Dan Madsen is a new doctoral student that will work in the research area of smoldering fires within the EMRIS-project. The research at the EMRIS-project will be aimed at improving the knowledge both on smoldering mechanisms and on properties of relevant materials. Dan has an educational degree of B.Sc in mechanical and fire protection engineering at Lund University and has worked within the process industry and as a fire consultant. Starting date was September 1.