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 2028

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

Zheng Chen
Peking University, China
Term ends: 2026

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

Kelly Senecal
Convergent Science, 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

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


Board of Directors Minutes – July 2024

Past Board of Directors Minutes