Vasily B. Novozhilov is Professor of Mathematics at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. He previously held professorial positions at the Institute of Fire Safety Engineering Research and Technology at the University of Ulster, UK and at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is a member of The Combustion Institute and has authored or co-authored over 150 publications, including the book Theory of Solid-Propellant Nonsteady Combustion, also from Wiley.