Julia Herzen

Prof. Julia Herzen holds the Associate Professorship of Physics in Biomedical Imaging at the Department of Physics, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich. Her research focuses on advancing X-ray imaging techniques using synchrotron radiation and laboratory sources, with applications in medical diagnostics and tissue analysis.

• Position: Associate Professor
• Department: Physics
• School: TUM School of Natural Sciences
• University: Technical University of Munich
• Contact: julia.herzen@tum.de

Her core research interests include:

• Quantitative multi-modal X-ray imaging (spectral & phase-contrast)
• 3D virtual histology of human tissue
• Breast cancer detection improvement
• Lung disease imaging (emphysema, pneumonia)
• X-ray phase-contrast tomography
• Dark-field imaging material decomposition

Recent publications demonstrate expertise in dark-field imaging for lung pathology, phase-contrast CT for organoid visualization, and spectral X-ray applications in multi-material differentiation. Her team explores clinical translation of X-ray techniques for non-invasive diagnostics.

She supervises PhD students and teaches Biomedical Engineering courses, including:

• Quantitative X-Ray Imaging (3 VI)
• Image Processing in Physics (2 VO)
• Biostatistics (2 VO)
• Advanced Lab Courses in X-ray Micro-CT