Research assistant as part of a doctoral program
Are you ready to contribute your expertise to research and teaching while also advancing your own professional development? Then we are looking for you as a
Research assistant as part of a doctoral program
for the project „Explainable AI for the molecular bases of disease progression“
Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Technology | Campus Remagen | Full-time (39 hours/week) | immediate start | limited until 31.08.2030 | Pay grade 13 TV-L
The Koblenz University of Applied Sciences (www.hs-koblenz.de) with its locations in Koblenz, Remagen and Höhr-Grenzhausen offers teaching, continuing education and applied research with an extensive range of face-to-face and distance learning courses.
Your tasks:
- independent work on the above-mentioned research project in the field of “Artificial Intelligence in Bioinformatics”
- own academic qualifications obtained through a PhD in the subject area mentioned above
- close collaboration with interdisciplinary partners from the fields of medicine, biology and bioinformatics
- Data pre-processing, quality control, normalization and feature engineering for multi-omic datasets
- Design and application of novel methods for explainable artificial intelligence
- biological and clinical interpretation of the model results
- Participation in doctoral colloquia and the preparation of progress reports
- Writing academic publications
- Design and implementation of courses in the fields of mathematics, programming, machine learning, deep learning, genomics or epigenomics
- Co-supervision of student/research assistants
Your profile:
- completed university degree (Master or comparable) in the field of bioinformatics, computer science, data science, computational biology, biology, physics, mathematics or a related field
- Expertise in the field of artificial intelligence
- very good programming skills in C, C++, Python or R
- Sound knowledge of machine learning or deep learning
- Interest in interdisciplinary research at the interface of AI, biology and medicine
- excellent written and spoken English (minimum C1 level)
- good written and spoken German would be an advantage
- independent, structured and solution-oriented way of working, as well as strong teamwork and communication skills
Your Benefits:
- 30 days of annual leave
- flexible working hours with no core working hours
- Professional development opportunities
- good transport links
- personalized onboarding concept and employee development
- cafeteria and canteen options
- Annual special paymant, capital-forming benefits and occupational retirement provision
- Safe and modern workplace
- Remote working
- Wide range of family and health benefits
We are committed to diversity, equal opportunities and the compatibility of work and family. We particularly welcome applications from women. People with severe disabilities will be given priority if they are equally qualified.
Have we sparked your interest? If so, please submit your CV and relevant certificates via our online application portal by September 13, 2026. If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact Prof. Dr. Assenov (assenov@hs-koblenz.de). Further information about Koblenz University of Applied Sciences as an employer can be found here.