2026 Candidates: Board of Directors Election

The Combustion Institute Board of Directors Nominating Committee, chaired by Terese Løvås has selected, and CI President Hai Wang has approved, the following slate of 14 candidates for the 2026 Board of Directors election. To ensure continued diversity on The Combustion Institute Board of Directors, the Nominations Committee worked hard to develop a balanced slate of candidates. Please review the candidate profiles, presented below in alphabetical order. Each profile consists of a photograph of the candidate, a one-page statement, and curriculum vitae.  

The CI Membership will elect seven directors from the slate of candidates. Members will be able to vote electronically using the single transferable vote (STV) election process first implemented in 2014. Consistent with the Board’s goal of increasing diversity, the election will use a modified STV process to ensure at least one female candidate, at least one industry candidate, and at least one candidate from an underrepresented region is elected. Voting will be open 1-30 June 2026. Registered CI members will receive an email ballot, with weekly reminders to those who have not voted.

Election of directors is conducted biennially. Directors serve six-year terms. Please refer to The Combustion Institute By-Laws for more information about the Board of Directors. Questions regarding the election may be directed to: office@combustioninstitute.org.
 

Mirko Bothien Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Candidate Profile	Yuyang Li Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Candidate Profile
Ghenadie Bulat Siemens Energy, United Kingdom Candidate Profile	Laurent Selle Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France Candidate Profile
Mario Commodo Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy Candidate Profile	Adam Steinberg Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Candidate Profile
Bénédicte Cuenot Safran Aircraft Engines, France Candidate Profile	Sayaka Suzuki Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan Candidate Profile
Bassam Dally King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Candidate Profile	Yuji Suzuki The University of Tokyo, Japan Candidate Profile
Cecile Devaud University of Waterloo, Canada Candidate Profile	Nedunchezhian Swaminathan University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Candidate Profile
Alex Y. Klimenko The University of Queensland, Australia Candidate Profile	Jaiick Yoh Seoul National University, Korea Candidate Profile