Board of Directors
The Board of Directors manages the affairs, property, and interests of The Combustion Institute. Reference the list below for current directors.
Executive Committee through 2024
Hai Wang
President
Stanford University, United States
Assaad Masri
Vice President (President-Elect)
The University of Sydney, Australia
Osamu Fujita
Vice President for Sectional Affairs
Hokkaido University, Japan
Derek Dunn-Rankin
Treasurer
University of California, Irvine, United States
Terese Løvås
Secretary
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Zheng Chen
Secretary for Sectional Affairs
Peking University, China
Regular Members
Andrés Fuentes Castillo
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
Term ends: 2030
Henry Curran
NUI-Galway, Ireland
Term ends: 2026
Ruud Eggels
Rolls-Royce Deutschland, Germany
Term ends: 2026
Nils Hansen
Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Term ends: 2028
Christian Hasse
Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
Term ends: 2030
Mara de Joannon
IRC-CNR Naples, Italy
Term ends: 2026
Naian Liu
USTC, China
Term ends: 2026
Kaoru Maruta
Tohoku University, Japan
Term ends: 2026
Michael E. Mueller
Princeton University, United States
Term ends: 2030
Epaminondas Mastorakos
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Term ends: 2028
Teruyuki Okazaki
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan
Term ends: 2028
Perrine Pepiot
Cornell University, United States
Term ends: 2026
Eric L. Petersen
Texas A&M University, United States
Term ends: 2030
Li Qiao
Purdue University, United States
Term ends: 2026
William Roberts
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Term ends: 2028
Christine Rousselle
Université of Orléans, France
Term ends: 2030
Kelly Senecal
Convergent Science, United States
Term ends: 2030
Bin Yang
Tsinghua University, China
Term ends: 2030
Haiping Yang
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Term ends: 2028
Honorary Members (former CI presidents)
Philippe Dagaut
CNRS-INSIS, ICARE, France
James F. Driscoll
University of Michigan, United States
Brian S. Haynes
University of Sydney, Australia
Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus
Bielefeld University, Germany
Chung King Law
Princeton University, United States
Charles K. Westbrook
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States
Past Presidents of The Combustion Institute, Years Served
Robert F. Sawyer, 1992-1996
USA Western States Section of The Combustion Institute
Daniel J. Seery, 1996-2000
USA Eastern States Section of The Combustion Institute