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2020to2024ExecutiveCommitteeBiographies
Dr.PhilippeDagaut,CNRS-INSIS,ICARE,FrancePresident,TheCombustionInstituteContact:dagaut@cnrs-orleans.fr
PhilippeDagautistheincomingPresidentofTheCombustionInstitute.HeisalsotheResearchDirector,GroupLeaderatCNRS-INSIS,ICAREandDirectoroftheExcellenceCenterCAPRYSSES.In1986,DagautreceivedhisPh.D.fromUniversityPierre&MarieCure,Paris.In2011,hewasawardedanERC-AdvancedGrantfromtheEUtoworkonbiofuelscombustion.In2016,hereceivedtheCNRSSilverMedalandtheEgertonGoldMedal(CombustionInstitute).Dagaut’sresearchinterestsinclude:Chemicalkineticsofcombustion;oxidationofhydrocarbons,oxygenates,commercialandsyntheticfuels;formationofpollutants,e.g.,PAH,sootandsecondaryorganicaerosolsprecursors.WhileDagautcurrentlysupervisesPh.D.andMasterstudents,heisproudoftheaccomplishmentswithmorethan70formerstudentsandpostdoctorals.Aprolificscientificwriterandeditor,Dagautistheco-authorofmorethan290peer-reviewedpapers,over230communications,andseveralchaptersinscientificbooks.Dagauthasbeenamemberoftheeditorialboardsofinternationaljournals:TheInternationalJournalofChemicalKinetics,1996-1998,ProgressinEnergyandCombustionScience,since2006,CombustionandFlame,2008-2010,RecentPatentsonEngineering,since2006,FrontiersinEnergy,since2019.
PhilippeDagaut
President,TheCombustionInstitute
ResearchDirector,GroupLeader,CNRS-INSIS,ICARE
TheCombustionInstituteRolesVicePresident(President-Elect),2016-2020
Chairman,FrenchAssociationof
Combustion(FrenchSection),2007-2010
Member,BoardofDirectors,2008-present
ProgramCo-Chair,33rdInternationalSymposiumonCombustion
Editor,ProceedingsoftheCombustionInstitute,
2008-2011
Editor,CombustionandFlame,2010-2016
2020to2024ExecutiveCommitteeBiographies
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Prof.HaiWang,StanfordUniversity,USAVicePresident(President-Elect),TheCombustionInstituteContact:haiwang@stanford.edu
HaiWangwillserveasVicePresident(President-Elect)ofTheCombustionInstitute.WangisaProfessorofMechanicalEngineeringatStanfordUniversity.HereceivedhisPh.D.fromPennsylvaniaStateUniversity.Wang’sresearchinterestsincludecombustion,directchemicalenergytopowerconversion,homogeneouschemicalkineticsandtransporttheories.Hiscurrentresearchfocusesoncombustionsimulations,andnanocatalysis.WangistheauthorandcoauthorofnumerouspapersinscholarlyjournalsandholdsseveralUSpatents.Hehasreceivedanumberofhonorsandawards,includingFellowoftheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers,theHumboldtSeniorResearchAwardandAIAAPropellants&CombustionAward.InadditiontohismembershipinTheCombustionInstitute,WangisanactivememberofASME,AIAA,AAAR,andamemberontheStandingCommitteeonBiologicalandPhysicalSciencesinSpaceofTheNationalAcademiesofScience,EngineeringandMedicine.WanghasbeenamemberoftheeditorialboardsofTheProceedingsofTheCombustionInstitute,InternationalJournalofChemicalKinetics,CombustionandFlame,andiscurrentlytheCo-Editor-in-ChiefofProgressinEnergyandCombustionScience.
HaiWang
VicePresident(President-Elect),TheCombustionInstitute
Professor,MechanicalEngineering,Stanford
University
TheCombustionInstituteRolesFellowofTheCombustionInstitute
Member,BoardofDirectors
ProgramCo-Chair,37thInternationalSymposium
onCombustion
AssociateEditor,ProceedingsoftheCombustionInstitute,2008-2014
EditorialBoardMember,CombustionandFlame,
2003-2008
2020to2024ExecutiveCommitteeBiographies
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Prof.OsamuFujita,HokkaidoUniversity,JapanVice-PresidentforSectionalAffairs,TheCombustionInstituteContact:ofujita@eng.hokudai.ac.jp
OsamuFujitawillserveasVicePresidentforSectionalAffairsofTheCombustionInstitute.Heisalsoaprofessor,DivisionofMechanicalandAerospaceEngineeringGraduateSchoolofEngineering,HokkaidoUniversity,Japan.FujitacompletedallofhiseducationatHokkaidoUniversity,receivinghisDoctorateinMechanicalEngineeringin1987.Fujita’sworkcoversawideareaofcombustionresearch,includingignitionandflamespreadingoversolidmaterial,microgravitycombustion,firescience,laminarpremixedflame,combustioninstability,electricandmagneticfieldeffectoncombustion,andcombustiondiagnostics.FujitaisanactivememberofTheCombustionSocietyofJapan(CIJapaneseSection),servedasbothPresidentandBoardMember.FujitahascontributedasamemberofmanyCIawardcommittees.InadditiontohisCombustionInstitutemembership,FujitaisanactivememberoftheJapanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers(JSME),JapanAssociationforFireScienceandEngineering,theSocietyofAutomotiveEngineersofJapan,theGasTurbineSocietyofJapan,theJapanSocietyofMicrogravityApplication,andtheJapanSocietyforAeronauticalandSpaceSociety(JSASS).HeistherecipientofnumerousawardsandhonorsincludingJSMEFellow,JSASSFellow,andHokkaidoUniversityPresidentEncouragementAwardforEducationalContribution.
OsamuFujita
VicePresidentforSectionalAffairs,TheCombustionInstitute
Professor,MechanicalEngineering,HokkaidoUniversity,Japan
TheCombustionInstituteRoles
SecretaryforSectionalAffairs
Member,BoardofDirectors
FellowofTheCombustionInstitute
Member,FellowsSelectionCommittee
Member,GoldMedalSelectionCommittee
Member,GoldMedalNominationCommittee
Member,SilverMedalSelectionCommittee
Member,BoardofDirectorsNominationCommittee
2020to2024ExecutiveCommitteeBiographies
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Prof.DerekDunn-Rankin,UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine,USATreasurer,TheCombustionInstituteContact:ddunnran@uci.edu
DerekDunn-Rankinisre-electedasTreasurerofTheCombustionInstitute.HeisaprofessoremeritusattheUniversityofCalifornia,Irvine(UCI)andaformerdepartmentchair.HereceivedhisPh.D.inMechanicalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,withanemphasisincombustionscience.Dunn-Rankinwasapost-doctoralresearcheratSandiaNationalLaboratoriesCombustionResearchFacilityinLivermoreuntil1987,whenhejoinedthefacultyofMechanicalEngineeringatUCI.Hisresearchisincombustionandenergy,dropletandsprays,andapplicationsoflaserdiagnostictechniquestopracticalengineeringsystems,withrecentemphasisonelectricalaspectsofflames,andthedirectcombustionofmethanehydrates.In1989Dunn-RankinreceivedaNationalScienceFoundationPresidentialYoungInvestigatorAward.HehasalsoreceivedtheSocietyofAutomotiveEngineeringRalphR.TeetorEngineeringEducatorAwardin1991,aFulbrightScholarFellowshipin1997,aJapanSocietyforthePromotionofScienceFellowshipin2008,andtheOppenheimPrizeoftheInstitutefortheDynamicsofExplosionsandReactiveSystemsin2013.Dunn-Rankinisalsoco-DirectorforCAMP,theUniversityofCaliforniaLouisStokesAllianceforMinorityParticipation,aprogramdesignedtoincreaseminorityrepresentationinscienceandtechnology.
DerekDunn-Rankin
Treasurer,TheCombustionInstitute
ProfessorEmeritus,MechanicalandAerospace
Engineering,UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine,USA
TheCombustionInstituteRoles
Treasurer,2012-present
Member,BoardofDirectors,WesternStates
SectionofTheCombustionInstitute(WSSCI)
Chair,ExecutiveCommittee,WSSCI
Member,FinanceCommittee
Member,SiteCommittee
2020to2024ExecutiveCommitteeBiographies
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Prof.AndreasDreizler,TUDarmstadt,GermanySecretary,TheCombustionInstituteContact:dreizler@rsm.tu-darmstadt.de
DreizlerwillserveasSecretaryofTheCombustionInstitute.DreizlerisaProfessorandDirectorofInstituteReactiveFlowsandDiagnostics,MechanicalEngineeringatTechnicalUniversityDarmstadt,Germany,fromwhichhereceivedhisHabilitationinMechanicalEngineeringin2002.HereceivedhisPh.D.andMastersdegreesfromUniversityofHeidelberg,Germany.Dreizler’sinterestsincludenewandsubstantiallyimprovedcombustiondiagnosticmethods,comprehensivecharacterizationofturbulentcombustionprocesseswithaworldwideuser-communityofthesedata,andunderstandingmechanismsespeciallyinturbulence-chemistryinteractionbeingakeytoturbulentcombustion.Inrecognitionofhisscientificwork,Dreizlerhasreceivedmanyaccolades,includingtheWilhelmGottfriedLeibnizAwardandtheAdolf-MesserAward.HehasbeenanorganizerandcontributortoseveralCombustionInstituteSummerSchoolsaswellasotherscientificorganizationconferences.HismembershipsincludetheOpticalSocietyofAmerica,andtheGermanBunsenSocietyforPhysicalChemistry.Asaprolificscientificwriter,Dreizlerhasauthoredandcoauthoredmorethan200archivaljournalpublicationsandhasservedasareviewerinmorethan15internationaljournals.HeservesasaneditorofFlowTurbulenceandCombustionandanassociateeditorofExperimentsinFluids,inadditiontohisroleonTheProceedingsofTheCombustionInstitute.
AndreasDreizler
Secretary,TheCombustionInstitute
Professor,MechanicalEngineering
TheCombustionInstituteRolesMember,BoardofDirectors,2018-present
BoardMember,GermanSectionofThe
CombustionInstitute
FellowofTheCombustionInstitute
EditorialBoard,ProceedingsoftheCombustionInstitute,2008-2014
Member,FellowsSelectionCommittee
Chair,FellowsSelectionCommittee
Member,GoldMedalSelectionCommittee
2020to2024ExecutiveCommitteeBiographies
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Prof.FeiQi,ShanghaiJiaoTongUniversity,ChinaSecretaryforSectionAffairs,TheCombustionInstituteContact:fqi@sjtu.edu.cn
FeiQiwillserveasSecretaryforSectionalAffairsofTheCombustionInstitute.HeisadistinguishedprofessoratShanghaiJiaoTongUniversity.QireceivedhisPh.D.fromtheUniversityofScienceandTechnologyofChinain1997,andconductedhispostdoctoralworkatLawrenceBerkeleyNationalLaboratoryandSandiaNationalLaboratoriesfrom1998to2003.QihasworkedasaprofessoratNationalSynchrotronRadiationLaboratory,UniversityofScienceandTechnologyofChinaduring2003-2014.Inearly2015,hemovedtoShanghaiJiaoTongUniversity.HisresearchinterestsincludethedevelopmentofsynchrotronVUVphotoionizationmassspectrometryanditsapplicationsincombustionandenergyresearch.Awell-respectedscientist,Qihasco-authoredmorethan260peer-reviewedjournalpapers.HewaselectedasafellowofAmericanPhysicalSocietyin2012,andgaveaplenarylectureatthe34thInternationalSymposiumonCombustion.HehasservedasamemberoftheBoardofDirectorsoftheCombustionInstitutesince2012andisthepastChairofChinaSectionoftheCombustionInstitute.HehasalsoservedorcurrentlyservesasEditor-in-ChiefofApplicationsinEnergyandCombustionScience,amemberoftheEditorialBoardofseveraljournalsincluding,ProgressinEnergyandCombustionScience,CombustionandFlame,ProceedingsoftheCombustionInstitute,andReviewofScientificInstruments.
FeiQi
SecretaryforSectionAffairs,TheCombustionInstitute
DistinguishedProfessor,ShanghaiJiaoTongUniversity,China
TheCombustionInstituteRoles
Chair,ChinaSectionofTheCombustionInstitute
ProgramCo-Chair,38thInternationalSymposiumonCombustion
Member,SummerSchoolCommittee