Dr. Susanne Neufang | AI in Life Science Research | Editorial Board Member
University of Cologne | Germany
PD Dr. rer. nat. Susanne Neufang is a highly accomplished researcher with a strong record of scientific productivity and impact, demonstrated through 52 publications, including indexed and collaborative works across cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, neuroimaging, and machine-learning–driven mental health research. Her contributions have earned a significant global footprint, reflected in a total citation count of 2,479 and an impressive h-index of 27, underscoring the consistent influence and recognition of her research within the scientific community. In addition, she holds an i10-index of 50, highlighting the breadth of her impactful publications that have gained substantial scholarly attention. Her work spans innovative areas such as functional and structural brain connectivity, developmental neuroimaging, executive function research, anxiety disorders, ADHD, and advanced machine-learning approaches through large international consortia including PRONIA and ENIGMA. The depth of her expertise is reflected in numerous high-quality articles addressing neurobiological mechanisms, biomarkers, and computational modeling across psychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions. With a research trajectory enriched by interdisciplinary collaborations and substantial scientific contributions, she exemplifies a researcher whose publication metrics reflect both productivity and sustained scientific relevance in the fields of neuroscience, psychiatry, and data-driven mental health research.
Featured Publications
Kong, L., Yang, C., Neufang, S., Beyan, O. D., & Boukhers, Z. EMORL: Ensemble multi-objective reinforcement learning for efficient and flexible LLM fine-tuning. arXiv.
Neuner, L. M., Weyer, C., Kambeitz-Ilankovic, L., Korda, A., Dwyer, D., Antonucci, L. A., Kambeitz, J., Upthegrove, R., Salokangas, R. K. R., Hietala, J., … Neufang, S. Decoding psychosis risk: Neuroanatomical correlates of the NAPLS-2 calculator in the PRONIA cohort. Schizophrenia Bulletin.
Neufang, S., Li, F., Akhrif, A., & Beyan, O. D. Toward a fair, gender-debiased classifier for the diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A machine-learning based classification study. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.
Korda, A., Lencer, R., Sprenger, A., Meyhöfer, I., Dannlowski, U., Romer, G., Kambeitz-Ilankovic, L., Kambeitz, J., Lichtenstein, T., Rosen, M., … Neufang, S. Brain texture alterations predict subtle visual perceptual dysfunctions in recent-onset psychosis and clinical high-risk state [Preprint]. Research Square.
Buciuman, M. O., Haas, S. S., Antonucci, L. A., Sarisik, E., Khuntia, A., Lichtenstein, T., Rosen, M., Kambeitz, J., Pantelis, C., Lencer, R., … Neufang, S. From snapshots to stable outcomes: rs-fMRI-based prognosis of functioning in patients with psychosis risk or recent-onset depression. Biological Psychiatry.