Summary
Helge Hecht is a researcher and research software engineer at RECETOX, Masaryk University, with nine years of experience at the intersection of computational mass spectrometry, bioinformatics, and software development. Trained in computer science (TUM) and pursuing a PhD in computational biology, he combines C++ application development and team leadership experience from academia and industry, including a stint at Thermo Fisher Scientific. He has progressed through roles from research assistant and specialist to head of department, demonstrating both hands-on coding and organizational responsibility in research settings. Helge is active in academic open science (ResearchGate) and maintains a GitHub profile that reflects his focus on computational workflows, tooling, and reproducible analysis. Notably, his background in games engineering and systems-level C++ development gives him a pragmatic systems perspective rarely highlighted in bioinformatics-focused researchers.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational biology, bioinformatics and modelling, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational biology, bioinformatics and modelling at Masaryk University Brno
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Technische Universität München