26 January 2026
Welcoming New Early Career Editorial Board Members of Thermo


Thermo (ISSN: 2673-7264) is pleased to announce that the following 22 researchers have been added to the 2025–2026 Early Career Editorial Board and congratulates them on becoming part of the Thermo community!

Name: Dr. Zening Li
Affiliation: College of Electrical and Power Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
Research interests: building thermal management; energy storage; energy efficiency

Name: Dr. Sheng Xu
Affiliation: School of Automotive and Traffic Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Research interests: porous media; heat and mass transfer in fuel cell system; cross-scale multiphase flow; phase change heat transfer; hydrothermal management

Name: Dr. Andrey Galukhin
Affiliation: Alexander Butlerov Institute of Chemistry, Kazan Federal University, 18 Kremlevskaya Street, 420008 Kazan, Russia
Research interests: thermal analysis; reaction kinetics; polymerization kinetics; reaction mechanism; reaction thermodynamics

Name: Dr. Andrea Fragnito
Affiliation: Department of Industrial Engineering, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80125 Napoli, Italy
Research interests: heat transfer; thermal management; thermal storage; heat transfer enhancement; phase change problems; topology optimization; multi-objective optimization; generative design

Name: Dr. Fei Zhang
Affiliation: Sustainable Polymer Structures, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
Research interests: thermal management materials; polymer composites; soft intelligent materials; wearable sensors; energy materials

Name: Dr. Stefano Landini
Affiliation: School of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Research interests: mechanical engineering; thermal engineering; heat transfer; energy storage; renewable energy

Name: Dr. Mateo Kirinčić
Affiliation: Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Research interests: thermodynamics; thermal management; latent thermal energy storage; heat exchangers; renewable energy; numerical modeling

Name: Dr. Giovanni Napoli
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze della Salute “Vincenzo Tiberio”, Università degli Studi del Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
Research interests: heat transfer; bioheat transfer; thermal therapies; hyperthermia; refrigeration; energy system; energy efficiency

Name: Dr. Luca Cimmino
Affiliation: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy
Research interests: thermal solar; photovoltaic and photovoltaic-thermal; dynamic simulations of energy systems; renewable polygeneration systems; district heating and cooling; sustainable mobility; optimization techniques; geothermal energy; biofuels; synthetic fuels; fuel cells; hydrogen storage systems; power to X

Name: Dr. Xuan Zhang
Affiliation: Department of Energy and Power Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Research interests: icing; condensation; phase change heat transfer and flow; droplet dynamics; surface and interface science; micro-/nano-scale heat and mass transfer

Name: Dr. Luca Santoro
Affiliation: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
Research interests: active thermography; thermography; welding, thermal properties; NDT; AI

Name: Dr. Jiameng Tian
Affiliation: School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Research interests: nanoelectric power generation; efficient and intelligent thermal management of energy systems; flashing spray cooling; electrodynamic atomization and droplet dynamics; multiphase flow and heat mass transfer in laser dermatology

Name: Dr. Yang Tian
Affiliation: School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
Research interests: phase change thermal storage; heat exchangers

Name: Dr. Chengcheng Fan
Affiliation: Laser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, China
Research interests: renewable energy conversion; heat and mass transfer

Name: Dr. Orlando Corigliano
Affiliation: Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, Italy
Research interests: advanced energy systems based on fuel cell and hydrogen technology; fuel processing and hydrogen generation; bio/synfuel and e-fuel generation and utilization; polygeneration; waste to energy; energy systems engineering

Name: Dr. Marco Bernagozzi
Affiliation: School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
Research interests: heat pipes; thermal management; lumped parameter modeling; personal comfort; sustainability

Name: Dr. Lamine Hassini
Affiliations: 1. LETTM Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis el Manar, Tunis 2092, Tunisia
2. Applied College, Shaqra University, Shaqra 11961, Saudi Arabia
Research interests: modeling of internal heat and water transfer with phase change (using COMSOL Multiphysics software); modeling of mechanical strains and stresses induced in products by thermal processes; measurement of thermal conductivity, moisture diffusivity, intrinsic and relative permeabilities, rheological properties, and thermodynamic equilibrium properties of solid products; process intensification for solids elaboration (convective drying, contact drying, combined convective/microwave drying, and convective/capillary draining, …); development and characterization of biosourced composite materials; performance evaluation of nanofluids in solar thermal systems

Name: Dr. Bohao Wu
Affiliation: Dalian Key Laboratory of Green Ship Power and Efficient Thermal Management, Marine Engineering College, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China
Research interests: multi-scale multiphase flow; heat and mass transfer; carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies; marine new energy and fuel cells; novel thermal interface materials

Name: Dr. Jinqiang Liang
Affiliation: Engineering Institute, China University of Petroleum-Beijing at Karamay, Karamay 834000, China
Research interests: chemical process simulation and optimization; artificial intelligence and chemical engineering; sustainable low-carbon olefin production technology; oil and gas field surface engineering design; national energy security

Name: Dr. Xu Liu
Affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Research interests: particle heat transfer; thermodynamic cycle; heat and mass transfer; transport phenomena in porous media; multiphase thermal processes

Name: Dr. Federico Minelli
Affiliation: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale V. Tecchio, 80, 80125 Naples, Italy
Research interests: applied thermodynamics and heat transfer for buildings; sustainable building energy systems; building energy efficiency; net-/nearly-zero energy buildings (NZEB/ZEB); HVAC optimization; renewable-energy integration; energy retrofit & renovation; multi-objective optimization; multi-criteria decision-making; indoor air quality; phase-change materials; sustainability

Name: Dr. Giorgio Grossi
Affiliation: Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Via G. Di Biasio 43, 03043 Cassino, FR, Italy
Research interests: computational fluid dynamics; heat transfer; thermal engineering; applied thermodynamics; fuel cells; energy systems

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