Dr. Olivier Mathieu is a Research Associate Professor in the J. Mike Walker ‘66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from University of Orléans in 2006. His research interests are combustion chemistry, chemical kinetics, pollutant formation for transportation fuels, carbon-free fuels, and fire suppressant for batteries. He has published nearly 100 peer-reviewed journal articles in these areas. Prior to joining Texas A&M, Dr. Mathieu was a Research Scientist at Saudi Aramco where he worked on developing next generation fuels for road transportation. Mathieu is an active member of the Combustion Institute from which he received a national award (French Section) for his PhD work.