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The Role of Combustion in Wildland Fire Science

Combustion Webinar April 27, 2023; Speaker: Michael Gollner Large wildfires of increasing frequency and severity threaten local populations and natural resources while contributing carbon emissions into the earth-climate system. Wildland fire is one of the most interdisciplinary fields of combustion science, incorporating expertise from human behavior, atmospheric science, ecology, remote sensing, and much more to understand phenomena and design solutions. Despite the breadth of fields contributing to a holistic picture of fire, the main feature of wildfires – the fire itself, lies directly in the domain of combustion science researchers and presents a distinct opportunity where our field can contribute. In this talk, I will present a review of current challenges in wildland fire, how combustion science has contributed to our understanding of wildland fire, and some personal thoughts on future research opportunities for combustion researchers in the field. As part of this presentation, I will review some of my own contributions, including understanding forward heating in fire spread, ember ignition of structures, and emissions from fires in diverse fuels.   Dr. Michael Gollner is an Associate Professor and Deb Faculty Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He was previously an Associate Professor of Fire Protection Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD from 2012-2019. He is broadly interested in fire science problems, utilizing experiments and combustion and fluid dynamics theory to solve problems. Much of his work is focused on applications to wildfires, including their spread through vegetation, ignition of structures in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), transport of embers, fire whirls, and emissions from wildfire smoke. Dr. Gollner has been active in professional society leadership serving on boards for the IAFSS, WSSCI, IAWF and NFPA FPRF. He has been awarded the NSF CAREER award, Tsuji Early Career Award by the Combustion Institute, Proulx Early Career Award in Fire Safety Science, and the Fire Protection Research Foundation Medal. He received his B.S. (2008), M.S. (2010) and Ph.D. (2012) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.