With cutting-edge research in the fields of ENERGY, HEALTH and MATTER, around 1,500 employees from more than 70 nations at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are committed to mastering the great challenges facing society today.
The Institute of Resource Ecology performs research to protect humans and the environment from hazards caused by pollutants resulting from technical processes that produce energy and raw materials. The Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research develops radiotracers for imaging of cancer biomarkers and personalized therapies.
In a joint effort of both institutes, the Departments of Reactive Transport and of Experimental Neurooncological Radiopharmacy are looking for a PhD Student (f/m/d) Quantitative imaging of microbial processes for radioecology using positron emission tomography.

• Developing and testing radiotracers for positron emission tomography (PET) to investigate microbial processes using synthetic organic chemistry and surface chemistry
• Cultivation and characterization of microbes
• Localization and quantification of advective cell transport processes, cell sorption on mineral substrate surfaces, and film growth in pore spaces using PET analysis
• Conducting literature review, writing scientific publications, and presenting research results
• Mentoring student courses in radiochemistry and reactive transport