Frida Vermina Lundström

Frida studied Fire Safety Engineering at Lund University (Sweden) where she graduated in 2013. Her current PhD studies at Lund University/Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology concern fire behaviour of building products; more specifically Frida focuses on the early stages of fire growth for non-movable installations.

Blanca Andres Valiente

Blanca is originally from Spain. She studied Civil Engineering in the Polytechnic University of Valencia where she specialized on civil constructions and ground engineering. Since January 2013 she has been enrolled as an industrial PhD student at Lund University and the Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology.

The main focus of her studies is the fire behaviour of building barriers used in building constructions as separating elements. Among others her research interests are thermal and mechanical modelling of materials at elevated temperatures, the effect of different fire exposures in thermal and mechanical properties of materials, and the scalability in resistance to fire testing.

Kārlis Livkišs

Karlis is Latvian. He holds M.Sc. degree in fire safety technology from educational program International Masters of Science in Fire Safety Engineering (IMFSE) and B.Eng. degree in Civil Engineering from Rigas Technical University. Karlis reseach interests are material degradation in high temperatures, heat transfer modelling and material interactions during fire event.

Abhishek Bhargava

Abhishek Bhargava joined the R&D department at DBI in the year 2013. Prior to this he was working at TU Bergakadamie Freiberg, Germany. He holds a master’s degree in Material Science Engineering from Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier, France and a bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi India.

Konrad Wilkens

Konrad is originally from Australia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Product design engineering (mechanical engineering + industrial design) and a Master’s degree in Fire Safety Engineering. Before moving to Scandinavia for this PhD position, Konrad worked professionally as a Fire engineering consultant in Brisbane, Australia.

Since January 2013 Konrad has been enrolled as an industrial PhD student at Lund University in cooperation with the Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology, under the Marie Curie fellowship program sponsored by the European Commission.

The main focus of Konrad’s studies is on the fire behaviour of building content (e.g. Upholstered furniture). Within this area, Konrad’s main focus/interests include: fire behaviour and modelling of polyurethane foam (associated with upholstered furniture), and smoke production.