Award Committees

Award committees have the honor and the responsibility to seek nominations and select winners among our international community of combustion scientists and practitioners. Members of these additional (ad hoc) committees use their expertise to deliberate the most significant contributions in the field of combustion.

Bernard Lewis Fellowship Committee
Current Members

Perinne Pepiot, Chair, Cornell University, United States
Benedetta Franzelli, CNRS EM2C Laboratory, France
Sili Deng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Patton Allison, Michigan State University, United States
Brian Peterson, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Hisashi Nakamura, Tohoku University, Japan
Zheng Chen, Peking University, China

Past Committees

Fellows of The Combustion Institute Selection Committee

The committee is charged with the responsibility to evaluate nominees each year and select candidates to become CI Fellows. The Fellows Program of The Combustion Institute recognizes distinguished members of the international combustion community for outstanding scientific contributions.

Current Members

Alison Tomlin, Chair, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
María U. Alzueta, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Josette Bellan, NASA, United States
André Boehman, University of Michigan, United States
Roger Cracknell, Shell Global Solutions, United Kingdom
Ronald K. Hanson, Stanford University, United States
Hong G. Im, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Yiguang Ju, Princeton University, United States
Tina Kasper, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Peter Lindstedt, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Patrizia Minutolo, CNR – STEMS, Italy
Sandra Olson, NASA, United States
Eric Petersen, Vice Chair, Texas A&M University, United States
Guillermo Rein, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Uwe Riedel, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus and German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
Youngbin Yoon, Seoul National University, Korea

Past Committees

2023
Pascale Domingo
, Chair, CORIA – CNRS, Normandie Université, INSA de Rouen, France
Campbell D. Carter, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, United States
Angela Violi, University of Michigan, United States
Suk-Ho Chung, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Roger Cracknell, Shell Global Solutions, United Kingdom
Guillermo Rein, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Uwe Riedel, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus and German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
Hong G. Im, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Ronald K. Hanson, Stanford University, United States
Peter Lindstedt, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Alison Tomlin, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
María U. Alzueta, University of Zaragoza, Spain
André Boehman, University of Michigan, United States
Tina Kasper, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Youngbin Yoon, Seoul National University, Korea
Eric Petersen, Texas A&M University, United States

2022
Gilles Bourque,
Chair, Siemens Energy Canada Limited, Canada
Osamu Fujita,
Hokkaido University, Japan
Murray Thomson, University of Toronto, Canada
Yiguang Ju,
Princeton University, United States
Pascale Domingo, CORIA – CNRS, Normandie Université, INSA de Rouen, France
Campbell D. Carter, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, United States
Angela Violi, University of Michigan, United States
Suk-Ho Chung, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Roger Cracknell, Shell Global Solutions, United Kingdom
Guillermo Rein, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Uwe Riedel, University of Stuttgart and DLR, Germany
Hong G. Im, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Ronald K. Hanson, Stanford University, United States
Peter Lindstedt, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Alison Tomlin, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
María U. Alzueta, University of Zaragoza, Spain

2021
Henry Curran
, Chair, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
Robert Barlow, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Yiguang Ju, Princeton University, United States
Naian Liu, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Gilles Bourque, Siemens Canada, Canada
Pascale Desgroux, PC2A, Université de Lille, France
Osamu Fujita, Hokkaido University, Japan
Murray Thomson, University of Toronto, Canada
Campbell D. Carter, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, United States
Angela Violi, University of Michigan, United States
Pascale Domingo, Directrice de recherche CNRS, INSA de Rouen, France
Naian Liu, University of Science and Technology of China, China

2020
Andreas Dreizler
, Chair, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Frederique Battin-Leclerc
, Université de Lorraine, France
Jacqueline Chen
, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Fei Qi
, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Robert Barlow, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Henry Curran, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
Yiguang Ju, Princeton University, United States
Naian Liu, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Gilles Bourque, Siemens Canada, Canada
Pascale Desgroux, PC2A, Université de Lille, France
Osamu Fujita, Hokkaido University, Japan
Murray Thomson, University of Toronto, Canada

2019
Assaad Masri, Chair, University of Sydney, Australia
Andreas Dreizler, Vice-Chair, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Peter Lindstedt, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Kaoru Maruta
, Tohoku University, Japan
Jose Torero
, University of Maryland, United States
Frederique Battin-Leclerc, Université de Lorraine, France
Jacqueline Chen, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Fei Qi, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Robert Barlow, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Naian Liu, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Yiguang Ju, Princeton University, United States
Henry Curran, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland

2018
Stephen Pope
, Chair, Cornell University, United States
Assad Masri, Vice Chair, The University of Sydney, Australia
Ron Hanson
, Stanford University, United States
Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus
, Bielefeld University, Germany
Mitchell Smooke
, Yale University, United States
Jose Torero, University of Maryland, United States
Kaoru Maruta, Tohoku University, Japan
Peter Lindstedt, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Frederique Battin-Leclerc, Université de Lorraine, France
Jacqueline Chen, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Andreas Dreizler, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Fei Qi, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China


Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award Committee

The committee is charged with the responsibility to select up to two early career researchers who have made a significant contribution to advance their field of research. The Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award is bestowed annually by The Combustion Institute and Elsevier, and recipients are recognized during the biennial International Symposium on Combustion.

Current Members

Philippe Dagaut, Co-Chair, President The Combustion Institute, United States
Kathleen Ahamed-Broadhurst, Co-Chair, Elsevier, United States
Mara de Joannon, STEMS-CNR Naples, Italy
Jacqueline Chen, Sadia National Laboratories, United States
Frédérique Battin-Leclerc, Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés (LRGP), France
Hope Michelsen, University of Colorado, United States
Kaoru Maruta, Tohoku University, Japan
Zeynep Serinyel, Université d’Orléans, CNRS – ICARE, France
Chongwen Zhou, University of Galway, Ireland
Nils Hansen, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Francesco Contino, UCLouvain, Belgium
Feng Zhang, USTC, Hefei, China
Guillaume Legros, ICARE-CNRS, France
Timothy Jacobs, Texas A&M University, United States

Past Committees

2022
Philippe Dagaut
, Co-Chair, President The Combustion Institute, United States
Kathleen Ahamed-Broadhurst, Co-Chair, Elsevier, United States
Hope Michelsen, University of Colorado, United States
Aamir Farooq, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Naian Liu, University of Science and Technology, China
Nicolas Noiray, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Frédérique Battin-Leclerc, LRGP, France
Mara de Joannon, IRC-CNR Naples, Italy
Jacqueline Chen, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Volker Sick, University of Michigan, United States
Kaoru Maruta, Tohoku University, Japan
Tina Kasper, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Chongwen Zhou, Beihang University, China

2021
Philippe Dagaut, Co-Chair, President The Combustion Institute, United States
Kathleen Ahamed-Broadhurst, Co-Chair, Elsevier, United States
Yan Sun, Co-Chair, Elsevier, China
Hope Michelsen, University of Colorado, United States
Aamir Farooq, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Naian Liu, University of Science and Technology, China
Nicolas Noiray, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Frédérique Battin-Leclerc, LRGP, France
Mara de Joannon, IRC-CNR Naples, Italy
Jacqueline Chen, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Volker Sick, University of Michigan, United States
Kaoru Maruta, Tohoku University, Japan
Tina Kasper, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Chongwen Zhou, Beihang University, China

2020
James Driscoll
, Co-Chair, President The Combustion Institute, United States
Kathleen Ahamed-Broadhurst, Co-Chair, Elsevier, United States
Aamir Farooq, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Naian Liu, University of Science and Technology, China
HopeMichelsen, University of Colorado, United States
Nicolas Noiray, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Adam Steinberg, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Jose Torero, University College London, United Kingdom
Bin Yang, Tsinghua University, China

2019
James Driscoll
, Co-Chair, President The Combustion Institute, United States
Yan Sun
, Co-Chair, Elsevier, China
Pascale Desgroux
, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, France
Yi Gao
, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Simone Hochgreb
, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Wolfgang Meier
, Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Germany
Hope Michelsen
, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Adam Steinberg
, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Jose Torero
, University of Maryland, United States
Bin Yang
, Tsinghua University, China    

2018
James Driscoll, Co-Chair, President The Combustion Institute, United States
Yan Sun, Co-Chair, Elsevier, China
Pascale Desgroux, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, France
Yi Gao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Simone Hochgreb, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Tim Lieuwen, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Wolfgang Meier, Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Germany
Adam Steinberg, University of Toronto, Canada
Judy Wornat, Louisiana State University, United States
Bin Yang, Tsinghua University, China

2017
Katherine Eve, Co-Chair, Elsevier, United Kingdom
Jim Driscoll, Co-Chair, President The Combustion Institute, United States
Pascale Desgroux, University of Lille 1/CNRS, France
Simone Hochgreb, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Tim Lieuwen, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Kaoru Maruta, Tohoku University, Japan
Wolfgang Meier, DLR, Germany
Zhen-Yu Tian, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Judy Wornat, Louisiana State University, United States

2016
Katherine Eve, Co-Chair, Elsevier, United Kingdom
Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus, Co-Chair, President The Combustion Institute, Germany
Pascale Desgroux, University of Lille 1/CNRS, France
Simone Hochgreb, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Matthias Ihme, Stanford University, United States
Kaoru Maruta, Tohoku University, Japan
Wolfgang Meier, DLR, Germany
Zhen-Yu Tian, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China  

Gold Medal Nomination Committee

The committee is charged with the responsibility to solicit nominations of worthy candidates from the international combustion community.

Current Members

Pascale Domingo, Chair, CNRS, INSA de Rouen, France
Andreas Dreizler, TU Darmstadt, Germany
Zuohua Huang, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
William Jones, Imperial College, United Kingdom
Hideaki Kobayashi, Tohoku University, Japan
Epaminondas Mastorakos, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Christine Rousselle, Orléans University, France
Yuji Suzuki, University of Tokyo, Japan

Past Committees

2022
Simone Hochgreb
, Chair, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Pascale Domingo, CNRS, INSA de Rouen, France
Xue-Song Bai, Lund University, Sweden
Ghenadie Bulat, Siemens, United Kingdom
Hope Michelsen, University of Colorado Boulder, United States
Adam Steinberg, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Andreas Dreizler, TU Darmstadt, Germany
Naian Liu, University of Science and Technology, China

2020
Ömer Gülder, Chair, University of Toronto, Canada
María Alzueta, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Xue-Song Bai, Lund University, Sweden
Ghenadie Bulat, Siemens, United Kingdom
Naian Liu, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Hope Michelsen, University of Colorado Boulder, United States
Adam Steinberg, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Youngbin Yoon, Seoul National University, Korea

2018
John Mantzaras, Chair, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
Nabiha Chaumeix
, CNRS – Orleans , France
Osamu Fujita
, Hokkaido University, Japan
Ömer Gülder
, University of Toronto, Canada
Tina Kasper
, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Tianfeng Lu
, University of Connecticut, United States
Angela Violi
, University of Michigan, United States
Youngbin Yoon
, Seoul National University, Korea

2016
Yiguang Ju, Chair, Princeton University, United States
Henry Curran, NUI Galway, Ireland
Andreas Dreizler, TU Darmstadt, Germany
Bengt Johansson, Lund University, Sweden
Mamoru Tanahashi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Margaret Wooldridge, University of Michigan, United States

2014
Mara de Joannon, Chair, IRC-CNR, Italy
Pascale Desgroux, University of Lille 1/CNRS, France
Osamu Fujita, Hokudai University, Japan
John Mantzaras, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
Graham Nathan, University of Adelaide, Australia
Elaine Oran, University of Maryland, United States
Ishwar Puri, McMaster University, Canada

2012
Simone Hochgreb, Chair, University of Cambridge, UK
William Pitz, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA


Gold Medal Selection Committee

The committee is charged with the responsibility to select the recipients of the four Gold Medals of The Combustion Institute. Gold Medals are bestowed during the biennial International Symposium on Combustion.

Current Members

To be released upon the completion of the 2022 Gold Medal selection process 

Past Committees

2020
Thierry Poinsot, Chair, CERFACS, France
Henning Bockhorn, Karlsruher Institute für Technologie, Germany
Bill Sirignano, University of California, Irvine, United States
Jackie Chen, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Osamu Fujita, Hokkaido University, Japan
Murray Thomson, University of Toronto, Canada
Minghou Xu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

2018
Ronald Hanson, Chair, Stanford University, United States
Robert Barlow, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Henning Bockhorn, Karlsruher Institute für Technologie, Germany
Kaoru Maruta, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Japan
James Miller, Argonne National Laboratory, United States
Thierry Poinsot, L’Institut de Mécanique des Fluides, France
Jian-Ping Wang, Peking University, China  

2016
Charlie Westbrook
, Chair, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States
Armelle Cessou, National Center for Scientific Research, France
Fokion N. Egolfopoulos, University of Southern California, United States
Mitsuo Koshi, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Christof Schulz, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Qiang Yao, Tsinghua University, China
Jack J. Yoh, Seoul National University, Korea
Angela Violi, The University of Michigan, United States

2014
Sébastien Candel, Chair, CNRS, Ecole Centrale Paris, France
Andreas Dreizler, Technische Universitäte Darmstadt, Germany
Brian S. Haynes, The University of Sydney, Australia
Simone Hochgreb, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Hideaki Kobayashi, Tohoku University, Japan
Phillip R. Westmoreland, North Carolina State University, United States
Forman Williams, University of California, San Diego, United States
Margaret S. Wooldridge, University of Michigan, USA  

2012
Elaine S. Oran, Chair, Naval Research Laboratory, United States
Gaetano Continillo, Università del Sannio, Italy
Jurgen Troe, University of Göttingen, Germany
Forman Williams, University of California, San Diego, United States
Qiang Yao, Tsinghua University, China    


Silver Combustion Medal Committee

The committee is charged with the responsibility to select the recipients of the Silver Combustion Medals of The Combustion Institute. Silver Combustion Medals are bestowed during the biennial International Symposium on Combustion.

Current Members

Tim Lieuwen, Co-Chair, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Fei Qi, Co-Chair, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Tamás Turányi, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Andrea D’Anna, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Zhihua Wang, Zheijiang University, China
Peter Sunderland, University of Maryland, United States
Jack Yoh, Seoul National University, Korea
Nozomu Hashimoto, Hokkaido University, Japan
Longhua Hu, University of Science and Technology, China
Christine Mounaïm-Rousselle, Université d’Orléans, France
Zhiwei Sun, University of Adelaide, Australia
Pascale Domingo, CORIA-CNRS, France
Alexei Poludnenko, University of Connecticut, United States
Wolfgang Meier, DLR, Germany
Francesca di Mare, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Past Committees

2019
Heinz Pitsch
, Co-Chair, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Hai Wang
, Co-Chair, Stanford University, United States
Matthew Cleary
, University of Sydney, Australia
Henry Curran
, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
Alessio Frassoldati
, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Hideaki Kobayashi
, Tohoku University, Japan
Terese Løvås
, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Ulrich Mass
, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Gus Nathan
, University of Adelaide, Australia
Jacqueline O’Connor
, Pennsylvania State University, Unites States
Perrine Pepiot
, Cornell University, United States
Christof Schulz
, Universität Duisberg-Essen, Germany
Arnaud Trouvé
, University of Maryland, United States
Angela Violi
, University of Michigan, United States

2017
Peter Glarborg
, Co-Chair, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Assaad Masri
, Co-Chair, The University of Sydney, Australia
Michael Brear
, University of Melbourne, Australia
Bassam Dally
, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Osamu Fujita
, Hokkaido University, Japan
InSeuck Jeung, Seoul National University, Korea
Timothy Lieuwen, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Naian Liu, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Robert Lucht
, Purdue University, United States
Fabian Mauss, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany
Matthias Olzmann, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany
Stephen B. Pope, Cornell University, United States
Dirk Roekaerts, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Margaret Wooldridge
, University of Michigan, United States

2015
Suk-Ho Chung
, Co-Chair, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Thierry Poinsot, Co-Chair, CNRS, France
Andrea D’Anna, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Richard L. Axelbaum, Washington University in St. Louis, United States
Ritsu Dobashi, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Philip de Goey, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Simone Hochgreb, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Matthias Ihme, Stanford University, United States
Mark Linne, Edinburgh University, United Kingdom
Kaoru Maruta, Tohoku University, Japan
Matei Radulescu, University of Ottawa, Canada
Bruno Renou, CORIA, France
Phillip R. Westmoreland, North Carolina State University, United States
Qiang Yao, Tsinghua University, China

2013
Rob Barlow, Co-Chair, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Frédérique Battin-Leclerc, Co-Chair, CNRS, France
Kaoru Maruta, Co-Chair, Tohoku University, Japan
Nabiha Chaumeix, CNRS-Orleans, France
John Dold, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Andreas Dreizler, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Derek Dunn-Rankin, University of California, Irvine, United States
Tiziano Faravelli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Hong Im, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Ann Karagozian, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
Markus Kraft, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
Assaad Masri, University of Sydney, Australia
Ichiro Naruse, Nagoya University, Japan
Murray Thomson, University of Toronto, Canada
Jose Torero, University of Queensland, Australia

2011
Philippe Dagaut, Co-Chair, CNRS, France
Paul Ronney, Co-Chair, University of Southern California, United States
Nadezha Slavinskaya, DLR, Germany
Richard Yetter, Pennsylvania State University, United States
Epaminondas Mastorakos, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Akiko Matsuo, Keio University, Japan
Eric Petersen, Texas A&M University, United States
Thierry Schuller, Ecole Centrale Paris, France
Derek Dunn-Rankin, University of California, Irvine, United States
Satoru Ishizuka, Hiroshima University, Japan
Gregory Jackson, University of Maryland, United States
JoAnn Lighty, University of Utah, United States

2009
Mitchell Smooke, Co-Chair, Yale University, United States
Hideaki Kobayashi, Co-Chair, Tohoku University, Japan
Anna Ciajolo, CNRS, Italy
Jim Driscoll, University of Michigan, United States
Peter Glarborg, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
JoAnn Lighty, University of Utah, United States
Ulrich Maas, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Chitralkumar Naik, Reaction Design, Inc., United States
Shenqyang (Steven) Shy, National Central University, Taiwan