Carson's research mainly focuses on soot formation in flames of various boundary conditions. His work involves both experimental and numerical studies. His research interests also include jet fuel, alternate fuel, renewable energy, and novel diagnostic techniques.

• The temperature dependence of soot formation in laminar coflow aromatic flames
  C. Chu, M. H. Zaher, M. J. Thomson
  Combustion and Flame, 241, 112074, 2022
  
  
• An experimental and numerical study of the effects of reactant temperatures on soot formation in a coflow diffusion ethylene flame
  C. Chu, Y. Amidpour, N. A. Eaves, M. J. Thomson
  Combustion and Flame, 233, 111574, 2021
  
  
• The effect of elevated reactant temperatures on soot nanostructures in a coflow diffusion ethylene flame
  C. Chu, A. Naseri, T. Mitra, M. Dadsetan, A. Sediako, M. J. Thomson
  Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38 (2), 2525-2532, 2021
  
  
• Investigation of PAH and soot formation in a dimethyl ether (DME) laminar coflow diffusion flame
  T Li, T Mitra, C Chu, Y Yuan, MJ Thomson
  Combustion and Flame 223, 437-449, 2021
  
  
• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon formation in a flame of the alkylated aromatic trimethylbenzene compared to those of the alkane dodecane
  T. Mitra, C. Chu, A. Naseri, M. J. Thomson
  Combustion and Flame, 223, 495-510, 2021
  
  
• On the growth of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a coflow diffusion flame of ethylene
  T. Mitra, Y. Amidpour, C. Chu, N. A. Eaves, M. J. Thomson
  Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38 (1), 1507-1515, 2021
  
  
• The effects of naphthalene-addition to alkylbenzenes on soot formation
  C. Chu, M. J. Thomson
  Combustion and Flame, 215, 169-183, 2020
  
  
• The chemical structure effects of alkylbenzenes on soot formation in a laminar co-flow flame
  C. Chu, T. Zhang, M. J. Thomson
  Combustion and Flame, 204, 237-249, 2019
  
  
• The distillation curve and sooting propensity of a typical jet fuel
  C. Saggese, A. V. Singh, X. Xue, C. Chu, M. R. Kholghy, T. Zhang, J. Camacho, J. Giaccai, J. H. Miller, M. J. Thomson, C. Sung, H. Wang
  Fuel, 235, 350-362, 2019
  
  
• Comparison of multiple diagnostic techniques to study soot formation and morphology in a diffusion flame
  M. R. Kholghy, Y. Afarin, A. D. Sediako, J. Barba, M. Lapuerta, C. Chu, J. Weingarten, B. Borshanpour, V. Chernov, M. J. Thomson
  Combustion and Flame, 176, 567-583, 2017

• Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2021
  
• M. A. Sc, University of Toronto, 2016
  
• B. A. Sc, Mechanical engineering, University of Toronto, 2011

• 2022-present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  
• 2011-2014: Assistant engineer, Parsons Brinckerhoff (now WSP), Hong Kong 

• KAUST Research Conference Travel Fellowship, Saudi Arabia, 2019
  
• NSERC Post Graduate Scholarship (PGS), Canada, 2019
  
• MIE Graduate Student Travel Grant, Canada, 2018/2019
  
• School of Graduate Studies Travel Grant, Canada, 2018
  
• Glynn William Fellowship, Canada, 2018
  
• Neil Duncan Fellowship, Canada, 2016

• Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC)

• Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE)