Dr. Jan Ernsting

Current affiliations

Professorship of Geoinformatics for Sustainable Development (Prof. Risse)
Heisenbergstr. 2, 48149 Münster
E-Mail

Academic profiles

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Focus

Biomedical Imaging
Robust Uncertainty Estimation

Academic Education
11/2019 - 11/2023	Promotionsstudium, Medical Machine Learning Lab (Prof. Tim Hahn)
10/2017 - 09/2019	Master of Science (Informatik), Universität Münster
10/2014 - 09/2017	Bachelor of Science (Informatik), Universität Münster

Publications

deepmriprep: voxel-based morphometry preprocessing via deep neural networks Fisch L; Winter NR; Goltermann J; Barkhau C; Emden D; Ernsting J; Konowski M; Leenings R; Borgers T; Flinkenflügel K; Grotegerd D; Kraus A; Leehr EJ; Meinert S; Stein F; Teutenberg L; Thomas-Odenthal F; Usemann P; Hermesdorf M; Jamalabadi H; Jansen A; Nenadić I; Straube B; Kircher T; Berger K; Risse B; Dannlowski U; Hahn T (2026) In: Nature Computational Science, 1-10. Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
MRI-derived estimation of biological aging in patients with affective disorders in a 9-year follow-up - a prospective marker of future recurrence Förster Katharina , Winter R. Nils , Ernsting Jan , Leenings Ramona , Fisch Lukas , Barkhau Carlotta , Konowski Maximilian , Emden Daniel , Kraus Anna , Dohm Katharina , Berger Klaus , Arolt Volker , Carballedo Angela , Lisiecka Danutia , Frodl Thomas , Kanske Philipp , Dannlowski Udo , Hahn Tim , Grotegerd Dominik (2026) In: Molecular Psychiatry, 31(5), 2652-2659. doi:10.1038/s41380-025-03382-6 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
The timeline of brain aging in major depression: A prospective study from before first-onset to established illness Konowski, Maximilian; Kraus, Anna; Goltermann, Janik; Ernsting, Jan; Mahjoory, Keyvan; Fisch, Lukas; Spanagel, Jennifer; Wellms, Sarah; Bedir, Dunya; Altegoer, Luisa; Borgers, Tiana; Teckentrup, Sabrina; Papenbrock, Sara; Hildebrand, Sophie Anne; Ratnalingam, Elilarasi; Meisenzahl, Eva; Herrmann, Franziska; Meinert, Susanne; Leehr, Johanna Elisabeth; Hubbert, Julia; Krieger, Judith; Meinert, Hannah; Slump, Theresa; Nenadic, Igor; Jansen, Andreas; Javaheripour, Nooshin; Thomas-Odenthal, Florian; Jamalabadai, Hamidreza; Straube, Benjamin; Hermesdorf, Marco; Richter, Maike; Helbok, Raimund; Jiang, Xiaoyi; Opel, Nils; Berger, Klaus; Kircher, Tilo; Dannlowski, Udo; Hahn, Tim; Winter, Ralf Nils; Leenings, Ramona (2026) In: medRxiv Research article in digital collection \| Preprint \| Published
Classification of major depressive disorder using vertex-wise brain sulcal depth, curvature, and thickness with a deep and a shallow learning model Goya-Maldonado, Roberto; Erwin-Grabner, Tracy; Zeng, Ling-Li; Ching, Christopher R. K.; Aleman, Andre; Amod, Alyssa R.; Basgoze, Zeynep; Benedetti, Francesco; Besteher, Bianca; Brosch, Katharina; Bülow, Robin; Colle, Romain; Connolly, Colm G.; Corruble, Emmanuelle; Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste; Cullen, Kathryn; Dannlowski, Udo; Davey, Christopher G.; Dols, Annemiek; Ernsting, Jan; Evans, Jennifer W.; Fisch, Lukas; Fuentes-Claramonte, Paola; Gonul, Ali Saffet; Gotlib, Ian H.; Grabe, Hans J.; Groenewold, Nynke A.; Grotegerd, Dominik; Hahn, Tim; Hamilton, J. Paul; Han, Laura K. M.; Harrison, Ben J.; Ho, Tiffany C.; Jahanshad, Neda; Jamieson, Alec J.; Karuk, Andriana; Kircher, Tilo; Klimes-Dougan, Bonnie; Koopowitz, Sheri-Michelle; Lancaster, Thomas; Leenings, Ramona; Li, Meng; Linden, David E. J.; MacMaster, Frank P.; Mehler, David M. A.; Meinert, Susanne; Melloni, Elisa; Mueller, Bryon A.; Mwangi, Benson; Nenadić, Igor; Ojha, Amar; Okamoto, Yasumasa; Oudega, Mardien L.; Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.; Poletti, Sara; Pomarol-Clotet, Edith; Portella, Maria J.; Radua, Joaquim; Rodríguez-Cano, Elena; Sacchet, Matthew D.; Salvador, Raymond; Schrantee, Anouk; Sim, Kang; Soares, Jair C.; Solanes, Aleix; Stein, Dan J.; Stein, Frederike; Stolicyn, Aleks; Thomopoulos, Sophia I.; Toenders, Yara J.; Uyar-Demir, Aslihan; Vieta, Eduard; Vives-Gilabert, Yolanda; Völzke, Henry; Walter, Martin; Whalley, Heather C.; Whittle, Sarah; Winter, Nils; Wittfeld, Katharina; Wright, Margaret J.; Wu, Mon-Ju; Yang, Tony T.; Zarate, Carlos; Veltman, Dick J.; Schmaal, Lianne; Thompson, Paul M. (2026) In: Molecular Psychiatry, 31(3). doi:10.1038/S41380-025-03273-W Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Seeing Beyond the Lesion: Disease Recognition from Reactive CNS Tissue Schnorrenberg, Jan; Ernsting, Jan; Küllenberg, Enrico; Hahn, Tim; Risse, Benjamin; Thomas, Christian (2026) In: arXiv Research article in digital collection \| Preprint \| Published

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Talks

An uncertainty-aware, shareable, and transparent neural network architecture for brain-age modeling
Ernsting, Jan (04/04/2022)
Virtual St. Andrews-Bonn meeting: Early career focus - focused on techniques rather than results, Online
Type of talk: scientific Talk

Prizes

Promotionspreis 2024 Awarded by: Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Münster Award given to: Ernsting, Jan Announced at: 26/04/2024 \| Date of awarding: 05/07/2024 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Paper of the Month Awarded by: Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Münster Award given to: Ernsting, Jan; Hahn, Tim Announced at: 15/02/2022 \| Date of awarding: 15/02/2022 Type of distinction: Best publication award
Forschungsförderpreis 2021 Awarded by: Maria-Möller-Stiftung Award given to: Ernsting, Jan; Hahn, Tim; Seifert, Robert Announced at: 07/06/2021 \| Date of awarding: 07/06/2021 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction

deepmriprep: voxel-based morphometry preprocessing via deep neural networks Fisch L; Winter NR; Goltermann J; Barkhau C; Emden D; Ernsting J; Konowski M; Leenings R; Borgers T; Flinkenflügel K; Grotegerd D; Kraus A; Leehr EJ; Meinert S; Stein F; Teutenberg L; Thomas-Odenthal F; Usemann P; Hermesdorf M; Jamalabadi H; Jansen A; Nenadić I; Straube B; Kircher T; Berger K; Risse B; Dannlowski U; Hahn T (2026) In: Nature Computational Science, 1-10. Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
MRI-derived estimation of biological aging in patients with affective disorders in a 9-year follow-up - a prospective marker of future recurrence Förster Katharina , Winter R. Nils , Ernsting Jan , Leenings Ramona , Fisch Lukas , Barkhau Carlotta , Konowski Maximilian , Emden Daniel , Kraus Anna , Dohm Katharina , Berger Klaus , Arolt Volker , Carballedo Angela , Lisiecka Danutia , Frodl Thomas , Kanske Philipp , Dannlowski Udo , Hahn Tim , Grotegerd Dominik (2026) In: Molecular Psychiatry, 31(5), 2652-2659. doi:10.1038/s41380-025-03382-6 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
The timeline of brain aging in major depression: A prospective study from before first-onset to established illness Konowski, Maximilian; Kraus, Anna; Goltermann, Janik; Ernsting, Jan; Mahjoory, Keyvan; Fisch, Lukas; Spanagel, Jennifer; Wellms, Sarah; Bedir, Dunya; Altegoer, Luisa; Borgers, Tiana; Teckentrup, Sabrina; Papenbrock, Sara; Hildebrand, Sophie Anne; Ratnalingam, Elilarasi; Meisenzahl, Eva; Herrmann, Franziska; Meinert, Susanne; Leehr, Johanna Elisabeth; Hubbert, Julia; Krieger, Judith; Meinert, Hannah; Slump, Theresa; Nenadic, Igor; Jansen, Andreas; Javaheripour, Nooshin; Thomas-Odenthal, Florian; Jamalabadai, Hamidreza; Straube, Benjamin; Hermesdorf, Marco; Richter, Maike; Helbok, Raimund; Jiang, Xiaoyi; Opel, Nils; Berger, Klaus; Kircher, Tilo; Dannlowski, Udo; Hahn, Tim; Winter, Ralf Nils; Leenings, Ramona (2026) In: medRxiv Research article in digital collection \| Preprint \| Published
Classification of major depressive disorder using vertex-wise brain sulcal depth, curvature, and thickness with a deep and a shallow learning model Goya-Maldonado, Roberto; Erwin-Grabner, Tracy; Zeng, Ling-Li; Ching, Christopher R. K.; Aleman, Andre; Amod, Alyssa R.; Basgoze, Zeynep; Benedetti, Francesco; Besteher, Bianca; Brosch, Katharina; Bülow, Robin; Colle, Romain; Connolly, Colm G.; Corruble, Emmanuelle; Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste; Cullen, Kathryn; Dannlowski, Udo; Davey, Christopher G.; Dols, Annemiek; Ernsting, Jan; Evans, Jennifer W.; Fisch, Lukas; Fuentes-Claramonte, Paola; Gonul, Ali Saffet; Gotlib, Ian H.; Grabe, Hans J.; Groenewold, Nynke A.; Grotegerd, Dominik; Hahn, Tim; Hamilton, J. Paul; Han, Laura K. M.; Harrison, Ben J.; Ho, Tiffany C.; Jahanshad, Neda; Jamieson, Alec J.; Karuk, Andriana; Kircher, Tilo; Klimes-Dougan, Bonnie; Koopowitz, Sheri-Michelle; Lancaster, Thomas; Leenings, Ramona; Li, Meng; Linden, David E. J.; MacMaster, Frank P.; Mehler, David M. A.; Meinert, Susanne; Melloni, Elisa; Mueller, Bryon A.; Mwangi, Benson; Nenadić, Igor; Ojha, Amar; Okamoto, Yasumasa; Oudega, Mardien L.; Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.; Poletti, Sara; Pomarol-Clotet, Edith; Portella, Maria J.; Radua, Joaquim; Rodríguez-Cano, Elena; Sacchet, Matthew D.; Salvador, Raymond; Schrantee, Anouk; Sim, Kang; Soares, Jair C.; Solanes, Aleix; Stein, Dan J.; Stein, Frederike; Stolicyn, Aleks; Thomopoulos, Sophia I.; Toenders, Yara J.; Uyar-Demir, Aslihan; Vieta, Eduard; Vives-Gilabert, Yolanda; Völzke, Henry; Walter, Martin; Whalley, Heather C.; Whittle, Sarah; Winter, Nils; Wittfeld, Katharina; Wright, Margaret J.; Wu, Mon-Ju; Yang, Tony T.; Zarate, Carlos; Veltman, Dick J.; Schmaal, Lianne; Thompson, Paul M. (2026) In: Molecular Psychiatry, 31(3). doi:10.1038/S41380-025-03273-W Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Seeing Beyond the Lesion: Disease Recognition from Reactive CNS Tissue Schnorrenberg, Jan; Ernsting, Jan; Küllenberg, Enrico; Hahn, Tim; Risse, Benjamin; Thomas, Christian (2026) In: arXiv Research article in digital collection \| Preprint \| Published