducibility and transparency in genomics research. He has received the Böhringer Ingelheim Foundation Dissertation Prize.