Philipp Henzler

Research Scientist

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Employment

Google San Francisco, USA | London, UK
Senior Research Scientist, Generative AI, Veo
Nov 2024 - Present
Research Scientist, Generative 3D modeling
Sep 2022 - Nov 2024
Adobe Research London, UK
Research Intern, Texture/Material modeling
Jun 2021 - Dec 2021
Meta AI London, UK
Research Intern, 3D Reconstruction
Jun 2020 - Sep 2020
Robert Bosch GmbH / Ulm University Ulm, GER
Research Assistant, Autonomous Driving
Nov 2017 - Apr 2018

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science at University College London
Jun 2018 - Apr 2023
Advisors: Tobias Ritschel and Niloy J. Mitra
M.Sc. in Media Informatics at Ulm University
Oct 2015 - Oct 2017
Grade: 1.1; Advisor: Timo Ropinski
B.Sc. in Media Informatics at Ulm University
Oct 2012 - Oct 2015
Grade 1.3; Advisor: Enrico Rukzio

Product Impact

Veo2 Multi-Modal Video Controls
2025
Veo / Flow, Google DeepMind's state-of-the-art generative video model.
3D Shoppable Products
2022-2025
Google Search, AI-generated 360-degree spins of products.

Publications

[19]
Bolt3D: Generating 3D Scenes in Seconds
ICCV, 2025
S. Szymanowicz, J. Zhang, P. P. Srinivasan, R. Gao, A. Brussee, A. Holynski, R. Martin-Brualla, J. T. Barron, P. Henzler
[18]
CubeDiff: Repurposing Diffusion-Based Image Models for Panorama Generation
ICLR, 2025
N. Kalischeck, M. Oechsle, F. Manhardt, P. Henzler, K. Schindler, F. Tombari
[17]
Generative Multiview Relighting for 3D Reconstruction under Extreme Illumination Variation
CVPR, 2025
H. Alzayer, P. Henzler, J. T. Barron, J. Huang, P. P. Srinivasan, D. Verbin
[16]
Can Generative Video Models Help Pose Estimation?
CVPR, 2025
R. Cai, J. Zhang, P. Henzler, Z. Li, N. Snavely, R. Martin-Brualla
[15]
SimVS: Simulating World Inconsistencies for Robust View Synthesis
CVPR, 2025
A. Trevithick, R. Paiss, P. Henzler, D. Verbin, R. Wu, H. Alzayer, R. Gao, B. Poole, J. T. Barron, A. Holynski, R. Ramamoorthi, P. P. Srinivasan
[14]
IllumiNeRF: 3D Relighting without Inverse Rendering
NeurIPS, 2024
X. Zhao, P. P. Srinivasan, D. Verbin, K. Park, R. Martin-Brualla, P. Henzler
[13]
CAT3D: Create Anything in 3D with Multi-View Diffusion Models
NeurIPS, 2024
R. Gao, A. Holynski, P. Henzler, A. Brussee, R. Martin-Brualla, P. P. Srinivasan, J. T. Barron, B. Poole
[12]
ReconFusion: 3D Reconstruction with Diffusion Priors
CVPR, 2024
R. Wu, B. Mildenhall, P. Henzler, K. Park, R. Gao, D. Watson, P. P. Srinivasan, D. Verbin, J. T. Barron, B. Poole, A. Holynski
[11]
CamP: Camera Preconditioning for Neural Radiance Fields
SIGGRAPH Asia, 2023
K. Park, P. Henzler, B. Mildenhall, J. T. Barron, R. Martin-Brualla
[10]
Self-Supervised Shape and Appearance Modeling via Neural Differentiable Graphics
University College London (UCL), PhD thesis, 2023
P. Henzler
[9]
Common Objects in 3D: Large-Scale Learning and Evaluation of Real-life 3D Category Reconstruction
ICCV 2021
J. Reizenstein, R. Shapovalov, P. Henzler, L. Sbodorne, P. Labatut, D. Novotny
[8]
Generative Modelling of BRDF Textures from Flash Images
SIGGRAPH ASIA 2021
P. Henzler, V. Deschaintre, N. J. Mitra, T. Ritschel
[7]
Unsupervised Learning of 3D Object Categories from Videos in the Wild
CVPR 2021
P. Henzler, J. Reizenstein, P. Labatut, R. Shapovalov, T. Ritschel, A. Vedaldi, D. Novotny
[6]
Learning a Neural 3D Texture Space from 2D Exemplars
CVPR 2020
P. Henzler, N. J. Mitra, T. Ritschel
[5]
Escaping Plato's Cave: 3D Shape From Adversarial Rendering
ICCV 2019
P. Henzler, N. J. Mitra, T. Ritschel
[4]
Deep Object Tracking on Dynamic Occupancy Grid Maps Using RNNs
ITSC 2018
N. Engel, S. Hoermann, P. Henzler, K. Dietmayer
[3]
Object Detection on Dynamic Occupancy Grid Maps Using Deep Learning and Automatic Label Generation
IV 2018
S. Hoermann, P. Henzler, M. Bach, K. Dietmayer
[2]
Single-Image Tomography: 3D Volumes from 2D Cranial X-Rays
Eurographics 2018
P. Henzler, V. Rasche, T. Ropinski, T. Ritschel
[1]
Unconstrained Pedestrian Navigationbased on Vibro-tactile Feedback around the Wristband of a Smartwatch
CHI 2016
D. Dobbelstein, P. Henzler, E. Rukzio

Awards

Eurographics PhD Thesis Award
2024
ICCV Best Paper Honourable mention
2021
Rabin Ezra Scholarship
2021
Google Fellowship & Department of Computer Science UCL Scholarship
2018
Winner of the Audi-App Challenge
2016

Professional Service

Program Committee: Eurographics 2025
Reviewer: CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, EG, TPAMI, TCVG, NeurIPS, CGF, EuroVis, Vis; 2022-Present