Hendrik Roch

Postdoctoral researcher in high-energy nuclear theory, focusing on heavy-ion collisions, initial-state physics, and Bayesian inference methods for QCD matter.

Personal Information

• Place/Date of Birth: Gütersloh, Germany | April 17, 1995
• Email: hendrik.h.roch(at)jyu.fi
• GitHub: Hendrik1704
• ORCID: 0000-0002-0187-6843

Research Interests

• High Energy Nuclear Theory: Heavy-ion collisions, transport simulations, initial-state characterization, propagation of fluctuations, event generators, jet hadronization, UPCs.
• Bayesian Machine Learning: Bayesian inference, Gaussian process emulators, Monte Carlo sampling techniques.

Current & Upcoming

• Jan 2026 – Present: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Jyväskylä (Heikki Mäntysaari)
• From Sep 2026: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (MSCA)

Professional Experience

• Jan 2026 – Present: Postdoc, University of Jyväskylä, Research Group of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Heikki Mäntysaari
• Jan 2024 – Dec 2025: Postdoc, Wayne State University, Research Group of Prof. Dr. Chun Shen
• Oct 2022 – Dec 2023: Postdoc, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), Research Group of Prof. Dr. Hannah Elfner
• Sep 2022: Postdoc, Universität Bielefeld, Research Group of Prof. Dr. Nicolas Borghini

Academic Training

• Nov 2018 – Aug 2022: Ph.D., Physics, Universität Bielefeld, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nicolas Borghini
• Oct 2017 – Nov 2018: M.Sc., Physics, Universität Bielefeld, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nicolas Borghini
• Oct 2014 – Oct 2017: B.Sc., Physics, Universität Bielefeld, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nicolas Borghini

Awards

• Jul 2019 – Aug 2022: HGS-HIRe for FAIR Fellowship
• Winter term 2019/2020: Tutorenpreis (Awarded for outstanding performance as a tutor)