CareerPlan

PhD-Position (f/m/d)

Aachen, NORDRHEIN_WESTFALENFull-time2026-10-01 → 2026-10-16

Core

Develop pathomics models and machine learning pipelines to analyze histological slides and spatial transcriptomics data for autoimmune kidney diseases.

Role type

PhD researcher in computational pathology and bioimage analysis

Builds

Digital biomarkers and predictive models for clinical outcomes in nephropathology

Domain

Biomedical research / Computational pathology / Spatial transcriptomics

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Deep learning, histology segmentation, spatial transcriptomics analysis, biostatistics, machine learning model implementation

Preferred skills

Prior experience in spatial transcriptomics, computer vision, or computational pathology

Technologies

NVIDIA DGX A100, Python (implied by ML context), deep learning frameworks

Responsibilities

Develop pathomics models for H&E- and PAS-stained slides; Apply joint analysis techniques for pathomics and spatial transcriptomics; Implement ML models to predict clinical outcomes; Write scientific publications and present data at conferences