Gavin Horn is a research engineer with UL's Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI). His research interests include firefighter and fire investigator health and safety, first responder technology development, material testing and nondestructive evaluation. Prior to joining the FSRI team, Horn served as the director of IFSI Research Programs at the University of Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) for 15 years and as a firefighter, apparatus engineer and fire investigator with the Savoy, IL, Fire Department. He holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master's degree in fire protection engineering from the University of Maryland.