PD Dr.-Ing. Thomas M. Koller
studied Chemical and Biological
Engineering (CBI) and received his
doctorate in CBI at FAU in 2016. He
obtained his postdoctoral lecture
qualification in Thermodynamics at
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg in 2024.
Since 2017, he has been an academic
staff member at the Institute of Advanced Optical
Technologies – Thermophysical Properties (AOT-TP).
He is a member of the International Association for
Transport Properties and in the editorial board of the
International Journal of Thermophysics. In 2023, he
received the “ECTP-Netzsch Young Scientist Award”
for his scientific achievements in thermophysical
property research.
The research of his group focuses on the characteri-
zation of multiphase systems in process engineering
by investigating their thermophysical properties.
Objects of investigation are vapor-liquid systems
where, e.g., liquid organic hydrogen carriers are of
current interest, liquid-liquid systems with partially
miscible liquid phases, and dispersions of solid or
liquid particles in a continuous liquid phase. Advanced
experimental and modeling techniques are applied
and further developed to obtain reliable information
about relevant thermophysical properties, in particular
interfacial tension, viscosity, and thermal conductivity,
which also helps to develop relationships with the fluid
structure on a microscopic level.