Oliver Welz, a postdoctoral researcher in the CRF’s Combustion Chemistry group since 2010, will soon be taking on a new challenge as head of a research group in chemical kinetics at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. In this position, the first step to becoming a full professor within the German university system, Oliver will…
Sandia combustion chemist Craig Taatjes, whose groundbreaking work on Criegee intermediates has provided scientific insight into hydrocarbon combustion and atmospheric chemistry, has been selected to receive the prestigious Polanyi Medal at the 23rd International Symposium on Gas Kinetics and Related Phenomena, which will be held on July 20–25, 2014, in Szeged, Hungary. In addition to…
Two papers by CRF researchers have been named Distinguished Papers for the 34th International Symposium on Combustion. “Synchrotron photoionization measurements of fundamental autoignition reactions: Product formation in low-temperature isobutane oxidation” by Arkke J. Eskola, Oliver Welz, John D. Savee, David L. Osborn, Craig A. Taatjes (all Combustion Research Facility) was selected as the Distinguished Paper…