Education background
2014-2017 Ph.D. Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich
2010-2013 M.Sc. Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich
2006-2010 B.Eng. School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Experience
2022.08- Assistant Professor, Center for Combustion Energy, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University
2021.01-2022.07 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
2020.10-2020.12 Associate Research Scholar, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
2018.03-2020.09 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
Concurrent Academic
Heterogeneous reacting flows, chemical kinetics of catalytic combustion, coupled catalytic-gaseous combustion, and the applications of catalytic combustion in fuel processing, emission control and novel power systems.
Social service
Early-Career-Editor Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism, Geust Editor Applications in Energy and Combustion Science and Frontiers in Energy Research, Co-organizer (2021-2023) of the Princeton-CI Summer School on Combustion.
Honors And Awards
2025 Honorable Mention for Distinguished Paper, the Combustion Institute
2024 Best Paper Award, China National Combustion Symposium
2023 Invited Topical Review, China National Combustion Symposium
2021 Excellent Young Scholars Award (Overseas), National Natural Science Foundation of China
2019 Young Investigator Group Preparation Fellowship, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2017 Distinguished Paper Award of the Combustion Institute
2017 Chinese Governmental Award for Outstanding Students Abroad
2012 European Erasmus Mobility Scholarship
Academic Achievement
Selected papers（full list in https://www.tsinghua-suigroup.com/#/publications）
[1] L. Qin, M. Liu, J. Mantzaras, C.K. Law, R. Sui*, Catalytic combustion of NH3 in Pt-coated microchannels: A numerical study on the surface-gas chemistry coupling and its impact on product selectivity, Combustion and Flame, 274, 113989, 2025.
[2] F. Zhang, D. Han, J. Mantzaras, C.K. Law, R. Sui*, Surface kinetics and pressure dependence of propane oxidation over platinum, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 40, 105228, 2024.
[3] L. Qin, Q. Cheng, J. Mantzaras, C.K. Law, R. Sui*, Surface-gas chemistry coupling and stability limits of hydrogen/air combustion in catalytic microchannels, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 40, 105229, 2024.
[4] R. Sui*, J. Mantzaras, Z. Liu, C.K. Law. Kinetic modeling of total oxidation of propane over rhodium, Combustion and Flame, 243, 111847, 2022.
[5] R. Sui*, W. Liang, L. Zhang, J. Mantzaras, C.K. Law. Kinetic interactions between H2 and CO in catalytic oxidation over PdO, Combustion and Flame, 211, 270-280, 2020.
