PhD Candidate: Imaging Mass Spectrometry & Spatial Metabolomics

Helmholtz Zentrum München; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 29,585 - 34,137; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Graduate School Helmholtz Munich

Career Center for PhD candidates

State-of-the-art infrastructure & Core

Mental health initiatives

Relocation support

Job summary

Helmholtz Munich is seeking a PhD Candidate in Computational Imaging Mass Spectrometry within Analytical Pathology. The role combines imaging mass spectrometry, digital pathology, and computational data analysis to investigate spatial metabolomics and tissue morphology.

You will develop independent scientific questions and validate computational methods, with a path toward multiple scientific publications. The position emphasizes integration of spatial data, statistical approaches, and machine

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• Ability to think scientifically and develop hypotheses.
• Strong programming, statistics, ML, and image analysis knowledge.
• Ability to assess algorithms for scientific validity and biological plausibility.
• Willingness to engage with histology and tissue morphology.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Develop independent scientific questions at the interface of imaging mass spectrometry, computational biology, and digital pathology.
• Develop and validate computational methods for integrated analysis of molecular imaging data and tissue morphology.
• Characterize spatial metabolic and chemical patterns within tissue compartments.
• Critically evaluate and advance statistical, image analysis, and machine learning approaches.
• Develop interpretable models that reveal biologically testable relationships.
• Independently prepare publications as part of a cumulative PhD thesis.

Skills

Scientific thinking

Independent research

Programming skills

Statistics / ML / image analysis

Model evaluation

English proficiency

Education

Master’s degree in bioinformatics or computational biology

Data science background

Physics/ Mathematics background

Biomedical engineering background

Job description

Helmholtz Munich is seeking a PhD Candidate in Computational Imaging Mass Spectrometry within Analytical Pathology. The role combines imaging mass spectrometry, digital pathology, and computational data analysis to investigate spatial metabolomics and tissue morphology.

You will develop independent scientific questions and validate computational methods, with a path toward multiple scientific publications. The position emphasizes integration of spatial data, statistical approaches, and machine