It is a pleasure for us to announce that Margaret McNamee is appointed as professor in Fire Safety Engineering with focus on fire and the environment and fire chemistry. Margaret comes most recently RISE as Chief Technology Office/Technical Director.  She will join the division from the 1st of October. She has been active in many research projects related to fire chemistry and the environment and fits into our goal to be active in linking fire safety with sustainable development. We wish her welcome to our division.