Dr. Christoph Kirsch

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD / applied mathematics
  University of Basel
  04 / 2001 - 04 / 2005
• MSc / mathematics
  ETH Zurich
  10 / 1996 - 04 / 2001

Continuing Education

CAS university didactics
PH Zurich
01 / 2017

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3515-6203

Projects

• Advanced Imaging and Machine Learning for PV Quality Assurance / Team member / completed
• Advanced Materials and Characterization Tools for Quantum-Dot enhanced Displays / Team member / completed
• Skinobi – Affordable Sensor to Track Skin Condition and Age / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Bajrami, D., Zubiaga, A., Renggli, T., Kirsch, C., Spano, F., Fehr, D., von Schulthess, P., Lindhorst-Peters, A., Huber, S., Roider, E., Rossi, R. M., Navarini, A. A., & Bonmarin, M. (2024). Variations of skin thermal diffusivity on different skin regions. Skin Research and Technology, 30(3), e13622. https://doi.org/10.1111/srt.13622
• Kirsch, C., Fehr, D., Babity, S., Polomska, A., Detmar, M., Bonmarin, M., & Brambilla, D. (2022). Development of a diffusion-weighed mathematical model for intradermal drainage quantification. Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 12(4), 897–905. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13346-021-01114-1
• Comi, E., Knapp, E., Weidmann, S., Kirsch, C., Jenatsch, S., Hiestand, R., & Ruhstaller, B. (2021). Sinusoidal small-signal (AC) and steady-state (DC) analysis of large-area solar cells. Solar Energy Advances, 1(100003). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seja.2021.100003
• Steinmetz, L., Kirsch, C., Geers, C., Petri-Fink, A., & Bonmarin, M. (2020). Investigating a lock-in thermal imaging setup for the detection and characterization of magnetic nanoparticles. Nanomaterials, 10(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10091665
• Diethelm, M., Penninck, L., Regnat, M., Offermans, T., Zimmermann, B., Kirsch, C., Hiestand, R., Altazin, S., & Ruhstaller, B. (2020). Finite element modeling for analysis of electroluminescence and infrared images of thin-film solar cells. Solar Energy, 209, 186–193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.08.058
• Zeder, S., Kirsch, C., Aeberhard, U., Blülle, B., Jenatsch, S., & Ruhstaller, B. (2020). Coupled 3D master equation and 1D drift‐diffusion approach for advanced OLED modeling. Journal of the Society for Information Display, 28(5), 440–449. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsid.903
• Jabbari, Y., Tsotsas, E., Kirsch, C., & Kharaghani, A. (2019). Determination of the moisture transport coefficient from pore network simulations of spontaneous imbibition in capillary porous media. Chemical Engineering Science, 207, 600–610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2019.07.002
• Diethelm, M., Penninck, L., Altazin, S., Hiestand, R., Kirsch, C., & Ruhstaller, B. (2018). Quantitative analysis of pixel crosstalk in AMOLED displays. Journal of Information Display, 19(2), 61–69. https://doi.org/10.1080/15980316.2018.1428232
• Altazin, S., Kirsch, C., Knapp, E., Stous, A., & Ruhstaller, B. (2018). Refined drift-diffusion model for the simulation of charge transport across layer interfaces in organic semiconductor devices. Journal of Applied Physics, 124(13), 135501. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5043245
• Kirsch, C., Altazin, S., Hiestand, R., Beierlein, T., Ferrini, R., Offermans, T., Pennick, L., & Ruhstaller, B. (2017). Electrothermal simulation of large-area semiconductor devices. The International Journal of Multiphysics, 11(2), 127–136. https://doi.org/10.21152/1750-9548.11.2.127
• Le, K. H., Kharaghani, A., Kirsch, C., & Tsotsas, E. (2016). Pore network simulations of heat and mass transfer inside an unsaturated capillary porous wick in the dry-out regime. Transport in Porous Media, 114(3), 623–648. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-016-0737-4
• Le, K. H., Kharaghani, A., Kirsch, C., & Tsotsas, E. (2016). Discrete pore network modeling of superheated steam drying. Drying Technology, 35(13), 1584–1601. https://doi.org/10.1080/07373937.2016.1264414
• Altazin, S., Züfle, S., Knapp, E., Kirsch, C., Schmidt, T. D., Jäger, L., Noguchi, Y., Brütting, W., & Ruhstaller, B. (2016). Simulation of OLEDs with a polar electron transport layer. Organic Electronics, 39, 244–249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2016.10.014
• Jenatsch, S., Geiger, T., Heier, J., Kirsch, C., Nüesch, F., Paracchino, A., Rentsch, D., Ruhstaller, B., Véron, A. C., & Hany, R. (2015). Influence of chemically p-type doped active organic semiconductor on the film thickness versus performance trend in cyanine/C60 bilayer solar cells. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 16(3). https://doi.org/10.1088/1468-6996/16/3/035003
• Liu, Y., Tippets, C. A., Kirsch, C., Mitran, S., Samulski, E. T., & Lopez, R. (2013). Balance between light trapping and charge carrier collection : electro-photonic optimization of organic photovoltaics with ridge-patterned back electrodes. Journal of Applied Physics, 113(24). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4812235
• Hosseini, S. M. H., Kharaghani, A., Kirsch, C., & Gabbert, U. (2013). Numerical simulation of Lamb wave propagation in metallic foam sandwich structures : a parametric study. Composite Structures, 97, 387–400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2012.10.039
• Kharaghani, A., Kirsch, C., Metzger, T., & Tsotsas, E. (2013). Micro-scale fluid model for drying of highly porous particle aggregates. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 52, 46–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2012.12.003
• Liu, Y., Kirsch, C., Gadisa, A., Aryal, M., Mitran, S., Samulski, E. T., & Lopez, R. (2013). Effects of nano-patterned versus simple flat active layers in upright organic photovoltaic devices. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 46(2), 24008. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/46/2/024008
• Kirsch, C., & Mitran, S. (2012). Simulated annealing electro-photonic optimization of organic solar cells. Journal of Applied Physics. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4748314
• Grote, M. J., & Kirsch, C. (2007). Nonreflecting boundary condition for time-dependent multiple scattering. Journal of Computational Physics, 221(1), 41–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2006.06.007
• Grote, M. J., & Kirsch, C. (2004). Dirichlet-to-Neumann boundary conditions for multiple scattering problems. Journal of Computational Physics, 201(2), 630–650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2004.06.012

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

Kharaghani, A., Kirsch, C., Metzger, T., & Tsotsas, E. (2015). Liquid distribution and structural changes during convective drying of gels. In Colloid process engineering (pp. 93–112). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15129-8_5

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Fehr, D., Brunner, L. M., Kirsch, C., Loeser, M., Kedracka, A., Detmar, M., & Bonmarin, M. (2024, December 11). Semi-wearable LymphMeter : preliminary results from in-vivo validation. 2024 IEEE 20th International Conference on Body Sensor Networks (BSN). https://doi.org/10.1109/bsn63547.2024.10780520
• Comi, E., Knapp, E., Battaglia, M., Kirsch, C., Weidmann, S., Jenatsch, S., Hiestand, R., Bonmarin, M., & Ruhstaller, B. (2022). Electro-thermal model for lock-in infrared imaging of defects in perovskite solar cells [Conference paper]. EU PVSEC Proceedings, 241–246. https://doi.org/10.4229/WCPEC-82022-2BO.8.3
• Zubiaga, A., Kirsch, C., Boiger, G. K., & Bonmarin, M. (2021). A simple instrument to measure the thermal transport properties of the human skin. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications. https://doi.org/10.1109/MeMeA52024.2021.9478754
• Aeberhard, U., Neukom, M. T., Schiller, A., Zuefle, S., Jenatsch, S., Blülle, B., Altazin, S., Stepanova, L., Knapp, E., Kirsch, C., & Ruhstaller, B. (2020). Computational device optimization and parameter extraction for perovskite-based solar cells [Conference paper]. In A. Freundlich, M. Sugiyama, & S. Collin (Eds.), Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices IX (p. 112750B). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2545507
• Aeberhard, U., Altazin, S., Stepanova, L., Stous, A., Blulle, B., Kirsch, C., Knapp, E., & Ruhstaller, B. (2019). Numerical optimization of organic and hybrid multijunction solar cells [Conference paper]. 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 0105–0111. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980824
• Braga, D., Jenatsch, S., Penninck, L., Hiestand, R., Diethelm, M., Altazin, S., Kirsch, C., & Ruhstaller, B. (2019). Modeling electrical and optical cross‐talk between adjacent pixels in organic light‐emitting diode displays [Conference paper]. SID International Symposium : Digest of Technical Papers, 50(1), 953–956. https://doi.org/10.1002/sdtp.13083
• Altazin, S., Reynaud, C., Mayer, U. M., Lanz, T., Lapagna, K., Knaack, R., Penninck, L., Kirsch, C., Pernstich, K. P., Harkema, S., Hermes, D., & Ruhstaller, B. (2015). Simulations, measurements and optimization of OLEDs with scattering layer [Conference paper]. SID International Symposium : Digest of Technical Papers, 46, 564–567. https://doi.org/10.1002/sdtp.10478
• Altazin, S., Lapagna, K., Lanz, T., Kirsch, C., Knaack, R., & Ruhstaller, B. (2014). Design tool for light scattering enhancement in OLEDs [Conference paper]. Digest of Technical Papers, 45(1), 576–579. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-0159.2014.tb00151.x

Other publications

• Penninck, L., Diethelm, M., Altazin, S., Hiestand, R., Kirsch, C., & Ruhstaller, B. (2018). Modelling crosstalk through common semiconductor layers in AMOLED displays. Journal of the Society for Information Display, 26(9), 546–554. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsid.671
• Altazin, S., Züfle, S., Knapp, E., Kirsch, C., Schmidt, T. D., Jäger, L., Brütting, W., & Ruhstaller, B. (2016). On the role of polar molecules and the barrier for charge injection in OLEDs [Conference paper]. In F. So, C. Adachi, & J.-J. Kim (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE (Vol. 9941). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238620
• Altazin, S., Züfle, S., Knapp, E., Kirsch, C., Schmidt, T. D., Jäger, L., Brütting, W., & Ruhstaller, B. (2016). Combining simulators and experiments to study the impact of polar OLED materials [Conference paper]. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, 47, 1750–1753. https://doi.org/10.1002/sdtp.11059

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Braga, D., Comi, E. L., Knapp, E., Jenatsch, S., Battaglia, M., Torre, M., Kirsch, C., & Ruhstaller, B. (2025, February 17). Investigating inhomogeneities and turn-on dynamics in carbon-based perovskite solar cells using advanced imaging and simulation techniques. Proceedings of the International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics. https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.hopv.2025.025
• Comi, E., Jenatsch, S., Blülle, B., Battaglia, M., Torre Cachafeiro, M. A., Kirsch, C., Hiestand, R., Aeberhard, U., Ruhstaller, B., & Knapp, E. (2023). Investigation of time and location dependent variations in electroluminescence images of perovskite solar cells [Conference presentation]. Proceedings of the 40th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 020077–020001.

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