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Timo Koch

Computational scientist

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My research can be tracked on Google scholar, Research Gate, and arXiv. I also try to keep the list below up-to-date:


Koch, T., & Mardal, K.-A. (2024). Estimation of fluid flow velocities in cortical brain tissue driven by the microvasculature. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.23.630163

Schneider, M., & Koch, T. (2024). Stable and locally mass- and momentum-conservative control-volume finite-element schemes for the Stokes problem. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 420, 116723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2023.116723

Busek, M., Aizenshtadt, A., Koch, T., Frank, A., Delon, L., Martinez, M. A., Golovin, A., Dumas, C., Stokowiec, J., Gruenzner, S., Melum, E., & Krauss, S. (2023). Pump-less, recirculating organ-on-a-chip (rOoC) platform. Lab on a Chip, 23(4), 591–608. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2lc00919f

Gläser, D., Koch, T., & Flemisch, B. (2023). GridFormat: Header-only C++-library for grid file i/o. Journal of Open Source Software, 8(90), 5778. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.05778

Gläser, D., Koch, T., Peters, S., Marcus, S., & Flemisch, B. (2023). Fieldcompare: A python package for regression testing simulation results. Journal of Open Source Software, 8(81), 4905. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.04905

Koch, T., Gläser, D., Seeland, A., Roy, S., Schulze, K., Weishaupt, K., Boehringer, D., Hermann, S., & Flemisch, B. (2023). A sustainable infrastructure concept for improved accessibility, reusability, and archival of research software. arXiv preprint. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2301.12830

Koch, T., Mardal, K.-A., & Valnes, L. M. (2023). The complex pore spaces of our brain: A challenge and opportunity for computer simulations. In Album of porous media (pp. 29–29). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23800-0_20

Koch, T., Vinje, V., & Mardal, K.-A. (2023). Estimates of the permeability of extra-cellular pathways through the astrocyte endfoot sheath. Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12987-023-00421-8

Koch, T., Weishaupt, K., & Müller, J. (2023). Spatial variance of pore-scale fluid velocities. In Album of porous media (pp. 128–128). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23800-0_105

Schnepf, A., Black, C. K., Couvreur, V., Delory, B. M., Doussan, C., Heymans, A., Javaux, M., Khare, D., Koch, A., Koch, T., Kuppe, C. W., Landl, M., Leitner, D., Lobet, G., Meunier, F., Postma, J. A., Schäfer, E. D., Selzner, T., Vanderborght, J., & Vereecken, H. (2023). Collaborative benchmarking of functional-structural root architecture models: Quantitative comparison of simulated root water uptake. In Silico Plants, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diad005

Boon, W. M., Koch, T., Kuchta, M., & Mardal, K.-A. (2022). Robust monolithic solvers for the stokes–darcy problem with the darcy equation in primal form. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 44(4), B1148–B1174. https://doi.org/10.1137/21m1452974

Koch, T. (2022). Projection-based resolved interface 1D-3D mixed-dimension method for embedded tubular network systems. Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 109, 15–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2022.01.021

Koch, T., Wu, H., & Schneider, M. (2022). Nonlinear mixed-dimension model for embedded tubular networks with application to root water uptake. Journal of Computational Physics, 450, 110823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2021.110823

Koch, T., Gläser, D., Weishaupt, K., Ackermann, S., Beck, M., Becker, B., Burbulla, S., Class, H., Coltman, E., Emmert, S., Fetzer, T., Grüninger, C., Heck, K., Hommel, J., Kurz, T., Lipp, M., Mohammadi, F., Scherrer, S., Schneider, M., … Flemisch, B. (2021). DuMux 3 – an open-source simulator for solving flow and transport problems in porous media with a focus on model coupling. Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 81, 423–443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2020.02.012

Koch, T., Weishaupt, K., Müller, J., Weigand, B., & Helmig, R. (2021). A (dual) network model for heat transfer in porous media. Transport in Porous Media, 140(1), 107–141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-021-01602-5

Weishaupt, K., Koch, T., & Helmig, R. (2021). A fully implicit coupled pore-network/free-flow model for the pore-scale simulation of drying processes. Drying Technology, 40(4), 697–718. https://doi.org/10.1080/07373937.2021.1955706

Koch, T. (2020). Mixed-dimension models for flow and transport processes in porous media with embedded tubular network systems [PhD thesis, University of Stuttgart]. https://doi.org/10.18419/opus-10975

Koch, T., Flemisch, B., Helmig, R., Wiest, R., & Obrist, D. (2020). A multiscale subvoxel perfusion model to estimate diffusive capillary wall conductivity in multiple sclerosis lesions from perfusion MRI data. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 36(2), e3298. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.3298

Koch, T., Helmig, R., & Schneider, M. (2020). A new and consistent well model for one-phase flow in anisotropic porous media using a distributed source model. Journal of Computational Physics, 410, 109369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2020.109369

Koch, T., Schneider, M., Helmig, R., & Jenny, P. (2020). Modeling tissue perfusion in terms of 1d-3d embedded mixed-dimension coupled problems with distributed sources. Journal of Computational Physics, 410, 109370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2020.109370

Schnepf, A., Black, C. K., Couvreur, V., Delory, B. M., Doussan, C., Koch, A., Koch, T., Javaux, M., Landl, M., Leitner, D., Lobet, G., Mai, T. H., Meunier, F., Petrich, L., Postma, J. A., Priesack, E., Schmidt, V., Vanderborght, J., Vereecken, H., & Weber, M. (2020). Call for participation: Collaborative benchmarking of functional-structural root architecture models. The case of root water uptake. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 316. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00316

Koch, T. (2019). Benchmark C1.2 Data Set - Numerical results reference solution [dataset]. DaRUS. https://doi.org/10.18419/darus-471

Vidotto, E., Koch, T., Köppl, T., Helmig, R., & Wohlmuth, B. (2019). Hybrid models for simulating blood flow in microvascular networks. Multiscale Modeling & Simulation, 17(3), 1076–1102. https://doi.org/10.1137/18M1228712

Koch, T., Heck, K., Schröder, N., Class, H., & Helmig, R. (2018). A new simulation framework for soil-root interaction, evaporation, root growth, and solute transport. Vadose Zone Journal, 17. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2017.12.0210

Kempf, D., & Koch, T. (2017). System testing in scientific numerical software frameworks using the example of DUNE. Archive of Numerical Software, 5(1), 151–168. https://doi.org/10.11588/ans.2017.1.27447

Sander, O., Koch, T., Schröder, N., & Flemisch, B. (2017). The dune FoamGrid implementation for surface and network grids. Archive of Numerical Software, 5(1), 217–244. https://doi.org/10.11588/ans.2017.1.28490


Timo Koch | Computational scientist | Project Researcher, Simula Research Laboratory

Scientific computing, Porous media, Bio fluid mechanics, Applied math