Koller, Thomas

2011:
Study of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBI) at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), graduating with degree Dipl.-Ing.

2011–2016:
Research assistant in the Working Group Heat, Energy, and Thermophysical Property Research at the Institute of Thermodynamics (LTT) and the Institute of Advanced Optical Technologies – Thermophysical Properties (AOT-TP) of FAU

2016:
Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) (summa cum laude) at the institute AOT-TP of FAU under the supervision of Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Andreas Paul Fröba

2017 - 2025:
Academic staff member (temporary) at institute AOT-TP, head of the working group “Thermophysical Properties of Multiphase Systems in Process Engineering”

2024:
Habilitation at the Faculty of Engineering at FAU under the supervision of Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Andreas Paul Fröba
Private lecturer (PD) at FAU with teaching qualification in thermodynamics

2025:
University professor at the Technical University (TU) of Braunschweig
Head of the Institute of Thermodynamics (IfT)

2017:
“MegaWATT Prize” from the Scientific Working Group for Technical Thermodynamics (WATT) for the best dissertation in the field of technical thermodynamics in Germany in 2016

2017:
Doctoral Award from the “Freundeskreis der Technischen Fakultät e.V.” of FAU for the best dissertation in 2016

Since 2018:
Member of the International Association for Transport Properties (IATP)

Since 2020:
Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Thermophysics (IJT) published by Springer Nature

2023:
Second place in the teaching evaluation of the Faculty of Engineering at FAU for the course “Thermofluid Dynamics of Biotechnology” in the summer semester of 2023

2023:
“Audience Award for Excellent Teaching” from the CBI student council for the courses “Technical Thermodynamics I” and “Thermofluid Dynamics of Biotechnology” in the winter semester 2022/2023

2023:
“ECTP-Netzsch Young Scientist Award” for exceptional scientific achievements in the field of thermophysical property research

2025:
Habilitation Award from the “Universitätsbund Erlangen-Nürnberg e.V.” for the best habilitation thesis at the Faculty of Engineering at FAU in 2024

• Research on the transport of energy, mass, and momentum, as well as on fluid interfaces of systems in energy and process engineering

• Determination of thermophysical properties of materials using light scattering techniques, conventional measurement methods, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations

• Development of modern measurement and simulation techniques for thermophysical property research

• Development of engineering prediction methods for thermophysical properties

For the current list of publications, see document