RESEARCH INTERESTS

◆ Advanced Laser-based Diagnostics in Reacting Flows

◆ Imaging Processing/Analysis Algorithm

◆ Flame Synthesis for Functional Nanomaterials

◆ Zero-Carbon Combustion; Plasmas-assist Combustion

EDUCATION

◆ 05/2011-02/2015  Ph. D. — Lund University, Sweden

◆ 08/2009-03/2011  Master in Physics — Lund University, Sweden

◆ 08/2006-06/2009  Bachelor in Physics — Tianjin University of Technology, China

Research Experience

◆ 06/2025-         Tenured Associate Professor – SUSTech

◆ 01/2021-2025.05  Associate Professor – SUSTech

◆ 09/2019-2020-12  Assistant Professor – SUSTech

◆ 04/2017-08/2019  Postdoc – Sandia National Laboratories, USA

◆03/2015-03/2017  Postdoc – Division of Combustion Physics, Lund University

Awards & Honors

◆ Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Doctoral Students Abroad, The China Scholarship Council, 2014

◆ Bernard Lewis Fellowship Award (Five Awardees Selected biennially), The International Combustion Institute, 2016

◆ Colloquium Chair, 37th International Symposium on Combustion, 2018

◆ Colloquium Chair, 38th International Symposium on Combustion, 2020

Selected Journal Publications

1. Ze Wang, Xun Li, Tao Li, Andreas Dreizler, Andrei Lipatnikov, Bo Zhou*, Experimental investigation of NH3-H2 premixed jet flames adopting multi-scalar imaging: Comparison of turbulent burning velocities obtained using different flame-front makers, Combustion and Flame, Volume 275, 114054, 2025

2. Zhixin Zhao, Ze Wang, Mingchen Sun, Hongwei Chen, Dong Yang, Bo Zhou*, Flame describing function of conical laminar premixed flames subjected to parasite-velocity decoupled equivalence ratio oscillation, Combustion and Flame, Volume 275, 114078, 2025

3. Ze Wang, Xun Li, Tao Li, Andreas Dreizler, Andrei Lipatnikov, Xiao Liu, Xiaohua Gan, Bo Zhou*, Experimental investigation of internal structures of NH3/H2/O2/N2 premixed jet flames using multi-scalar imaging, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Volume 40, 105436, 2024

4. Xun Li, Ze Wang, Tao Li, Andreas Dreizler, Andrei Lipatnikov, Xiao Liu, Xiaohua Gan, Bo Zhou*, Investigation of burning velocity of lean and rich premixed NH3/H2 turbulent flames using multi-scalar imaging, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Volume 40, 105541, 2024

5. Mingjia Chen, Zhixin Zhao, Xiaolong Wang, Ze Wang, Fan Li, Jiajian Zhu, Mingbo Sun, Bo Zhou*, Wavelet optical flow velocimetry of a scramjet combustor using high-speed frame-straddling focusing schlieren images, Combustion and Flame, Volume 269, 113705, 2024

6. Shengfen Luo, Yanli Zhao, Bo Zhou*, Numerical analysis of thermal mechanism in downward flame spread over inverted surfaces of discrete inclined solid fuel, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Volume 206, 109311, 2024

7. Mengzhao Chang, Shengfeng Luo, Lun’ang Li, Chen Liu, Qiang Xie, Weiwei Deng, Suhan Park and Bo Zhou*, Flame synthesis of nanoparticles based on high flux electrostatic atomization reactor, Review of Scientific Instruments, Volume 95, 073910, 2024

8. Mingjia Chen, Zhixin Zhao, Yuchen Hou, Jiajian Zhu, Mingbo Sun and Bo Zhou*, Evaluation of seedless wavelet-based optical flow velocimetry for schlieren images, Physics of Fluid, Volume 36, 077138, 2024

9. Shengfeng Luo, Lun'ang Li, Bo Zhou*, Numerical analysis on burning and particle formation of a single ethanol-based droplet in flame spray pyrolysis, Fuel, Volume 334, 126611, 2023

10. Omar I. Awad, Bo Zhou*, Karim Harrath, K. Kadirgama, Characteristics of NH3/H2 blend as carbon-free fuels: A review, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 48, 38077-38100, 2023

11. B. Zhou, Jonathan. H. Frank*, Wavelet-based algorithm for correction of beam-steering artefacts in turbulent flow imaging at elevated pressures, Exp. in Fuild, 60 (8), Volume 136, 2019

12. B. Zhou*, C. Brackmann, Z. Wang, Z.S. Li, M. Richter, M. Aldén, X.-S. Bai, Thin reaction zone and distributed reaction zone regimes in turbulent premixed methane/air flames: scalar distributions and correlations, Combust. Flame, Volume 175, 220-236, 2017

13. B. Zhou, Q. Li, Z.S. Li*, X.-S. Bai, M. Aldén, Visualization of multi-regime turbulent combustion in swirl-stabilized lean premixed flames, Combust. Flame 162, 2954-2958, 2015

14. B. Zhou, C. Brackmann, Q. Li, Z. Wang, P. Petersson, Z.S. Li*, X.-S. Bai, M. Aldén, Distributed reaction in highly turbulent premixed methane/air flames. Part I. Flame Structure Characterization, Combust. Flame, Volume 162, 2937-2953, 2015

15. B. Zhou, C. Brackmann, Z.S. Li*, M. Aldén, Simultaneous multi-species and temperature visualization of premixed flames in distributed reaction zone regime, Proc. Combust. Inst., Volume 1409-1416, 2015