Timo Merbach studied Process Engineering at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) from 2017 to 2020, where he completed his bachelor’s thesis on mass transfer in aerated stirred tank reactors at the Institute of Multiphase Flows (IMS). He continued his studies in the master’s programme in Process Engineering at TUHH, graduating at the end of 2023.

In 2024, Timo Merbach began working as a research assistant at the IMS, contributing to the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1615 SMART Reactors and focusing on projects B04 and C01, which are dedicated to tailored transport processes in multiphase reactors and the integration of components into adaptive geometries. He is currently assigned to the working group Reactive Bubbly Flows due to the available expertise concerning transport processes in reactive systems.

Undergraduate courses

• Grundlagen des Technischen Zeichnens (SoSe 2024)

• Einführung in CAD (WiSe 2024/25)

• Einführung in das Chemie- und Bioingenieurwesen (WiSe 2024/25)

Presentations

• Merbach, T., Kexel, F., Nissen, J., Wigger, C., von Kameke, A., Schlüter, M.: "Optimizing Transport Processes in Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Forests", International Conference on Multiphase Flow, Toulouse, France, 2025, presentation

• Wigger C.; Merbach, T.; Weiland, C.; Acikgoez, S.; Herzog, D.; von Kameke, A.; Kelbassa, I.; Schlüter M.: "Identification and Characterisation of Stagnant Zones in Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Structures", Jahrestreffen der DECHEMA/VDI-Fachgruppen Mischvorgänge, Hochdruckverfahrenstechnik und Mehrphasenströmungen, Hamburg, Germany, 2025, presentation

Poster Presentations

• Merbach, T.; Wigger, C.; Acikgoez, S.; Kexel, F.; Herzog, D.; Kelbassa, I.; Schlüter, M.: "Tailoring Multiscale Transport Phenomena through Hierarchical Structures for SMART Reactors", Jahrestreffen der DECHEMA/VDI-Fachgruppen Mischvorgänge, Hochdruckverfahrenstechnik und Mehrphasenströmungen, Hamburg, Germany, 2025, poster presentation 

• Adrian, M.; Tsanda, A.; Merbach, T.; Acikgoez, S.; Herzog, D.; Benders, S.; Kelbassa, I.; Schlüter, M.; Knopp, T.; Penn, A.: "Advancing Multiphase Flow Imaging with High-Density Receiver Arrays: MRI Velocity Measurements in Structured Packing with Schwarz-Diamond-TPSf Design", Jahrestreffen der DECHEMA/VDI-Fachgruppen Mischvorgänge, Hochdruckverfahrenstechnik und Mehrphasenströmungen, Hamburg, Germany, 2025, poster presentation 

• Merbach, T.; Mockus, B.; Minamitani, K.; Kexel, F.; Schlüter, M.; Valluri, P.; Hayashi, K.; Tomiyama, A.: "Development of a Correlation for the Terminal Rising Velocity for 2D-Bubbles in Unconfined Domain", 11th International Conference on Multiphase Flows, Kobe, Japan, 2023, poster presentation

• Mockus, B.; Merbach, T.; Minamitani, K.; Valluri, P.; Schlüter, M.; Kurimoto, R.; Hayashi, K.; Tomiyama, A.: "Terminal Velocity and Mass Transfer of 2D Bubbles in a Confined Hele-Shaw Cell", 11th International Conference on Multiphase Flows, Kobe, Japan, 2023, poster presentation

• Kexel, F.; Bertram, S.; Merbach, T.; von Kameke, A.; Hoffmann, M.; Tomiyama, A.; Schlüter, M.: "Influence of Taylor Bubble Shapes on Wake Structures", 4th International Symposium on Multiscale Multiphase Process Engineering, Berlin, 2022, poster presentation