Professor Dr. Tobias Hermann

Biography

Tobias Hermann attended the University of Stuttgart for his undergraduate studies, where he earned a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Aerospace Engineering in 2012. He subsequently worked as a postgraduate student in the High Enthalpy Flow Diagnostics Group within the Institute of Space Systems at the University of Stuttgart, obtaining his Dr.-Ing. degree in 2017. His doctoral thesis focused on enhancing the understanding of phenomena occurring during the re-entry of spacecraft into Earth’s atmosphere, particularly in identifying and quantifying aerothermochemistry leading to the interaction between radiating gas and ablating materials. In 2017, he joined the Oxford Hypersonics group at the Oxford Thermofluids Institute, concentrating on transpiration cooling techniques for spacecraft heat shields and developing various analytical methods and diagnostic techniques for heat transfer measurements. Starting as a Senior Research Associate in 2019, he has focused his research on high enthalpy experimental studies and efficient cooling applications. In 2021, he became a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, leading experimental research initiatives and wind tunnel experiments aimed at replicating conditions for spacecraft and hypersonic vehicles. His research interests encompass experimental hypersonics, plasma flows, optical diagnostics, and the development of measurement instrumentation techniques. Tobias also teaches undergraduate courses in Engineering Science at St. Hilda’s College and engages in supervision of DPhil projects in Hypersonics.

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