BME's Kolbinger Recognized in Forbes 30 Under 30 Science 2025
Kolbinger specializes in AI-driven tools for surgery, including systems that predict optimal treatment approaches using pre-surgery patient data. Her groundbreaking contributions include an AI-powered decision-support tool that assists surgeons in real time and a visualization system that maps critical structures like blood vessels and nerves during operations. She is currently leading one of the first clinical trials for an AI-based intraoperative tool.
Kolbinger is also a researcher at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Forbes 30 Under 30 recognizes 600 individuals across 20 industries annually, evaluating nominees on impact, innovation, disruption and potential.
Kolbinger earned her medical degree from the University of Heidelberg and her doctorate from the German Cancer Research Center, also in Heidelberg.