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Professor Gomez received a Laurea in Ingegneria Aeronautica from University of Naples (Italy) in 1980, and a Masters and Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University (USA) in 1982 and 1986, respectively. After a postdoctoral and lectureship experience in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Yale, he joined the Faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1989, where he raised through the ranks to his current position as Professor.
His research interests focus on fundamentals of combustion and of electrostatic spray processes with applications in the areas of material synthesis, combustion and drug inhalation. Coauthor of more than 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals, he has been the recipient of a NSF Young Investigator Award, the Whitby Award from the American Association for Aerosol Research and awards from the Fulbright Foundation, the Von Karman Institute of Fluid Mechanics, ATA Fiat Research Center, and Aeritalia. He is Associate Editor of Combustion Science and Technology and Director of the Yale Center for Combustion Studies.

Professor Gomez teaches several undergraduate and graduate courses in combustion, energy, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics, and lectures in the energy area to both academic and nonacademic audiences. For further details see http://www.eng.yale.edu/gomez-lab/