People

Head of Institute

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Andreas Paul Fröba

 

Senior Scientist (Academic Staff Member)
and Group Leader

Dr.-Ing. Michael H. Rausch (Heat Transfer Engineering)

 

Administration

Maritta Lechler

 

Group Leader

Dr.-Ing. Tobias Klein (Thermophysical Properties of Working Fluids in Energy Technology)

 

Doctoral Candidates

Bara’a Al-khateeb, M. Sc.

Francisco Bioucas, M. Sc.

Hubert Blabus, M. Sc.

Pranay Kumar Chittem, M. Tech.

Sukrati Gupta, M. Sc.

Saad Idrees, M. Sc.

Julius Jander, M. Sc.

Chathura J. Kankanamge, M. Sc.

Julius Kühl, M. Sc.

Pedro Martinez Gonzalez, M. Sc.

Dena Mombeini, M. Sc.

Patrick Schmidt, M. Sc.

Kisal Senadeera, M. Sc.

Yongzhen Sun, M. Sc.

Ziwen Zhai, M. Sc.

 

Technical Staff

Dipl.-Ing. Ute Klöpzig

 

Guest Scientists

Prof. Dr. Shengshan Bi

Dr. Junwei Cui

Prof. Dr. Ioannis G. Economou

Dr. Cédric Giraudet

Georgios Kasapis, Ph.D.

Dr. Manuel Matos Lopes

Shaomin Yan, B. Eng.

Taotao Zhan, B. Eng.

Dr. Guanjia Zhao

 

Students currently active at AOT-TP

Geethika Baddila

Richie Djomo

Andrea Diaz Zosel

Bibek Lekhnath Gyawali

Varun Jadav

Youngsic Kim (from 01.03.2026)

Zhi Yan Lim

Marcel Mester

Artem Mezhnev

Johannes Mödl

Pratham Prakash (from 01.02.2026)

Luca Schönauer

Ragni Trivedi (from 01.01.2026)

 

Former members of AOT-TP

Dr.-Ing. Alaa Al-Badri

Dr. Shane Cadogan

Dr.-Ing. Thomas Gebauer

Dr. Cédric Giraudet

Dr.-Ing. Andreas Heller

Dr.-Ing. Ubaya Higgoda

Peter Janofsky

Dr.-Ing. Manuel Kerscher

Dr.-Ing. Matthias Knoll

Dr. Johannes Knorr

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas M. Koller

Dr.-Ing. Tanja Kugler

Dr.-Ing. Frances D. Lenahan

Dr.-Ing. Maximilian Piszko

Neda Sanchouli

Dr.-Ing. Wenchang Wu

Dr. Pouria Zangi