Timo Koch

Academic Degrees

2012: B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Germany
2014: M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Germany
2020: Doctoral Degree (Dr.-Ing.), University of Stuttgart, Germany

Academic Career

2015 (Jan)  - 2020 (Feb): Research Assistant (Doctoral Student), Department for Hydromechanics and Modelling of Hydrosystems, University of Stuttgart, Germany
2020 (Jan-Jul): Postdoctoral Researcher, SFB1313, Department for Hydromechanics and Modelling of Hydrosystems, University of Stuttgart, Germany
2020 (Aug)  - 2024 (Dec): Scientia II MSC Fellow, Mechanics, Dep. of Mathematics, University of Oslo, Norway
2020 (Aug)  - 2024 (Dec): Guest researcher, Scientific Computing and Numerical Analysis, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway 
2024 (Jan-Jul): University lecturer, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NBMU), Ås, Norway
2025 (Jan-Jul): Project Researcher, Scientific Computing and Numerical Analysis, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
2025 (since Nov): Juniorprofessor for Hydromechanics, Department for Hydromechanics and Modelling of Hydrosystems, University of Stuttgart, Germany

(11/2018) Quality assurance in scientific software development at the example of DUNE / PDELab / DuMux

• Transport in porous media: Modeling fluid flow, mechanics, and transport of solutes in porous media. Porous media are everywhere. Porous media with embedded networks. Pore network modeling.
• Mathematical modeling of biological and environmental systems: Coupled multi-physics problems. Mathematical models at different scales. Reduced models. Bio- and environmental fluid and poro-mechanics.
• Numerical algorithms for partial differential equations: Finite volume and finite element analysis. Robust solvers. Mixed-dimensional PDEs. Numerical software.

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