2026 John Mantzaras: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	48	1328	1224	18	17	130	6201

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for pioneering experimental and modeling research in hetero-/homogeneous catalytic combustion

Overview

John Mantzaras is affiliated with the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, materials science, and chemical engineering, with significant contributions across several intersecting subfields including computational mechanics, materials chemistry, catalysis, fluid flow and transfer processes, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's work addresses key topics such as catalytic processes in materials science, combustion and flame dynamics, catalysis and oxidation reactions, advanced combustion engine technologies, lattice Boltzmann simulation studies, heat and mass transfer in porous media, and combustion and detonation processes.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by John Mantzaras include:

Heterogeneous and homogeneous combustion of fuel-lean C3H8/O2/N2 mixtures over rhodium, 2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
Kinetic modeling of total oxidation of propane over rhodium, 2021, Combustion and Flame
Insights on the interaction of serpentine channels and gas diffusion layer in an operating polymer electrolyte fuel cell: Numerical modeling across scales, 2021, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
An experimental and numerical investigation of the catalytic-rich/gaseous-lean combustion of H2/CO/air mixtures at 8 bar, 2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
High-pressure kinetic interactions between CO and H2 during syngas catalytic combustion on PdO, 2022, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Ran Sui, Meysam Khatoonabadi, Chung K. Law, Nikolaos I. Prasianakis, and Rolf Bombach.

The majority of John Mantzaras's publications appear in the following venues:

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
Combustion and Flame
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Physical Review E
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

John Mantzaras was recognized as a Fellow of the Combustion Institute in 2020 for pioneering experimental and modeling research in heterogeneous and homogeneous catalytic combustion.

Best Publications

Dynamics of premixed hydrogen/air flames in microchannels

Gianmarco Pizza;Christos E. Frouzakis;John Mantzaras;Ananias G. Tomboulides

268
Citations
An experimental and numerical investigation of homogeneous ignition in catalytically stabilized combustion of hydrogen/air mixtures over platinum

Christoph Appel;John Mantzaras;Rolf Schaeren;Rolf Bombach

234
Citations
High-pressure catalytic combustion of methane over platinum: In situ experiments and detailed numerical predictions

Michael Reinke;John Mantzaras;Rolf Schaeren;Rolf Bombach

193
Citations
Two-dimensional modelling for catalytically stabilized combustion of a lean methane-air mixture with elementary homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical reactions

Urs Dogwiler;Peter Benz;John Mantzaras

184
Citations
Turbulent flame speed for syngas at gas turbine relevant conditions

S. Daniele;P. Jansohn;J. Mantzaras;K. Boulouchos

181
Citations
Fractals and turbulent premixed engine flames

J. Mantzaras;P.G. Felton;F.V. Bracco

172
Citations
Saturation Dependent Effective Transport Properties of PEFC Gas Diffusion Layers

Tomas Rosén;Jens Eller;Jinfen Kang;Nikolaos I. Prasianakis

167
Citations
Hetero-/homogeneous combustion and stability maps in methane-fueled catalytic microreactors☆

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159
Citations
Dynamics of premixed hydrogen/air flames in mesoscale channels

Gianmarco Pizza;Gianmarco Pizza;Christos E. Frouzakis;John Mantzaras;Ananias G. Tomboulides

150
Citations
Gas phase chemistry in catalytic combustion of methane/air mixtures over platinum at pressures of 1 to 16 bar

Michael Reinke;John Mantzaras;Rolf Bombach;Sabine Schenker

143
Citations
Suppression of combustion instabilities of premixed hydrogen/air flames in microchannels using heterogeneous reactions

Gianmarco Pizza;Gianmarco Pizza;John Mantzaras;Christos E. Frouzakis;Ananias G. Tomboulides

140
Citations
High-pressure experiments and modeling of methane/air catalytic combustion for power-generation applications

Richard Carroni;Timothy Griffin;John Mantzaras;Michael Reinke

125
Citations
Three-dimensional simulations of premixed hydrogen/air flames in microtubes

G. Pizza;C. E. Frouzakis;J. Mantzaras;A. G. Tomboulides

124
Citations
Dynamics of premixed flames in a narrow channel with a step-wise wall temperature

Vadim N. Kurdyumov;Gianmarco Pizza;Gianmarco Pizza;Christos E. Frouzakis;John Mantzaras

121
Citations
Catalytic Combustion of Syngas

John Mantzaras

116
Citations
Homogeneous ignition of methane-air mixtures over platinum: Comparison of measurements and detailed numerical predictions

Urs Dogwiler;John Mantzaras;Peter Benz;Beat Kaeppeli

116
Citations
Lattice Boltzmann model for the simulation of multicomponent mixtures.

S. Arcidiacono;I. V. Karlin;I. V. Karlin;J. Mantzaras;C. E. Frouzakis

113
Citations
Three-Dimensional Visualization of Premixed-Charge Engine Flames: Islands of Reactants and Products; Fractal Dimensions; And Homogeneity

John Mantzaras;P. G. Felton;F. V. Bracco

101
Citations
Experimental and numerical investigation of the catalytic partial oxidation of CH4/O2 mixtures diluted with H2O and CO2 in a short contact time reactor

Adrian Schneider;John Mantzaras;Peter Jansohn

96
Citations
Homogeneous combustion of fuel-lean H2/O2/N2 mixtures over platinum at elevated pressures and preheats

Yohannes Ghermay;John Mantzaras;Rolf Bombach;Konstantinos Boulouchos

90
Citations
Effects of finite rate heterogeneous kinetics on homogeneous ignition in catalytically stabilized channel flow combustion

John Mantzaras;Christoph Appel

87
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Konstantinos Boulouchos ETH Zurich

Felix N. Büchi Paul Scherrer Institute

Chung King Law Princeton University

Alexander Wokaun Paul Scherrer Institute

Sven Järås Royal Institute of Technology

Oliver Kröcher Paul Scherrer Institute

Jeroen A. van Bokhoven ETH Zurich

Dimos Poulikakos ETH Zurich

Bernard Delley Paul Scherrer Institute

Ludwig J. Gauckler ETH Zurich

External Links

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