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Prof. Dr. Weiyong Wang

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School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
Interests: fire resistance of steel structure and composite structure; disaster prevention and mitigation design theory of high-performance steel structure system; prefabricated steel structure system and application

Dr. Adam C. Watts

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Fire and Unmanned Systems, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, USA
Interests: smoldering combustion; emissions; landscape ecology; fire ecology; restoration; rehabilitation; peatlands; organic soils; muck fires; unmanned aircraft systems; UAS; UAV; drone; tree mortality; fires in wetlands; prescribed fire
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Dr. Jingwen Weng

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State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Interests: lithium–ion battery safety; battery thermal management; fire hazards; phase-change material; thermal runaway propagation
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Dr. Clive Woodley

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Independent Researcher, London, UK
Interests: ignition; combustion and detonation of energetic materials

Prof. Dr. Martin Wooster

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Earth Observation Science, NERC National Center for Earth Observation & Department of Geography, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK
Interests: local to global biomass burning quantification and impacts; active fire remote sensing; fire radiative power metrics; smoke emissions measurements; fire and air quality; in situ and UAV measurements
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Dr. Ke Wu

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Research Center for Urban Fire Safety Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Interests: tunnel engineering; tunnel ventilation; fire risk analysis; fire dynamics; flame-retarding materials; smart fire fighting; fedestrians behaviour in fire; tunnel illumination; combustion science; numerical fire modelling

Prof. Dr. Huahua Xiao

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State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Interests: premixed flame; fire whirl; jet fire; gas explosion; deflagration-to-detonaiton transition; numerical simulation; hydrogen safety

Dr. Panteleimon Xofis

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Department of Forestry and Natural Environment, International Hellenic University, 1st Km Drama-Mikrochori, GR 66100 Drama, Greece
Interests: forest ecology; landscape ecology; biodiversity conservation; restoration ecology; fire ecology; urban landscapes
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Prof. Dr. Lizhong Yang

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State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Interests: building fire; fire smoke movement; utility tunnel fire; fire spread; special fire phenomenon; car fire; performance-based fire protection design and assessment; fire smoke control
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Dr. Yongzheng Yao

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School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Interests: tunnel fire; pool fire; fuel-rich combustion; smoke movement; smoke control; lithium battery fire; safe utilization of hydrogen
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Dr. Kara M. Yedinak

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School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, 1221 South Main Street, Moscow, ID 83843, USA
Interests: wildland fire physics; environmental biophysics; wildland fire acoustics; fire-atmosphere interactions and modeling; fire behavior

Prof. Dr. Gang Zhang

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School of Highway, Chang’an University, Xi'an 1109, China
Interests: bridge fire; bridge engineering; fire resistance; fire-resistant design
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Dr. Lidong Zhang

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State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Interests: combustion kinetics; low-temperature oxidation; soot formation mechanism; theoretical calculations and catalytic combustion

Dr. Xiaolei Zhang

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State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Interests: fire dynamics; buoyant flow dynamics; fire plume entrainment; combustion; flame spread behavior; heat transfer; fire modelling
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Dr. Jinlong Zhao

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School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Interests: pool fire; spill fire; storage tank fires; fire extinguishment; fire risk assessment
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Dr. Jiajian Zhu

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College of Aerospace Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
Interests: supersonic combustion; plasma-assisted combustion; optical diagnostics; power and propulsion

Dr. Stefania Amici

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Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia CNT, Via di Vigna Muarata 605, 00143 Rome, Italy
Interests: wildfires from space; remote sensing; calibration; validation; detection techniques; hyperspectral; thermal; active fire; post fire; air quality; machine learning
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Prof. Dr. Claire M. Belcher

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Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QE, UK
Interests: fire and the earth system; fire behavior; fire severity

Prof. Dr. Changkun Chen

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Department of Fire Protection Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410075, China
Interests: fire science and smart fire-fighting; tunnel fire prevention and control and fire safety; urban public safety and emergency management; fire resistance of major engineering structures
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Prof. Dr. Yanming Ding

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Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
Interests: CFD simulation; fire; pyrolysis; biomass energy; FireFOAM
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Dr. Wisdom Dlamini

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Department of Geography, Environmental Science and Planning, Faculty of Science and Engineering,University of Eswatini , P.O. Luyengo M205, Eswatini
Interests: environmental science; geographic information science; biogeography; human-environment interactions

Prof. Dr. Jiaqiang E

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College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
Interests: combustion & micro-combustion; biodiesel combustion; micro-thermophotovoltaic power generators; after-treatment system of automotive systems; battery thermal management system
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Dr. Hamed Ebrahimian

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
Interests: data assimilation; Bayesian inference; model updating; system identification; structural health monitoring; damage identification nonlinear simulation; computational structural mechanics; structural dynamics; earthquake engineering

Prof. Dr. Zihe Gao

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School of Civil Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Interests: fire risk assessment; underground fire
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Prof. Dr. Paolo Gardoni

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Interests: sustainable and resilient infrastructure; reliability, risk and life cycle analysis; modeling of natural hazards and societal impact; resilient critical infrastructure
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Dr. Jai Garg

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Tribhuvan Institute of Environment and Development Sciences, Nalanda University Centre, Neemrana, Rajasthan 301705, India
Interests: fire, landslide and other disasters; ecosystem restoration, aquatic and wetland ecosystems management; biodiversity conservation; environmental impact assessment

Dr. Maryam Ghodrat

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School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales Canberra, Canberra, ACT 2610, Australia
Interests: CFD; thermodynamic analysis; waste to energy; thermofluids; environmental sustainability
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Dr. Ioannis Gitas

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Lab of Forest Management and Remote Sensing, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: forest fires; land-use/land-cover mapping; pre-fire planning and post-fire assessment; remote sensing; GIS; forest management
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Dr. Charles Goebel

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Drive, Moscow, ID 83844, USA
Interests: restoration ecology; riparian ecology and management; forest stand dynamics and ecology; wildland fire ecology and management
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Prof. Dr. Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis

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1. Ex—Vice Rector of Academic Affairs, Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Cyprus University of Technology, 3036 Limassol, Cyprus
2. Coordinator of the Excelsior H2020 Teaming Project, Remote Sensing and GeoEnvironment Lab, Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Cyprus University of Technology, 3036 Limassol, Cyprus
3. Managing Director, Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence, 3012 Limassol, Cyprus
Interests: earth observation; remote sensing; GIS; geo-information for natural and built environment; hazards
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