Lionel Soulhac

Lionel Soulhac is a Professor at INSA Lyon and serves as the Deputy Director of the Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides et d’Acoustique (LMFA). He leads the AIR team (Atmospheric and Industrial Research) and is affiliated with the École Centrale de Lyon. His academic focus lies in the Department of Fluid Mechanics, Acoustics, and Energy (MFAE). Dr. Soulhac’s research emphasizes urban atmospheric dispersion, turbulent flows in complex environments, and numerical modeling of pollutant transport. He has contributed to developing operational models like SIRANE and BUILD, which address air quality and emergency response scenarios in urban and industrial settings.

• Teaching responsibilities include courses on fluid mechanics, environmental engineering, and pollution dynamics at École Centrale de Lyon and the University of Lyon.
• Research highlights include studies on concentration fluctuations, vegetation effects in urban canopies, and inverse modeling for source characterization.
• His work integrates experimental wind tunnel studies and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to assess dispersion patterns and urban microclimates.

Recent projects, such as the DIPLOS initiative, focus on pollutant dispersion in street networks and risk assessment methodologies. His contributions bridge academic research with practical applications in environmental safety and urban planning.