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Publications in international scientific journals

M. Bode, et al. Towards JUPITER: First system and application experiences on JEDI. Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing (2024).

L. Cifuentes, I. Wlokas, A. Kempf. Turbulence effects on the formation and growth of nano-particles in three-dimensional premixed and non-premixed flames. Journal of Applications in Energy and Combustion Science (2023).

L. Cifuentes, J. Sellmann, I. Wlokas, A. Kempf. Direct numerical simulations of nanoparticle formation in premixed and non-premixed flame–vortex interactions. Physics of Fluids (2020).

L. Cifuentes, A. Kempf, C. Dopazo. Local entrainment velocity in a premixed turbulent annular jet flame. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (2019).

L. Cifuentes, C. Dopazo, S. Anurag, N. Chakraborty, A. Kempf. Analysis of Flame Curvature Evolution in a Turbulent Premixed Bluff Body Burner. Physics of Fluids (2018).

L. Cifuentes, E. Fooladgar, C. Duwig. Chemical Explosive Mode Analysis for a Jet-in-Hot-Coflow Burner operating in MILD combustion. FUEL (2018).

C. Dopazo, J. Martin, L. Cifuentes, J. Hierro. Strain, rotation and curvature of non-material propagating iso-scalar surfaces in homogeneous turbulence. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion (2018).

C. Dopazo, L. Cifuentes, D. Alwazzan, N. Chakraborty. Influence of the Lewis number on effective strain rates in weakly turbulent premixed combustion. Combustion Science and Technology (2018).

C. Dopazo, L. Cifuentes, N. Chakraborty. Vorticity budgets in premixed combusting turbulent flows at different Lewis numbers. Physics of Fluids (2017).

C. Dopazo, L. Cifuentes, D. Alwazzan, N. Chakraborty. Influence of the Lewis number on effective strain rates in turbulent premixed flames. Proceedings of the 10^th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium. Turbulent Combustion section, TC20 (2017).

C. Dopazo, L. Cifuentes. The Physics of Scalar Gradients in Turbulent Premixed Combustion and Its Relevance to Modeling. Combustion Science and Technology (2016).

L. Cifuentes, C. Dopazo, J. Martin, P. Domingo, L. Vervisch. Effects of the local flow topologies upon the structure of a premixed methane-air turbulent jet flame. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion (2016).

C. Dopazo, L. Cifuentes, J. Hierro, J. Martin. Micro-scale mixing in turbulent constant density reacting flows and premixed combustion. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion (2016).

L. Cifuentes, C. Dopazo, J. Martin, C. Jimenez, P. Domingo, L. Vervisch. Scalar ﬁeld geometries and small-scale flow features in turbulent premixed flames. Proceedings of the 9^th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium. Turbulent Combustion section, TC11-089 (2015).

C. Dopazo, L. Cifuentes, J. Martin, C. Jimenez. Strain rates normal to approaching iso-scalar surfaces in a turbulent premixed flame. Combustion and Flame (2015).

L. Cifuentes, C. Dopazo, J. Martin, P. Domingo, L. Vervisch. Local volumetric dilatation rate and scalar geometries in a premixed methane–air turbulent jet flame. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (2015).

L. Cifuentes, C. Dopazo, J. Martin, C. Jimenez. Local flow topologies and scalar structures in a turbulent premixed flame. Physics of Fluids (2014).

Peer-reviewed conferences and other contributions

L. Cifuentes, I. Wlokas, A. Kempf. Turbulence effects on nano-particle formation. Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Particle Formation in Turbulent Flows. European Combustion Meeting ECM23. Rouen – France (2023).

L. Cifuentes, J. Sellmann, I. Wlokas, A. Kempf. Direct numerical simulations of particle-forming flames (Poster). 3^rd CENIDE Conference. Bergisch Gladbach – Germany (2023).

L. Cifuentes, I. Wlokas, A. Kempf. Turbulence effects on nano-particle formation (Poster). Biannual meeting of the German Section of the Combustion Institute ‘Deutscher Flammentag’. Berlin – Germany (2023).

L. Cifuentes, I. Wlokas, A. Kempf. Effects of the strain rates on the formation and growth of nano-particles in turbulent flames. ERCOFTAC Workshop Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation DLES13. Udine – Italy (2022).

L. Cifuentes, I. Wlokas, A. Kempf. Turbulence effects on the formation and growth of nano-particles in premixed and non-premixed flames. International Workshop on Reacting Particle-Gas Systems. Bochum – Germany (2022).

L. Cifuentes, I. Wlokas, A. Kempf. Direct numerical simulations of particle forming flames. HPCCOMB2021 – 3^rd HPC Spanish Combustion Workshop. Barcelona – Spain (2021).

L. Cifuentes, I. Wlokas, A. Kempf. A-priori investigation of the coagulation rate for nanoparticle-forming flames. Biannual meeting of the German Section of the Combustion Institute ‘Deutscher Flammentag’. Hanover – Germany (2021).

L. Cifuentes, I. Wlokas, A. Kempf. Direct numerical simulations of particle forming flames. CENIDE-Jahresfeier. Duisburg – Germany (2021).

L. Cifuentes, J. Sellmann, I. Wlokas, A. Kempf. Nanoparticle formation in premixed and non-premixed flame-vortex interactions. 2^nd CENIDE Conference. Duisburg – Germany (2020).

L. Cifuentes, J. Sellmann, I. Wlokas, A. Kempf. Nanoparticle formation in premixed and non-premixed flame-vortex interactions. 4^th International Symposium on Gas‐Phase Synthesis of Functional Nanomaterials. Duisburg – Germany (2020).

L. Cifuentes, A. Kempf. Flow and scalar topologies in turbulent premixed flames. Biannual meeting of the German Section of the Combustion Institute ‘Deutscher Flammentag’. Bochum – Germany (2019).

L. Cifuentes, A. Kempf, C. Dopazo. Mini-symposium on Flame- and Flow-Topologies (Part I and Part II). ERCOFTAC Symposium ETMM12. Montpellier – France (2018).

L. Cifuentes, A. Kempf, C. Dopazo. Small-scale flow topologies in the neighborhood of enstrophy and scalar interfaces. ERCOFTAC Symposium ETMM12. Montpellier – France (2018).

L. Cifuentes, A. Kempf. Flame-turbulence interactions in turbulent premixed flames. European Researchers' Night (Poster) - Marie Skłodowska Curie Action. Kiel – Germany (2018).

L. Cifuentes, A. Kempf, C. Dopazo. Local entrainment velocity in a premixed turbulent annular jet flame. 37^th International Symposium on Combustion – the Combustion Institute. Dublin – Ireland (2018).

J. Menser, A. Unterberger, L. Cifuentes, A. Kempf, K. Mohri. Quantifying flame tomography reconstructions with the aid of DNS phantom data (Poster – 1P048). 37th International Symposium on Combustion – the Combustion Institute. Dublin – Ireland (2018).

L. Cifuentes, A. Kempf. DNS of turbulent premixed flames: Flow and added small-scale topologies. Sixteenth International Workshop on Premixed Turbulent Flames PTF-16. Dublin – Ireland (2018).

L. Cifuentes, A. Kempf, C. Dopazo. Flow and added small-scale topologies in a turbulent premixed flame. Joint meeting of the German and Italian sections of the Combustion Institute. Sorrento – Italy (2018).

L. Cifuentes, A. Kempf. Flow topologies and scalar field geometries across the scalar and turbulent/non-turbulent interfaces. Institute for Numerical Methods in Aerospace Engineering, Bundeswehr University Munich. Munich – Germany (2017).

L. Cifuentes, A. Kempf. Small-scale flow topologies and scalar field geometries near the enstrophy and scalar interfaces in premixed turbulent jet flames. Biannual meeting of the German Section of the Combustion Institute ‘Deutscher Flammentag’. Darmstadt – Germany (2017).

C. Dopazo, L. Cifuentes, D. Alwazzan, N. Chakraborty. Influence of Lewis number on effective strain rates in turbulent premixed flames. Tenth Mediterranean Combustion Symposium. Naples – Italy (2017).

L. Cifuentes, F. Proch, A. Kempf. Interaction of the Turbulent/Non-Turbulent interface with scalar interfaces in premixed turbulent jet flames. ERCOFTAC Workshop Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation DLES11. Pisa – Italy (2017).

L. Cifuentes, A. Kempf, C. Dopazo. Numerical investigation of the enstrophy and scalar interfaces in a turbulent premixed bluff-body burner. EUROMECH 590 Symposium on Turbulent/Non-Turbulent interfaces (2017), Imperial College London. London – United Kingdom (2017).

L. Cifuentes. Interactions between local flow topologies and scalar structures in turbulent premixed flames. Chair for Fluid Dynamics, Institute for Combustion and Gas Dynamics, University of Duisburg-Essen. Duisburg – Germany (2017).

L. Cifuentes. Detailed chemistry simulation of MILD combustion and Chemical Explosive Mode Analysis: an investigation using OpenFoam. Department of Mechanics - Linné Flow Centre. KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Stockholm – Sweden (2016).

L. Cifuentes. Large Eddy Simulation of MILD combustion and Chemical Explosive Mode Analysis. Chair for Fluid Dynamics, Institute for Combustion and Gas Dynamics, University of Duisburg-Essen. Duisburg – Germany (2016).

L. Cifuentes. LES of a Turbulent non-premixed flame operating with different oxygen levels in the hot oxidant stream: A Chemical Explosive Mode Analysis in MILD combustion. Barcelona Supercomputing Center. Barcelona – Spain (2016).

L. Cifuentes. The influence of the ‘effective’ normal strain rate on scalar gradients in turbulent premixed combustion. Chair for Fluid Dynamics, Institute for Combustion and Gas Dynamics, University of Duisburg-Essen. Duisburg – Germany (2016).

L. Cifuentes, N. Chakraborty, C. Dopazo. Kinetic energy and its dissipation rate budgets in statistically planar turbulent premixed flames at different Lewis numbers. Joint meeting of the British, Portuguese and Spanish Sections of the Combustion Institute. University of Cambridge. Cambridge – England (2016).

Book chapter

C. Dopazo, N. Swaminathan, L. Cifuentes, X.-S. Bai. Premixed combustion modelling. Advanced Turbulent Combustion Physics and Applications, ISBN - 9781108497961, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. (2021).

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R&D projects

10/2023 – Present: Examflow - Exascale simulation enables multiphase flow simulation at the finest scales (Principal Investigator). Jülich Supercomputing Centre / Institute for Advanced Simulation / Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH.

06/2023 – Present: EuroCC - National Competence Centres in the framework of EuroHPC. Jülich Supercomputing Centre / Institute for Advanced Simulation / Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH.

01/2024 – Present: Computing Strategy for Data-intensive Science Infrastructures in Europe. SPECTRUM Project. Jülich Supercomputing Centre / Institute for Advanced Simulation / Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH.

12/2018 – 05/2023: Modeling, simulation, and parametrization of particle formation, particle functionalization, and interaction in synthesis reactors. DFG No. 262219004 - FOR2284 KE 1751/7-2. University of Duisburg-Essen.

05/2017 – 04/2018: Rigorous Study of Entrainment Using DNS and LES of Turbulent Premixed Jet Flames. GCS SuperMUC No. pr53fa. University of Duisburg-Essen.

12/2016 – 11/2018: Marie Skłodowska-Curie research project: Interfaces in Turbulent Premixed Flames (ITPF). MSCA-IF-2015-EF; 706672. University of Duisburg-Essen.

12/2015 – 11/2016: Detailed simulations and analysis of flameless combustion for next generation combustors. Swedish Energy Agency project. Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC). Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).

07/2012 – 11/2015: Sustainable COmbustion REsearch (SCORE) - CONSOLIDER. CSD2010-00011. University of Zaragoza.

10/2009 – 06/2012: Simulation and modeling of turbulent scalar mixing. Curvatures of the iso-scalar surfaces. ENE2008-01404. University of Zaragoza.

International stays

06/2015. Newcastle University. School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering. Advisor: Dr. Nilanjan Chakraborty. Newcastle - United Kingdom.

05/2013 – 09/2013. Normandy University. Complexe de Recherche Interprofessionnel en Aérothermochimie (CORIA) & Institut national des sciences appliquées (INSA). Advisors: Dr. Luc Vervisch and Dr. Pascale Domingo. Rouen - France.

08/2012 – 10/2012. CIEMAT. Department of Energy - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas. Advisor: Dr. Carmen Jimenez. Madrid - Spain.

Commission of Trust and Awards

10/2023 – Present. Principal investigator of the Examflow project - Exascale simulation enables multiphase flow simulation at the finest scales. Jülich Supercomputing Centre - Germany.

08/2020 Noteworthy Paper - Editor's Pick in Physics of Fluids. Direct numerical simulations of nanoparticle formation in premixed and non-premixed flame-vortex interactions.

02/2018. Outstanding Reviewer. Scientific journal: Fuel. The Science and Technology of Fuel and Energy. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

05/2017 – 04/2018. Principal investigator of a Large-Scale Computing project at the Leibniz Supercomputing Center LRZ (81M core-h). Institute for Combustion and Gas Dynamics, University of Duisburg-Essen - Germany.

12/2016 – 11/2018. Principal investigator of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie project - EU 706672 ITPF www.uni-due.de/itpf. Institute for Combustion and Gas Dynamics, University of Duisburg-Essen - Germany.

04/2015. International PhD – Honor 'Cum Laude'. Fluid Mechanics Area, University of Zaragoza - Spain.

12/2009 – 12/2010. Member of the Quality Committee of the Master in Applied Mechanical, University of Zaragoza - Spain.

10/2009. FPI Fellowship Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Fluid Mechanics Area, University of Zaragoza - Spain.

10/2007. Bachelor Thesis 'First Class Honours'. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Atlántico - Colombia.

Teaching activities

2025. EuroCC Profiling AI Software NVIDIA Bootcamp.

2025. EuroCC AI for Science NVIDIA Bootcamp.

2025. EuroCC N-Ways to GPU Programming NVIDIA Bootcamp.

2018 – 2023. Turbulent Flows exercises. Chair for Fluid Dynamics, IVG - University of Duisburg-Essen - Germany.

2018 – 2023. ANSYS Lab. Chair for Fluid Dynamics, IVG - University of Duisburg-Essen - Germany.

2017 – 2019. Fluid Mechanics exercises. Chair for Fluid Dynamics, IVG - University of Duisburg-Essen - Germany.

Tutoring activities

2021 – 2022. Master Thesis. A study of the internal processes of nanoparticles formation in premixed and non-premixed flames using direct numerical simulations.

Student: Mr. Piotr Cwiek. Chair for Fluid Dynamics, IVG - University of Duisburg-Essen - Germany.

Organization of conferences

06/2025: EuroCC Profiling AI Software NVIDIA Bootcamp - https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/ias/jsc/news/events/2025/eurocc-profiling-ai-software-bootcamp

06/2025: EuroCC Multi-GPU Programming NVIDIA Bootcamp - https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/ias/jsc/news/events/2025/eurocc2-multi-gpu-programming-bootcamp

05/2025: EuroCC AI for Science NVIDIA Bootcamp - https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/ias/jsc/news/events/2025/eurocc-ai-for-science

04/2025: EuroCC N-Ways to GPU Programming NVIDIA Bootcamp - https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/ias/jsc/news/events/n-ways-to-gpu-programming-bootcamp

10/2024: Alpaka and openPMD Workshop & Hackathon - https://events.hifis.net/event/1657/overview

09/2024: ParCFD 2024 - https://www.parcfd2024.org/en

06/2024: EuroCC AI for Science NVIDIA Bootcamp - https://events.vsc.ac.at/event/130/

05/2024: EuroCC Multi-GPU Programming NVIDIA Bootcamp - https://events.vsc.ac.at/event/129/

04/2024: EuroCC N-Ways to GPU Programming NVIDIA Bootcamp - https://events.vsc.ac.at/event/127/

11/2023: Quantum Computational Science and Engineering Hackathon - https://events.hifis.net/event/1084/

11/2023: MATLAB for HPC Workshop - https://indico3-jsc.fz-juelich.de/event/131/

04/2023: Workshop - Modeling and Simulation of Particle Formation in Turbulent Flows. European Combustion Meeting ECM23 - https://em2c.centralesupelec.fr/mspftf

09/2018: Mini-symposium - Flame- and Flow-Topologies (Part I and Part II). ERCOFTAC Symposium ETMM12. Montpellier – France.

01/2017 – 05/2023: Research seminars - Chair for Fluid Dynamics, IVG - University of Duisburg-Essen. Duisburg – Germany.

Reviewer of official scientific journals

• Proceedings of the Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC)

• Proceedings of the Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics (ParCFD)

• Physics of Fluids

• Combustion and Flame

• Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo

• Experiments in Fluids

• Flow Turbulence and Combustion

• Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

• Fuel

• Combustion Science and Technology

• Scientific Reports - Nature

• Proceedings of the Royal Society A

• European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids

Memberships

• Marie Curie Alumni Association

• German Section of the Combustion Institute

• The Association of German Engineers (VDI)

• European Mechanics Society (EUROMECH)

Division HPC in Applied Science and Engineering

Staff members

PhD students

Master students

Bachelor students

Guests