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Permanent researchers

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Benedetta Giulia Franzelli

CNRS research director - Directrice de recherche

Expert in theoretical, experimental and numerical
characterization of nanoparticle production in turbulent spray flames


ORCID: 0000-0002-8598-9641
Email: benedetta.franzelli_at_cnrs.fr

Site: http://em2c.centralesupelec.fr/Benedetta_Franzelli

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Aymeric Vié

Associate professor

Expert in numerical simulations of dispersed flows


Email: aymeric.vie_at_centralesupelec.fr

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Jérôme Bonnety

CNRS research engineer - Ingénieur de recherche

Expert in optical diagnostics and ex-situ measurements for the characterization of flame-synthesized nanoparticles 


Email: jerome.bonnety_at_cnrs.fr

 

Current students and PhD students

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Muhammad Harchaoui, PhD student

 

"Numerical methods for high-fidelity simulations of nanoparticles flame synthesis"

started on October 2024
 

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Ipsita Choudhury, PhD student

 

"Experimental characterization of flame synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles"

started on November 2024
 

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Arona Sottas, PhD student

 

"Toward digital twin of flame pyrolysis systems for metal-oxide synthesis"

started on September 2025 - funded by CEA
 

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PierFrancesco Artioli, Master student

 

"Numerical simulation of multi-component evaporation of Sustainable Aviation Fuel"

started on September 2025 
 

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Hyeongwon Kim, student

 

"Numerical simulation of metal-oxide flame synthesis"

started on November 2025 
 

Alumni

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Yuri Ogata

Research engineer funded by ERC Starting Grant SOTUF

"Numerical characterization of nano-particles production in turbulent flames"

October 2021 - September 2024
 

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Geoffrey Guy

PhD candidate funded by ERC Starting Grant SOTUF

"Experimental characterisation of turbulence effect on soot production in turbulent spray flames"

September 2021 - Agust 2024
 

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Jules Bailly

Master student

"Experimental characterization of nanoparticle production in laminar flames via transmission electron microscopy (TEM)"

May 2023 - Septembre 2023

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Junghwa Yi

PhD candidate and PostDoctoral Fellow funded by ERC Starting Grant SOTUF

"Development of LII technique for TIO2 nanoparticles in flames"

March 2019 - September 2022

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Aurora Maffina 

Master student

"Large Eddy Simulation of soot production in perfectly premixed swirled flames: equivalence ratio effect"

March 2022 - December 2022
 

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Jean-Maxime Orlac'h

Postdoctoral fellow funded by ERC Starting Grant SOTUF

"Numerical study of titania nanoparticle production in laminar and turbulent flames"

September 2018 - Avril 2020

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Suzane Pereira

Research Enginner funded by ERC Starting Grant SOTUF

"Experimental characterization of soot production in flames"

October 2018-December 2020
 

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Livia Tardelli

PhD student funded by H2O2O Soprano project

(http://www.soprano-h2020.eu/)

"Development of a soot sugrid model for LES"

November 2016-Mars 2021

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Mathieu Roussillo

PhD student funded by industrial chair OXYTEC

(http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/Project-ANR-12-CHIN-0001)

"Development of optical diagnostics for the investigation of sooting turbulent flames"

Avril 2016-July 2019

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Agnes Livia Bodor

PhD student funded by H2O2O Cleangas project

(http://www.clean-gas.polimi.it/)

"Numerical modeling of soot formation and evolution in laminar flames with detailed kinetics"

November 2015-July 2019