Christoph Clement
Machine Learning Engineer at Khumbu
Munich, Germany
I build and scale applied AI systems at Khumbu in Munich. We are building a world model for molecular biology to advance drug discovery, with an initial focus on diabetes. My work spans binding-affinity prediction, protein modeling, and the engineering infrastructure behind research workflows.
Living with type 1 diabetes makes healthcare personal to me. It’s a big part of why I work on applying AI to drug discovery.
I completed my PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Bern in 2024, working on biomedical AI and medical imaging in nuclear medicine. During a research stay at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, I worked on PET/CT foundation models.
Earlier, I worked on deepfake detection at TUM and delivered data science workshops at Celonis. My background also includes robotics at TUM and Technology Management at CDTM.
Experience
- Jan 2025 – present
Khumbu
Machine Learning Engineer
- Jul – Nov 2024
Harvard Medical School & MGH
Visiting Researcher, CAMCA
- Oct 2019 – Mar 2020
Technical University of Munich
Research Assistant, Visual Computing Group
- Aug 2018 – Jul 2019
Celonis
Data Scientist & Trainer
Education
- Jan 2021 – Nov 2024
University of Bern
PhD, Biomedical Engineering
- 2019 – 2021
CDTM
Honors Degree, Technology Management
- 2018 – 2020
Technical University of Munich
MSc, Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence