Christoph Wigger studied Energy and Environmental Engineering at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) from 2016 to 2020. He continued his studies in the master’s programme in Energy and Environmental Engineering at TUHH, graduating in September 2023. In his master's thesis, microfluidic reactors have been investigated from a Lagrangian perspective identifying critical regions and thereby enhance mixing efficiency using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).

In September 2023, Christoph Wigger 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 simulating the flow inside periodic cellular structure, which can potentially serve as a catalyst carrier and be utilised to dynamically control the process conditions in SMART Reactors.

Undergraduate and Graduate Courses

• Computational Fluid Dynamics in Process Engineering

• Fluid Mechanics in Process Engineering (Fluid Mechanics II)

• Transport Processes, Winter term 2024/2025

• Einführung in CAD, Winter term 2023/2024

Supervised Theses

• Influence of fluid dynamics on biofilm growth using CFD, Sidharth Kanjoor, Master's Thesis,  ongoing

• Analysis of Mixing Performance in Additively Manufactured Lattice Structures using CFD, Sidharth Kanjoor, Project Thesis,  April 2025

• Potential of self-adaptation mechanisms based on dispersion in SMART materials using CFD, Timo Lehmann, Master's Thesis,  July 2024