Dr Alexander Filkov receives international Early Career Award in Fire Science

The International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) has awarded its Early Career Award in Fire Science to fire behaviour researcher Dr Alexander Filkov from the School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences.

This award recognises a promising early-career professional under 40 who has demonstrated outstanding ability in any field of wildland fire science.

Dr Filkov’s internationally recognised research covers a broad range of fire behaviour topics including research on the ignition and combustion of fuels, the spread of wildfire and transition mechanisms to the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI), and the performance of structural materials under different fire conditions.

In the citation, the IAWF noted, “Dr Filkov’s publications have made a significant contribution to the following areas of fire behaviour: deterministic-probabilistic modelling, thermal behaviour of fuel, firebrand generation and spotting mechanisms, dynamic fire behaviours and fire performance of materials.”

“His international reputation and broad network of peers have allowed Dr Filkov to organise and participate in several large field experiments on forest and grass fires in Russia, the USA, and Australia.”