11th International Conference on Combustion Science and Processes (CSP 2026)

Plenary Speaker

Dr. Kai Luo

University College London, UK

Dr. Kai Luo is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a member of Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe). He is also a fellow of several leading learned societies (such as IoP, IMechE, ASME, AIAA, The Combustion Institute) in his fields. He studied in the Engineering Department of Cambridge University and obtained his PhD in 1992. He conducted postdoctoral research in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Imperial College London from 1991 to 1993. He subsequently worked for Queen Mary, University of London, and became a full professor of the University of London in 2002. Between 2004 and 2013, he was Chair of Energy Systems in the University of Southampton, where he created and led a large Energy Technology Research Group, and developed highly successful MSc programmes in the energy field. He was appointed Chair of Energy Systems in UCL in 2013 and made Head of Energy and the Environment Research Division. Professor Luo has collaborated extensively with colleagues in the UK and across the world. He has supervised a large number of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, many of whom have become leaders in academia and industry. His research activities have been funded by major organisations such as the UKRI, EPSRC, the EU, the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering as well as industry. He has initiated and/or led large national and international consortia such as the UK Turbulence Consortium, the UK Consortium on Computational Combustion for Engineering Applications, the UK Consortium On Mesoscale Engineering Sciences (UKCOMES).

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Keynote Speaker

Dr. Longfei Chen

Hangzhou International Innovation Institute of Beihang University, China

Dr. Longfei Chen is a full professor in the School of Energy and Power Engineering at Beihang University, China. Chen is also duty Dean of the Hangzhou International Innovation Institute of Beihang University. He is a doctoral supervisor and has been sponsored by many programs, including the National Distinguished Young Scientist Fund, the National Outstanding Young Scientist Fund and the Beijing Nova program.

He obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Automotive Engineering from Tsinghua University and completed his Ph.D. in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford in 2010. His research focuses on particle emissions, spray and combustion, and ice nucleation in the atmosphere. Specifically, his work includes (1) developing measurement systems for sub-micron particle emissions, (2) studying heat and mass transfer in multiphase flows, and (3) investigating condensation and ice nucleation of atmospheric particles.

He serves as the Secretary General of the Aviation Internal Combustion Engine Branch of the Chinese Society for Internal Combustion Engines and as a member of the SAE E31 Working Group of the ICAO Emission Standards Committee. His accolades include the First Prize in Technological Innovation awarded by the Chinese Society for IC Engines (2023) and the Chinese Society for Particuology (2023), the National Excellent Young Scholar Award (2019), the China Internal Combustion Engine Society Outstanding Researcher Award (2019), the 4th China-France Team Cooperation Innovation Award (R&D Award, 2017), and the Beijing Science and Technology Nova Star Award (2017). He has published 97 journal papers, 2 English books, 13 Chinese Invention Patents, and 1 Utility Model Patents.

Abstract Title:

Aviation Soot Ice Nucleation: Linking Particle Microphysics to Contrail Formation and Climate Impact

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