Hassane Naji has been a full Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Artois University (France) since early 2011. After being a Research Engineer at the Scientific Research National Center (CNRS) and a Visiting Researcher at MIT, USA, he joined Lille University (France) as an Associate Professor until 2010. He holds a PhD in Physical Sciences from Lille University and an MSc in Thermal-Fluid Sciences from the National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine, Nancy, France. His research is in Fluid Mechanics including turbulence, advanced heat transfers and mesoscopic numerical methods (e.g. LBMs). In addition to his academic duties (undergraduate and graduate teaching, etc.), he is (co-)author of more than 250 publications in peer-reviewed journals, international conferences and book chapters, and is a fellow of various institutes and professional societies (e.g., the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers). He is regularly invited as a keynote speaker and has delivered keynote talks.