Martin Huber is Director Marketing of Emissions Monitoring & Reduction and works within Honeywell Process Solutions. Martin has been part of the Global Plant & Personnel Safety initiative with Honeywell since 2013 and transitioned into this new role in 2022 to support Honeywell’s sustainability initiatives. Martin is responsible for Marketing and Product Management of the continuous fugitive & process emissions as well as Burner Management & Combustion Control Systems. Key to the initiative is outcome-based programs to measure, monitor, report and reduce emissions using accurate, near real-time data at medium and large operations that are often enterprise wide. This includes, but is not limited to, refineries, pipelines, chemical plants plus on and offshore upstream facilities.
I am Saiyeed Jakaria Baksh Imran. I am an advocate at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and at the same time I work as a lecturer at Metropolitan Law College, Sylhet. I never want to define myself with my profession and I always believe in defining my profession with my work as apart from those professions I mentioned, I also am a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) where I am conducting research in environmental issues and policies. I further am a businessman and a early stage researcher. Most recently I have completed my specialization in Maritime Law from University of Oslo and the thesis which I conducted during my study, had lad my focus in researching the International Maritime Organization's Policies regarding the decarbonization of shipping. I am a passionate person with strong will and determination to achieve my goal. I have had multiple degrees in different areas of laws. I always love challenges and want to contribute in solving one of the most critical issues today that is decarbonization of shipping and help saving our ocean from pollution.
“Only with Clean Environment & Intensions, Rises a Clean Great Nation..!” Very Purpose fully said by Dr. Pritesh M Shah, Chairman of PRIMA Group Pritesh is a dynamic & Very Optimistic personality born in Jamnagar, a small town of Gujarat, INDIA After completing graduation in the year 1990, Dr. Pritesh moved ahead towards achieving his childhood dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Being familiar with and involved in the family business of instrumentation since childhood, he was eager to start his own enterprise. With a meager cash amount of INR 140, he took on the challenge of setting up his own business and that is how PRIMA EQUIPMENT was established on October 11, 1992. When he started designing products, his first priority was the ruggedness and sustainability of our equipment so as to cope with the harsh environment. The electronic PCBs, controllers, panels, enclosures, sensors, and other such parts used in the equipment are able to withstand the toughest industrial environment. This has made PRIMA different from the other players. In 1998, he got an opportunity to develop continuous stack gas emission monitoring equipment and that sparked off a new journey in terms of design, development, and innovation. PRIMA could now provide solutions as per customers’ needs. Since then, his goal has been to provide customized solutions in the sector of pollution and environment monitoring applications to various industries. PRIMA’s USP was that we started providing solutions and not just equipment. Mr. Pritesh has not stopped yet, with a motto to provide International Testing & Calibration Facility at door step to Asian Countries, he has developed an in-house world-class Testing & Calibration Laboratory which is accredited by IAS, U.S.A. The utilization of a built-up manufacturing facility of 27,000 sq. feet in 38,000 sq. feet of land, includes a dedicated research and development department for continual innovation, a technical department for application support, a production and assembly area, and a product gallery area, showcasing the full range of products has made this group as a unique in the field of Gas Detection in its kind. Nurtured the Team of about 80 efficient Professionals who are looking after fulfilling the goal of betterment of humans. The Infrastructure has an environment-friendly atmosphere with the capacity to produce more than 300 systems and 1,000+ portable equipment. Pritesh is planning to have FAT units in 6+ countries Globally by 2023. Being a technocrat and leader in the field Dr. Pritesh M. Shah has been invited to speak at various business and technical meets and conferences. His speeches and presentation are very highly regarded at national as well as international platforms. He is not only a successful Entrepreneur but also a kind-hearted person. He has formed a charitable foundation named “Kalabharti Charitable Foundation”, with the goal to cater to Education, Entrepreneurship & Environment & Build Our Dream Nation. In the span of the last 5 years, KCF initiated a few remarkable Projects which mainly focus on Nation Building by way of Educating a future generation & providing Basic / Infrastructure Facilities for ease of Education. Distributed School Kits, Provided Scholarships for Higher Education & Sponsored Solar Energy for Schools & Colleges by donating 15KVA Solar Roof Tops. Provided Technical / Non-Technical Training & sharpened the Entrepreneurship skill sets of start-ups. Creating Environment Awareness & conservation through various programs. Pritesh visualizes Prima Group as a proud Indian manufacturer supplying equipment internationally. He would like to serve an increasing number of industries with the most affordable solutions while creating more awareness for environment conservation. His mantra is ‘if you can visualize it, you can actualize it.’
As principle scientist I am working at the Van Swinden Laboratory (VSL) the National Metrology Institute in the Netherlands. In the Chemistry group I am involved in the development, management and analysis of gaseous reference materials. Furthermore, I am coordinating the 19NRM03 SI-Hg project (metrology for traceable protocols for elemental an oxidized mercury concentrations) under the European Metrology Program for Innovation and Research (EMPIR).
Doctorate (PhD), Nuclear electronic, Politecnico of Milan, 1999
Masyìter´s Degree in Nuclear Engineering, Electronic Instrumentation, Politecnico of Milan, 1994
Researcher on Environmental monitoring Technologies
National expert in many CEN TC 264 Groups
Coordinator of UNI National Mirror on Ambient Air and Emissions group
Convenor of CEN TC 264 WG 45 and WG 41
Doctorate (PhD), Nuclear electronic, Politecnico of Milan, 1999
Masyìter´s Degree in Nuclear Engineering, Electronic Instrumentation, Politecnico of Milan, 1994
Researcher on Environmental monitoring Technologies
National expert in many CEN TC 264 Groups
Coordinator of UNI National Mirror on Ambient Air and Emissions group
Convenor of CEN TC 264 WG 45 and WG 41
AGT-PSG GmbH & Co. KG 10 years 10 months Managing Director May 2012 - Present (10 years 10 months) "If you can't measure, you can't improve it." Our solutions for sample gas handling our large and small customers around the world to reliably measure processes and emissions. As managing director of AGT-PSG GmbH & Co.KG, I see it as my mission to work together as a team on the development and production of PSG #PerfectSampleGas solutions on a daily basis. We are the only supplier on the market to be able to produce the entire sample gas preparation, from gas extraction (via gas extraction probes) to gas transport (via heated analysis lines) to gas conditioning (via gas cooler). I am convinced that emissions can only really be reduced with globally tested, recognized measurement methods - and our treatment products are the key to this.
Juergen Reinmann is Managing Director of ENVEA GmbH. ENVEA GmbH is the German company of the ENVEA Group a leading provider of environment management solutions. The German company is thereby focused on the production of mercury analyzer systems for emission, air quality and waste water, automatic long-term sampling systems for dioxins, mercury und biogenic CO2 emission monitoring and process instruments for solid flow, level and moisture measurements. Juergen is active for more than 20 years in the field of the long-term sampling of micro-pollutants like dioxins, mercury, heavy metals and biogenic CO2. He is member of the European standardization groups WG 1 for the dioxin measurement standard EN 1948 and WG 8 for mercury sampling and measurement. He received in the year 1990 his diploma degree in Physic from Goethe University in Frankfurt / Main Germany.
Stephen B. Harrison is the founder and managing director at sbh4 GmbH in Germany. His work focuses on decarbonisation and greenhouse gas emissions control. E-fuels such as Hydrogen and Ammonia are fundamental pillars of his consulting practice. He has also served as the international hydrogen expert and team leader for multiple Asian Development Bank, World Bank and IFC projects related to CCUS and renewable hydrogen deployment in Namibia, Pakistan, Palau and Viet Nam. With a background in industrial and specialty gases, including 27 years at BOC Gases, The BOC Group and Linde Gas, Stephen has intimate knowledge of CEM gas analysis, gas detection and gas sensor technologies commercial, technical, operational, regulatory and compliance perspectives. For 14 years, he was a global business leader in these FTSE100 and DAX30 companies. Stephen has extensive buy-side and sell-side M&A due diligence and investment advisory experience in the energy and clean-tech sectors. Private Equity firms and investment fund managers and green-tech start-ups are regular clients. Working with Environmental Technology Publications, Stephen is a member of the scientific committee for CEM 2023 – the leading international conference for Continuous Emissions Monitoring. He also served on the advisory boards for the International Power Summit in Munich in September 2022 and the Green Hydrogen Summit in Oman in December 2022. He is also an advisory board member to gasworld and H2 View.
Mr. Swanson graduated from Stanford University with a B.A.S. His work experience includes environmental engineering and consulting utilizing U.S. EPA Part 60, Appendix A and other reference methods for stack gas analysis. Mr. Swanson has supervised hundreds of environmental monitoring projects of various scope from CEMS and PEMS quality assurance support and training to turnkey installations of complete continuous emissions monitoring and predictive emissions monitoring systems that have been certified under U.S. EPA 40 CFR Part 60 and 40 CFR Part 75 performance standards. Mr. Swanson is the manager of the team that created the SmartCEM™ predictive emissions monitoring software and system and its core components including the SmartCEMS® Analyzer and SmartCEMS®-75 and SmartCEMS®-60. Recently, Mr. Swanson supervised the design, implementation, and certification of SmartCEMS® at several sites under U.S. EPA 40 CFR Part 75, Subpart E. These sites included certification of PEMS for compliance monitoring of gas-fired turbines and boilers.
Sanjeev K. Kanchan is a known environmental expert and consultant who has contributed in the development of various regulatory tools including Critically Polluted Areas, real time pollution monitoring systems, and new pollution norms for industrial sectors in India. Currently he is an Adviser to the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW, India). He is also associated with UNEP’s Global Mercury Partnership (coal-combustion) and the International Centre for Environment Audit and Sustainable Development (C&AG, Government of India). Prior to CEEW, he has served to the International Centre to Sustainable Carbon (ICSC, UK) as a Principal Associate, Adage Automation, India as a Vice President (Strategy and Environment), Knowledge Lens, India as a Chief Strategy and Development Officer and the Centre for Science and Environment, India as a Programme Manager. In the past, he has also been a member to PM-ETS Market Oversight Committee- Forest and Env. Dept. of the Govt. of Gujarat and the Management Systems Certification Scheme Committee of BIS, India. Sanjeev has been an active researcher, advocacy professional and trainer with vast expertise in resource efficiency, pollution monitoring and control technology, best practices, best technology, life cycle assessment, policies, regulations and compliance etc., He has closely worked with various government institutions, industries, leading think tanks, research institutions, professionals and civil societies in India and overseas. Sanjeev is also a published author and columnist. On real time monitoring, some of his published books include “CEMS- A Technical Guidance Manual”, “CEMS and CEQMS implementation in India: Inspection Manual” and “Status of implementation of Continuous Emission Monitoring System in Coal-fired Thermal Power Plants in India” etc. His extensive research on resource efficiency and the performance benchmarking of major Indian industrial sectors have been published as notable books- “Grain by Grain” on Urea making sector, “Heat on Power” on coal based thermal power sector, “Into the Furnace” on integrated iron and steel industries and “Best Available Techniques for Indian Iron and Steel Sector”. Whereas, he writes research articles, columns, blogs for various science magazines, research journals and print and online media platforms for advocacy, has continues to train environmental regulators, industries and consultants in India for capacity building.
Sanjeev K. Kanchan is a known environmental expert and consultant who has contributed in the development of various regulatory tools including Critically Polluted Areas, real time pollution monitoring systems, and new pollution norms for industrial sectors in India. Currently he is an Adviser to the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW, India). He is also associated with UNEP’s Global Mercury Partnership (coal-combustion) and the International Centre for Environment Audit and Sustainable Development (C&AG, Government of India). Prior to CEEW, he has served to the International Centre to Sustainable Carbon (ICSC, UK) as a Principal Associate, Adage Automation, India as a Vice President (Strategy and Environment), Knowledge Lens, India as a Chief Strategy and Development Officer and the Centre for Science and Environment, India as a Programme Manager. In the past, he has also been a member to PM-ETS Market Oversight Committee- Forest and Env. Dept. of the Govt. of Gujarat and the Management Systems Certification Scheme Committee of BIS, India. Sanjeev has been an active researcher, advocacy professional and trainer with vast expertise in resource efficiency, pollution monitoring and control technology, best practices, best technology, life cycle assessment, policies, regulations and compliance etc., He has closely worked with various government institutions, industries, leading think tanks, research institutions, professionals and civil societies in India and overseas. Sanjeev is also a published author and columnist. On real time monitoring, some of his published books include “CEMS- A Technical Guidance Manual”, “CEMS and CEQMS implementation in India: Inspection Manual” and “Status of implementation of Continuous Emission Monitoring System in Coal-fired Thermal Power Plants in India” etc. His extensive research on resource efficiency and the performance benchmarking of major Indian industrial sectors have been published as notable books- “Grain by Grain” on Urea making sector, “Heat on Power” on coal based thermal power sector, “Into the Furnace” on integrated iron and steel industries and “Best Available Techniques for Indian Iron and Steel Sector”. Whereas, he writes research articles, columns, blogs for various science magazines, research journals and print and online media platforms for advocacy, has continues to train environmental regulators, industries and consultants in India for capacity building.
After graduating with an engineering degree from UniLaSalle Institute and a MBA from Paris school of management, Etienne has been working for the international business development of gas analyser manufacturers since 2012. He joined AP2E in 2016, as Europe sales manager. After the acquisition of AP2E by DURAG group, Etienne became Sales & Service director of the company in 2020. AP2E is a French manufacturer of gas analysers based on OFCEAS and Low Pressure Sampling technologies, and member of the DURAG group. DURAG is an international provider of technologies for a clean a safe environment including process and environmental monitoring, combustion and safety monitoring as well as tunnel and traffic monitoring.
Alexander Schladitz‘ Biography 1. Alexander Schladitz has the role of a Technical Owner of the Particle Measurement Department at SICK (Dresden, Germany). He worked there since more than 6years. Alexander is currently working as a Systems Engineer and metrologist in the Fine Dust Emissions Monitoring project. He published 2 worldwide granted patents at his time at SICK. 2. Before joing SICK, Alexander works as head a of R&D at Grimm Aerosol Technik (Pouch, Germany) a leading company for handheld aerosol measurement devices. He was responsible for 5 employees in the R&D team. A3. lexander received a Diploma degree in Meteorology from the University of Leipzig (Germany) and a holds aPh.D. in Aerosol Physics from Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research in cooperation with University of Leipzig.
Amedeo Manuel Cefalì is graduated in Environmental and Landscape Sciences at the University of Milano-Bicocca. During 2019-2020 he worked as a Research Fellow at the Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group of University of Milano-Bicocca. He carried out studies concerning the monitoring of the main atmospheric pollutants in indoor and outdoor environment. Furthemore, he contribuited to the development of environmental low-cost sensors. He has been a PhD student in Chemical Sciences since 2021 at University of Milano-Bicocca. The PhD project, in collaboration with RSE S.p.A, concers the study of methodologies for the preparation of repeatable and artifact-free standards of organic pollutants (HCHO) using Proficiency Tests in synthetic Reactors Bench.
Senior Expert Researcher and Project Manager - Air Quality measurements for aerosol - Consultancy and research projects for Flemish Authorities, industry, European Commission - Transfer of scientific knowledge to policy advice - Project coordination Research - Defining and elaboration of measurement strategies - Environmental impact assessment - Development and elaboration of analytical methods for particulate matter and asbestos - Human health risk assessment of chemicals (indirect environmental exposure ) - Emission measurements (point sources, fugitive) - Occupational (indoor) environment and ambient air
Stephen Beynon is Sales Director EMEA for Optical Gas Imaging at Teledyne FLIR. Steve joined Teledyne FLIR in April 2006 as a UK Area Sales Manager before taking on the responsibility for the Sales and Business Development of the Teledyne FLIR Optical Gas Imaging range of cameras in November 2010, for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Since then, Steve has dedicated his professional life to Optical Gas Imaging, presenting at several conferences in Europe and the Middle East as well as coordinating Teledyne FLIR Product Management and Business Development activities supporting EU independent testing initiatives for Optical Gas Imaging. Prior to joining Teledyne FLIR, Steve spent 15 years in the electronics and semiconductor manufacturing industry. First as an apprentice electronics engineer working for GEC Marconi, then deployed full time into the Wireless LAN development team that ultimately developed Bluetooth technology, before moving into sales in 1996, selling capital gain metrology equipment solutions across Europe to the semiconductor wafer processing and related industries.
Jerome has a technical engineer background in applied physics and instrumentation. Since 1993, he has built up strong technical and sales skills in the field of gas analysis instrumentation and complete monitoring systems through his work in different departments of ENVEA, such as the QA/QC and sales. After several years spent to develop ENVEA's business in Europe and North America, Jerome joined the PM team of ENVEA as Product Manager for gas emissions and air quality analyzers.
Since 02.2014 - Business Development Manager/Deputy Head of Process & Environmental Germany, HORIBA Europe GmbH 04.2007-01.2014 - Product & Industry Manager, ABB Automation GmbH 04.2005-03.2007 - European Innovation Coordinator, University of Heidelberg 04.2003-03.2005 - Postdoc, AK Comba, University of Heidelberg, Germany 2001 - PhD (Chemistry), Rhodes University, South Africa
Peter Blinksbjerg has 25+ years of experience with tasks and projects within measurements and flue gas cleaning on Waste-to-Energy Plants both as a consultant and employee. For more than a decade Peter was very active in European standardisation, E.g. as chairman of CEN/TC264/WG 9 that wrote the QA of AMs standard, and later on as Chairman of CEN/TC 264 Air Quality. During the early beginning of this century Peter was one of the main actors in organising the CEM conferences. Peter was one of the first in Denmark to see the possibility of CO2 capture at waste-to-energy plants and has been the main man behind ARC's activities in the area. Since summer 2022, Peter has had his own consulting company (12plus30).
Kenneth Vindum has participated in the creation of the world’s first DAHS standard, EN 17255 in CEN/TC264/WG 9 and is the founder and CEO of Olicem A/S whose primary product is the MCERTS certified DAHS system ReportLoq. The system has been delivered to +14 countries world-wide. He has for the past +20 years worked with development of IT systems as a Full-Stack developer and IT security expert. Kenneth has used the combination of knowledge within international standards and IT systems development to make one of the first web-enabled DAHS systems on the market. Despite Kenneth’s title as CEO in Olicem, he is still very active in the development of new features for DAHS systems. His current work is about CO2 data management and scoping DAHS for maritime usage
Igor Zivkovic defended his doctoral dissertation entitled "Seasonal changes in mercury speciation and the composition of the microbial community in the seawater in the central Adriatic Sea" in 2018. After completing his PhD, Igor Zivkovic worked at the Jožef Stefan Institute as an assistant with a doctorate on the MercOx project (2018 – 2021). The aim of the project was to ensure the traceable determination of elemental and oxidized mercury in the atmosphere. Igor Zivkovic worked on the development of traceable calibration for the determination of oxidized and total mercury in air and flue gases. He also worked on the development of methods for preconcentration of mercury and the determination of stable mercury isotopes in biological and atmospheric samples (lichens, particulate matter). Igor Zivkovic was also involved in the work on the iGOSP project (Integrated Global Observing Systems for Persistent Pollutants), which aimed to develop international environmental monitoring systems in accordance with European and international rules. Currently, he is working on SI-Hg (Metrology for traceable protocols for elemental and oxidised mercury concentrations) and IsoCont projects (Innovative Isotope Based Techniques for the Identification of Sources and Biochemical Cycling of Mercury in Contaminated Sites).
Rod Robinson is a principal research scientist at the National Physical Laboratory in the UK
Tuula is principal scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. Her background is in emission measurements and especially on their quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC). She has been involved in standardisation work by European Standardisation Organisation CEN/TC264 for several years, being member of several working groups of CEN/TC264 and also the chairman of Finnish mirror group for CEN/TC264. Tuula has been the project manager for several capacity building projects focusing on the improvement of emission measurement capacities in countries like Chile, India, Uruguay and Baltic countries. She has contributed to several Finnish guidelines for the implementation of quality assurance procedures for emission measurements, such as Handbook for emission measurements. She has also been responsible for organising ILC (interlaboratory comparisons) for Finnish stack testing teams.
Dr Giuseppe Smirne is a Senior Research Analyst who been working at Emerson Automation Solution for nearly ten years. Educated as a physicist (University of Pisa, Italy, and University of Oxford, UK), he has joined the product development team at Emerson in 2013 contributing to various aspect of new product fevelopment, instrumetation, and applications of QCL spectroscopy for gas analysis.
Alexander Schladitz‘ Biography 1. Alexander Schladitz has the role of a Technical Owner of the Particle Measurement Department at SICK (Dresden, Germany). He worked there since more than 6years. Alexander is currently working as a Systems Engineer and metrologist in the Fine Dust Emissions Monitoring project. He published 2 worldwide granted patents at his time at SICK. 2. Before joing SICK, Alexander works as head a of R&D at Grimm Aerosol Technik (Pouch, Germany) a leading company for handheld aerosol measurement devices. He was responsible for 5 employees in the R&D team. 3. Alexander received a Diploma degree in Meteorology from the University of Leipzig (Germany) and a holds aPh.D. in Aerosol Physics from Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research in cooperation with University of Leipzig.
Roberto Parola holds a Master of Science degree in engineering from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He has spent more than 20 years in the safety, health & environmental protection area and specialty gases product management and R&D commercialization, both in Europe and Asia. In 2007 he joined the Linde Gas headquarter, being globally responsible for product stewardship and product legislation. In 2015 he moved to a global product management position for specialty gases and equipment focusing on environmental related topics such as ambient air quality monitoring and static, automotive and marine emissions monitoring. In 2020 he joined the Linde Technology R&D team focusing on new specialty gases applications. Specialties: Ambient Air Quality regulations and Emissions regulations for vehicles (on-road and off-road), ships (MARPOL) and industrial plants (Industrial Emission Directive-IED and Medium Combustion Plant Directive-MCPD). Product Legislation such as Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR), Plant Protection Products Regulation (PPPR). Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality Management Systems including Risk Assessment, Product Life-Cycle Assessment, Emergency Response, Labs Accreditation.
Dr Jean-Christophe MIFSUD is President and Founder of ELLONA, previously called RUBIX SI. He had previous experience as founder and Chief Executive Officer of ALPHA M.O.S, a worldwide leading company in Smart Sensing Systems, and headquartered in Toulouse, France. He founded this company in 1993, for which the mission is to develop instrument correlated with the human senses, particularly those of smell and the taste, developing Electronic Nose, Electronic Tongue and Eyes for the food and cosmetics industries. Dr. MIFSUD has floated ALPHA M.O.S on the Nouveau Marché of the Paris Stock exchange in 1998. Before funding Alpha-MOS, he acquired professional experiences within M & A Department of Rhone Poulenc Inc. USA, and DLJ US Investment Bank in New York . He first earns a Chemical Engineering degree from Toulouse University, then holds a MBA from the ESSEC business school in Paris and a PhD in Neurochemistry at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA. He also holds more than 25 patents in various fields.
Graduated in Chemistry from the University of Valencia, I did the Master in Experimental Techniques in Chemistry at the same university. I specialized in several techniques of chemical analysis as liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, mass spectroscopy, electrophoresis, among others. I did my master internship at AIMPLAS for 7 months, during this period of time I was in the Automotive Laboratory performing different chromatography tests for the study of emissions and characterization of materials. During my studies I did two more internships, the first one at the Public Health Laboratory of Valencia where I collaborated in the analysis of water for human consumption by chromatographic techniques and the second one at the University of Valencia where I collaborated in the development of new analysis methods. Since January 2022 I am Technician of the Chromatography Laboratory of AIMPLAS, previously, from October 2021 to December 2021, I was Technician in the Automotive Laboratory of AIMPLAS.
Mr. Wilber has over 45 years of experience in research, testing, management and operations of entities dealing with the performance and supply of technologies for emissions monitoring, air and water pollution control. He has served as an expert witness in over 20 cases dealing with both thermal performance and environmental impact assessments. For the last 18 years, he has served as General Manager of Tekran Instruments Corporation, supplier of trace level mercury measurements systems and services. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Engineering Science and Mechanics.
Juergen Reinmann is Managing Director of ENVEA GmbH, formerly known as Mercury Instruments GmbH. ENVEA GmbH is a leading manufacturer of mercury analyzer systems for emission, air quality and waste water and automatic long-term sampling systems for dioxins, mercury and biogenic CO2 emission monitoring. ENVEA GmbH is part of ENVEA, which is a global leading provider of environment management solutions for the protection of people and planet. Juergen is active for over 20 years in the field of the long-term sampling of micro-pollutants like dioxins, mercury, heavy metals and biogenic CO2. He is member of the European standardization groups WG 1 for the dioxin measurement standard EN 1948 and WG 8 for mercury sampling and measurement. He received in the year 1990 his diploma degree in Physic from Goethe University in Frankfurt / Main Germany.
Brice Berthelot received the Ph.D. degree in the field of MEMS-based indoor air quality microsensors development from the University Paris-Est. After an industrial experience as research, development and innovation project manager of industrial gas monitoring and mapping products, he joined the unit dedicated to the characterization of the air quality near sources of emissions at the French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks (Ineris). His work focuses on the development of innovative methods coupling drones, sensors and modelisation for air quality monitoring around industrial sites.
Electrical & Electronical engineer. MS Environmental Engineering. MS Security and Health engineering. MS Industrial and Organizational Engineering. Over 20 years teaching graduated and master degree students in the areas of: - Continuous emission monitoring design and maintenance. - Energetic auditing for Industries. - EN14181 and European regulations. - Measuring and controlling industrial contaminantion. Inspectiona and audition industrial process for over 20 years.
Director of Product Management at Gasmet Technologies.
With a career spanning over eight years at Gasmet Technologies, I have established myself as a results-driven Sales Manager with a strong focus on customer satisfaction and business growth. Based in Finland, I have been entrusted with direct sales responsibilities within the country while also providing exceptional customer support to ensure a seamless experience for our clients.
My role extends beyond Finland as I actively assist our valued partners across multiple countries, leveraging my expertise to support their sales efforts and ensure consistent brand representation. By fostering strong relationships and effective communication, I have played a vital role in enhancing the performance and market presence of Gasmet Technologies on a global scale.
Through my comprehensive understanding of our products, services, and industry trends, I have been able to provide valuable insights and strategic recommendations to drive business growth and maintain our competitive edge. I remain dedicated to delivering exceptional results, strengthening our global presence, and upholding Gasmet Technologies' reputation as an industry leader.
Researcher in the field of stationary source emissions at INERIS (French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks) for 20 years, involved in standardization at French level, in inter-laboratory comparisons organized by INERIS on a test bench, in studies at French level or with European partners.
Project engineer
INERIS, France
Characterization of atmospheric emissions
▪ Characterization of domestic and industrial emissions
▪ Decision support to the French competent authorities
Business or sector INERIS is a French public research body of an industrial and commercial character, under the aegis of the French Ministry of Ecology
Thomas is a higher research scientist with more than 10 years experience in emission monitoring. He runs the NPL stack emission proficiency testing schemes.
Benjamin Cea, I am an engineer and a doctor of science. I have been in charge of studies and research attached to the “Characterization of Atmospheric and Aqueous EMISsions” (EMIS) Unit of the “Environments and Impacts on Living Things” (MIV) Department at Ineris for 3 years. I carry out studies on the characterization of atmospheric emissions of industrial, tertiary and domestic origin for organizations such as the Ministry of the Environment, and Ademe and I intervene in research projects financed by European programs (EMPIR , Life). I recently: - published as first author a scientific article within the framework of the EMPIR program: Cea, B; Fraboulet, Isaline; Feuger, Océane; Hugony, Francesca; Morreale, Carmen; Migliavacca, Gabriele; Sig Andersen, Jes; Warming-Jespersen, Morten Gottlieb; Bäckström, Daniel; Janhäll, Sara (Accepted November 08, 2021). Development and evaluation of an innovative method based on dilution to sample solid and condensable fractions of particles emitted by residential wood combustion. Energy & Fuels. - co-wrote a note in collaboration with the Citepa (authority in charge of emission inventories on French territory) on the reassessment of emission factors for total particles (solid and condensable) from domestic wood heating (https://www.ineris.fr/fr/reevaluation-facteurs-emission-particules-totales-solide-condensable-chauffage-domestique-bois, 2022).
Mathias is Product Manager in the process and emission monitoring business unit of DURAG Group. DURAG is a manufacturer of sensors and systems for emission monitoring and control. He has always worked on the broad field of thermal energy conversion and emission control. He studied mechanical engineering with focus on thermal power plants and internal combustion engines in Hamburg, Germany. His career started in research about carbon capture in coal fired power plants and biomass to liquid processes. He has also been involved in the German contribution to the revision of the BAT Reference Document (BREF) for Large Combustion Plants. After joining DURAG in 2016 he worked as project manager in the development department.
Sebastien Dieu, technical Manager for The French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks (Ineris) at Ambiant Air Characterisation Close to Source Unit. 15 years of experience in the field of emission characterization
Dr. Haydn Barros
Higher Research Scientist at the Emissions and Atmospheric Metrology Group, National Physical Laboratory, UK.
Nuclear applied physicist with more than 25 years in R&D on environment and industry, methods development and pollutants dispersion.
My name is Inaki Mugica. I am a graduate in Chemical Engineering of the University of the Basque Country. I studied a Research-Based Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering at that same university and I have worked more or less closely in the Aerosol Research Group of the Faculty of Engineering in Bilbao since December 2011. I worked for two years at RAMEN, at its European trademark IONER, as a chemical engineer responsible for the design and optimization of aerosol and nanoparticle characterization equipment. In 2018 together with my partner, we formed the environmental services company SUMA from which we are mainly dedicated to specialized measurements of atmospheric pollutants and the installation and maintenance of continuous emission monitoring systems. We also carry out other advisory tasks and participate in R&D projects.
Full-Professor of Chemical Engineering at Jaume I University, in Castellón (Spain) and Researcher at Institute of Ceramic Technology (ITC-AICE) in Castelló (Spain) since 1988. Co-author of 100 research papers, 17 books and 230 communications at conference and symposia on different subjects related to ceramic and environmental engineering. He has participated in more than 100 R&D projects conduced at ITC-AICE, funded by private companies as well as Public bodies.
As the Digital Lead for Measurement and Analytics in Europe at ABB AG, Henning von Hörsten, has been with the company since 1997 in various roles around the globe, from Trainee to Manager. In his current role, Henning von Hoersten is involved with developing, planning, and implementing digital solutions and products for measurement technologies in process industries and emissions monitoring across Europe, in cooperation with local sales and service teams. The role also involves introducing ABB Ability™ Genix Datalyzer, a cloud-based analyzer fleet monitoring solution for process monitoring systems that provides information and insights from the fleet level to individual device parameters.
Chris Dimopoulos is a Senior Research Scientist and technical lead within industrial emissions at the UK National Physical Laboratory. Chris holds a BSc in Environmental Science and an MSc(Eng.) in Environmental Engineering and Project Management both from the University of Leeds. He has over fifteen years’ practical experience of emissions monitoring and represents the UK as an expert on a number of CEN TC 264 and ISO TC 146. He is currently convenor of ISO TC 146/SC1 WG36 on the revision of EN ISO 16911 on the measurement of flow from stacks.
ordi Puig is a Physicist in Generalitat de Catalunya the competent Authority of one of the most industrialized region of Spain. He is in charge assuring CEMS data quality procedures and legislation fulfilment from plants that range large combustion plants, waste incinerators, petrol refinery plants and cement kilns to medium combustion plants or Solvent user industry. He is in charge of adapting national standardization on CEMs quality Assurance, Data acquisition and Treatment, and data transmission to check the fulfilment of IED and MID. Since 2009 Jordi is a member of the Spanish Standardization Association in the Air Quality Committee. On 2011 he started as member of the European Standardization Committee in CEN/TC 264 in WG 9. He has actively participated in EN 14181:2014 and the series of DAHS Standards 17255 mainly focusing on the final usability of CEMs and DAHS data to adapt to Directives specifications and needs. Holding a MSc in Meteorology from Barcelona's University Physicist faculty he has formerly hold positions on air quality improvement, urban pollution mitigation and emissions inventories calculation in Oesia group and positions on wind turbines micro sitting an operational control in Alstom Power.
Degree in Geological Sciences, at Barcelona University (1982 - 1987). Master in Environmental Engineering and Management, by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (1997 - 1999). From 1999 to 2021, technician at the Monitoring and Control Air Survey. Department of Environment - Government of Catalonia. (Environmental Authority of Catalonia, Spain). From January 2022, Head of Inspection and Control at the Territorial Services of the Generalitat de Catalunya in Barcelona. Technical Auditor in the fields of air pollution for inspection bodies (according to EN ISO/IEC 17020 standard) and testing laboratories (according to EN ISO IEC 17025 standard), qualified by the Spanish Accreditation Body (ENAC) Member committee, representing the Government of Catalunya in the working group AEN-CTN 77, SC2 air, of the Spanish Standardization Body
Dharmender Jhamb Vice President, Paytm Dharmender Jhamb is a veteran in Digital Payment and Financial Services vertical with over 15 years of experience, he is presently working as Vice President, Paytm, and He looks after Public Policy, Government Relations, and Strategic partnerships at Paytm and its companies. He has in-depth knowledge of Digital Payments and has been working on the growth of Digital payments as a Consultant, Policy Expert, and Technology Expert. He has worked in a senior management capacity in PricewaterhouseCoopers India, National Institute of Smart Government, and Tata Consultancy Services in many countries such as India, USA (NYC), Senegal, Ghana, Bangladesh, and Dubai. He is a member of the National committee of CII, FICCI, NASSCOM, ASSOCHAM and PCI. He has authored research articles in National and International Journals on Policy and Technology Landscape with a special focus on increasing trust in Digital Payments. He is post graduate in Management from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
Dr Deepak Kumar is presently working as Sr Manager Environment (Iron making) Tata Steel Ltd Jamshedpur, India. He has done PhD from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, India
Lucas Hawkins is an Instrumental Chemist working within Tekran’s research and development group. Working over 25 years in the analytical industry, Lucas has been an analytical scientist, participated in contracted research, and currently provides sales and technical support for Tekran’s instrumental production group.
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Mrs Tuula Kajolinna professional background is in emission and biogas measurements, their quality assurance (QA) and developing new gas measurement systems. Together with my colleagues I have written several Finnish guidelines for the implementation of different quality assurance procedures for emission measurements, organising national comparison measurements for Finnish emission measurement laboratories and worked in capacity building projects focusing on the improvement of emission measurement capacities in countries like Chile, India, Uruguay, Russia and Baltic countries. I have been member of CEN/TC 264/WG 27 working group ‘Measurement of odour impact by field inspection’ and I also work as a technical expert for Finnish accreditation service FINAS in the field of odour measurements. My upcoming dissertation is related to CO2 capture processes.
Dr. Edurne Ibarrola is Scientific Director (CSO) at Kunak Technologies. She received the degree in biology at the University of Navarra (Spain) and the M.sc at the University of Tromso (Norway) in 2012 and 2014, respectively. She obtained the PhD degree in remote sensing and environmental science from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain in 2019. She is responsible for innovation and development tasks in air quality sensor-based devices, such as improving sensors' behaviour, dealing with all their challenges and working on how to improve the accuracy of the data. She works on research and development projects with universities and research centers, giving support related to air quality and sensor-based instrument performance. She is, as well responsible for regulation with legislation bodies and certifications. She is a member of the CEN/TC264/WG42, which developed technical specification "UNE-CEN/TS 17660-1:2021 - Air Quality-Performance evaluation of air quality sensors" and WG41 "Emissions and ambient air – Instrumental odour monitoring".
Dr. Edurne Ibarrola is Scientific Director (CSO) at Kunak Technologies. She received the degree in biology at the University of Navarra (Spain) and the M.sc at the University of Tromso (Norway) in 2012 and 2014, respectively. She obtained the PhD degree in remote sensing and environmental science from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain in 2019. She is responsible for innovation and development tasks in air quality sensor-based devices, such as improving sensors' behaviour, dealing with all their challenges and working on how to improve the accuracy of the data. She works on research and development projects with universities and research centers, giving support related to air quality and sensor-based instrument performance. She is, as well responsible for regulation with legislation bodies and certifications. She is a member of the CEN/TC264/WG42, which developed technical specification "UNE-CEN/TS 17660-1:2021 - Air Quality-Performance evaluation of air quality sensors" and WG41 "Emissions and ambient air – Instrumental odour monitoring".
M.S., Kyungpook National University, Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Korea, 2022 B.S, Kyungpook National University, Department Environmental Engineering, Korea, 2014 Researcher, Korea Testing Laboratory, Korea, 2016 - present
In 1986, Mr. Kahr started in an Austrian Research facility as Laboratory manager for measurement and testing. Aim of this laboratory was to support the development of incinerators to burn biomass, mixtures of biomass mixtures, fractions from paper industry, straw, different waste fractions in combination with wood.
From 1995 to 2000, he was the technical director of a fluidized bed incineration testing plant with 1 MW and more than 100 test burnings of different types of waste and biomass.
From 1986 to 2000 he developed a continuous dioxin Long term sampling system.
From 2001 to 2014 Mr. Kahr was general manager of the company “MonitoringSystems GmbH”. The target of this company, to reduce I-TEQ emissions based on informations received from continuous long term sampling systems.
Since 2014, the Genius5-Instruments was founded with the main target to establish long term measurement systems for CO2 in stacks, to measure the biogenic fraction. The PmCTrace was established.
Robert Baxter is a co-founder of B3 Systems and has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arkansas. Since 1991, B3 Systems has been providing key support functions to the emission testing and monitoring markets.
Robert Baxter is a co-founder of B3 Systems and has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arkansas. Since 1991, B3 Systems has been providing key support functions to the emission testing and monitoring markets.
Dr. Irina Celades López - Head of the Sustainability Area of the Instituto de Tecnologia Cerámica (Castellón, Spain) PhD in Chemical Engineering by Jaume I University (2013, Castellón-Spain). From 1996-2000 worked as Environmental technician in the Environmental Department of the Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica in Castellón. Since 2000 till 2018, she has been as Head of Environmental Department of the Instituto de Tecnologia Cerámica. From 2019 till now, she is Head of the Sustainability Area of the Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica. Co-author of more than 50 research papers, 2 books and approximately 80 communications at conferences and symposia on different subjects relating to ceramic technology and chemical engineering and environmental issues. She has participated in more than a hundred R&D, Consultancy projects, funded by industry, Public organisations belonging to the regional, national, and EU bodies. Expertise in topics related to environmental issues, specially related to atmospheric emissions, environmental technologies, circular economy (specially in Industrial Symbiosis) and ceramic and related processes, moreover, she has experience in ecodesign and environmental communication such as ecolabels and environmental product declarations. She has experience as a technical auditor for the Spanish National Accreditation Body (ENAC) in the field of Conformity assessment - Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection (ISO/IEC 17020:2012). Member of different National and European committees related to environmental issues (Development ecological criteria for EU Ecolabel for Coverings, Atmospheric working group at National level for standards development, member of the technical working group for BREF development/discussion process (Waste Gas Chemicals, Glass and Ceramics). Speaker at various conferences and teaching courses on industrial ecology, atmospheric emissions measurements, environmental communications tools, environmental legislation, BAT and technologies, etc.
Marc Nodorft is Co-Founder of DEUS-POLLUTRACK, the largest European emission measurement network in over 30 European major cities. He is project coordinator of the Smart City EU project "DEUS SmartAir" and formerly headed the foreign offices of the leading German SME Association in Ulaanbator and Beijing.
David Graham is a Technical Consultant with Uniper, working at their Technology Centre near Nottingham, England. He provides support to the UK power industry in relation to continuous emissions monitoring, emissions reporting and compliance issues for all plant types. This includes the development of guidance for reporting under the EU’s Emissions Trading System. Before joining Uniper, he was a gas turbine combustion engineer with Alstom for six years and, prior to that, he worked on various aspects of combustion and environmental science with British Gas. He is a past chair of the UK Source Testing Association and the VGB Technical Group: Emissions Monitoring. David is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.
Jeff is a Senior Scientist with EPA’s Office of Research and Development where he has been doing fundamental and applied combustion, incineration and emissions control technology research and emissions measurements for nearly 40 years. Jeff’s research focuses primarily on emissions measurement methods development research. Jeff has contributed to a multitude of EPA’s formal and informal methods including those found in 40 CFR Part 60 and SW-846. Currently, Jeff is ORD’s lead to develop PFAS emissions test methods.
Erkki Lamminen studied aerosol physics at Tampere University of Technology with a focus on particle dilution and conditioning systems for combustion aerosols. He has been with Dekati Ltd. for over 20 years working on different aspects of business development and instrument research for particulate measurements. He is currently a board member and the VP and Sales Director of Dekati Ltd.
PhD student of analytical chemistry at the working group of Sigurd Schober at the Unversity of Graz. Topic of the thesis is the impact of renewable fuels on HC exhaust emissions of small gasoline powered ICEs. Prior to this study of technical chemistry at NAWI Graz. Bachelor thesis at working group of Gregor Trimmel on bismuth-based perovskite type organic solar cells and master thesis at working group of Martin Mittelbach on catalytic fractionation of larch wood.
Qingnan Liu, Ph.D. is a physical scientist with the NIST Gas Sensing Metrology Group. At NIST he is working on the certifications of gas standards for industries under government regulations. Prior to NIST, Qingnan stayed in academia for 13 years and has experience in various of laser spectroscopy applications including Cavity Ring-Down, Photoacoustic, Laser Induced Fluorescence, Ultra-high Resolution Infrared and Ultra-fast Optical Fields. He also designed and built several instrumentations on molecular spectroscopy studies for lab and field. He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry (2008) from University of Maryland, College Park. His research interests are in laser spectroscopy, atmospheric chemistry, gas sensing metrology, molecular dynamics, scientific instrument design and construction. He is the author of 16 peer-reviewed publications.
I am Currently working on the development of CEMS& CAAQMS calibration, testing and certification facility. Maintaining Primary Ozone Standard facility at CSIR-NPL and providing apex level calibration facility for surface ozone measurements in the country. I have developed a facility for performance evaluations of ozone analyzers for the ozone analyzer manufacturers, 3D scanning lidar for atmospheric studies, twilight photometer for aerosols studies etc. I have produced two Ph.D. degrees. Currently supervising three Ph.D. students in the faculty of Physical Science in AcSIR. I have published more than 25 research papers in peer reviewed journals and presented more than 30 research papers in national and international conferences.
Mr. Richard Münchmeyer is Sales Manager at OPSIS AB since 2012.
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Jeff is a Senior Scientist with EPA’s Office of Research and Development where he has been doing fundamental and applied combustion, incineration and emissions control technology research and emissions measurements for nearly 40 years. Jeff’s research focuses primarily on emissions measurement methods development research. Jeff has contributed to a multitude of EPA’s formal and informal methods including those found in 40 CFR Part 60 and SW-846. Currently, Jeff is ORD’s lead to develop PFAS emissions test methods.
Kim came to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards a little over 12 years ago and her focus is predominately CEMS and instrumental test methods. Kim has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University. Prior to coming to EPA she worked as a stack tester and then installed CEMS in the US's Midwest. She later worked for many years for the State of North Carolina, both at the Division of Air Quality (DAQ) and the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
Head of a team in charge of characterizing air quality around industrial facilities
Dr. Hashmonay is the Chief Innovation Scientist, responsible for scientific research and development of the fast growing line of innovative industrial products, and the in-house expert for atmospheric physics and radiative transfer. He is an international expert in developing and implementing optical remote sensing (ORS) and other advanced air monitoring methodologies. He is the co-inventor of the Radial Plume Mapping (RPM) method (EPA Other Test Method 10 [OTM-10], Optical Remote Sensing for Emission Characterization from Non-Point Sources). In R&D projects performed under Dr. Hashmonay’s direction for both public and private sector clients, advanced methods have been developed and used to measure gaseous and particulate emissions from sources as diverse as landfills, concentrated animal feeding operations, wastewater treatment plants, chlor-alkali plants, refueling stations, military aircraft, fugitive dust from military activities, open burning, barges, near-road mobile sources, agricultural operations, fertilizer manufacturing plants, oil & gas production facilities, coke oven batteries, chemical manufacturing plants and many locations and process units within petroleum refineries. These studies (performed internationally in N. America, Asia including Israel, Europe, Australia, and South America) also provided essential data for calculating emission factors for these sources. His methods have also been applied for emergency response as well as for human health and safety applications. 1996 Sc.D., Environmental Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology 1990 MS, Atmospheric Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1988 BS, Physics / Atmospheric Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem See more at Dr. Hashmonay’s Google Scholar page.
Thor Anders Aarhaug obtained his master’s degree in analytical chemistry from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 1997. He joined SINTEF Chemistry shortly after to work with fluorine analysis in primary aluminium production. In 2011, Thor Anders Aarhaug defended his PhD in chemistry from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology on the topic of chemical degradation of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells. He has managed and worked in several EU funded projects on the topic of fuel cell durability and hydrogen fuel quality control. He is member of several ISO technical committees and is working with standardization of fuel quality for hydrogen technologies. He’s currently the convenor of work group 33 TC197 responsible for the development of a standard for sampling of hydrogen from refuelling stations.
Working on environmental sensing of indoor and outdoor spaces, using low- to high-end monitoring equipment and IoT solutions for PM, NO2, O3, BC, CO2, temperature, relative humidity,... Air quality sensor calibration, performance evaluation and spatiotemporal interpolation using traditional multilinear and AI approaches. Trying to bridge the gap between traditional (fixed-site) air quality monitoring, personal exposure assessments and physiological health responses. Jelle Hofman received the M.Sc. degree in biology and the Ph.D. degree in bioscience engineering from the University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, in 2010 and 2014, respectively. He gained professional experience as a Postdoctoral Fellow and the Ph.D. Researcher with the Bioscience Department, University of Antwerp, Researcher with the Flanders Environmental Agency, Aalst, Belgium, R&D Expert with the Solutions for IoT Department, imec, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and R&D Researcher with the Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Mol, Belgium. He works on environmental sensing using innovative approaches or emerging pollutants (e.g. UFP, PFAS), from low- to high-end monitoring equipment and IoT solutions for PM, NO2, O3, BC, CO2, temperature, relative humidity,... Air quality sensor calibration, performance evaluation and spatiotemporal interpolation using traditional multilinear and AI approaches. Trying to bridge the gap between traditional (fixed-site) air quality monitoring, personal exposure assessments and physiological health responses. Recently, he gained experience with PFAS quantification methods, stack emission monitoring and PFAS remediation strategies such as thermal destruction.
Ivan Panini, born in Reggio Emilia on 06/22/1959, after completing his academic career at the University of Modena (degree course in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies, 1978) began working as a laboratory employee until be hired in 1989 by Studio Alfa, now Alfa Solutions S.p.A. where he has held the position of Scientific Director since 2004. In his role he mainly deals with directing the Laboratory and Monitoring activities at a technical/ projectual level, prepares and coordinates the various Research Projects of the company in the role of Project Leader and deals with the planning of Investigations and Monitoring Environmental or Occupational Hygiene. It also carries out the activity of definition and validation of Analytical Protocols Relationship with Bodies (e.g., APAT, ARPA, Ministries, Service Conferences, Control Bodies), Technical Bodies (e.g., UNI, Unichim, SINAL Experimental Stations, Universities) and Company Management of Clients. Thanks to the decades of experience gained during his career, he is able to face and solve a multitude of problems in various industrial fields.
Has a PhD on electrochemical production of titanium from Norwegian university of science and technology 2010. Been working at SINTEF from 2010 first as a research scientist and now as a senior research scientist. Main fields of work are high temperature chemistry in metallurgical processes, with focus on evaluation and development of new measurement technologies, understanding emissions and how they are linked to process (chemistry) changes as well as emission reduction.
Antonio J. Jara (Chief Scientific Officer), He joined Libelium in 2022, as a result of the merge with HOPU (a start-up he founded and managed from 2014 to 2021), chair of Data Quality and IoT in IEEE and BoD member of FIWARE Foundation. He did his PhD (Cum Laude) at the University of Murcia (UMU), Spain. These PhD results present a novel way to connect objects to Internet-enabled platforms in an easy, secure and scalable way. He also carried out an MBA and entrepreneurship formation in the ENAE business school and UCAM (2012). Antonio Jara as part of Libelium is focused on the Smart Cities market with solutions for citizens engagements and environmental monitoring (air quality sensors). Antonio Jara has also participated in over 100 international events about Internet of Things as Speaker, over 100 international publications / papers (~11900 citations and impact factor h=46), he holds several patents in the IoT domain.
Iris Cuevas, studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Murcia, specializing in MBA at UCAM, and currently studying for a PhD in Computer Science (Data Quality Assessment for AI-based environmental models) by the University of Murcia. Since she was young he has been actively involved in different types of associations for more than 8 years. Her professional career began in the world of thermoplastics, working in injection and extrusion companies, in the areas of quality and innovation. Since 2018 she has been working at LIBELIUM as technical manager of the calibration laboratory (ENAC 285/LC10.250) according to ISO17025. She has several specialization courses in ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001, sig sigma by Bureau Veritas, and is an expert in air quality. In addition, within the laboratory framed in the R&D Department, she has several lines of research open in suspended particles (nanoparticles), electrochemical gas sensors, PID and work with the algorithm development team in the field of pollutant dispersion, automatic identification in air pollution sources and zoning studies. She has attended numerous conferences in the ICT field (Smart cities, 5G, blockchain, etc). In addition to having collaborated in some publications, she currently has a patent of shared ownership with the company and the City Council of Madrid in the field of nanoparticles.
Alejandro Pujante is student of physics and the he is currently performing his bachelor project at Libelium. His research focuses on the use of artificial intelligence, mathematical modelling and quantum computing to develop chemistry transport models and calculate emissions fluxes, with special care in resolution and accuracy improvements.
Born in Cieza in 1996. In 2018 he obtained a degree in Biochemistry from the University of Murcia. He then studied the Master's Degree in Bioinformatics at the University of Murcia and the Polytechnic University of Cartagena obtaining the Master's Degree in 2019, achieving the Prize for the Second Best Record. He was the beneficiary of a Research Initiation grant from the University of Murcia from November 2019 to December 2019, participating in the project Development of Bioinformatics and Ontological Systems in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus, under the supervision of Dr. Jesualdo Tomás Fernández Breis. In 2019 he obtained a grant from the Seneca Foundation to perform his PhD at LIbelium and the University of Murcia, where she will participate in teaching activities in 2020 and 2021. He has presented his work in national congresses, as well as bookstores published in prestigious public repositories. He is fluent in English and has knowledge of French and German.
Philippe is Research Development and Innovation Director at ENVEA, leading provider of environment management solutions for the protection of people and the planet. He has been working all along in the exciting field of optical measurement in relation to different types of industries. He holds a Ph.D. and post-doctoral degree from a Parisian University in the field of infrared absorption spectroscopy applied to on-line measurements in the food and oil industries. He has also worked in the telecommunications and glass industries. Considered as a specialist in CEM solutions for waste to energy plants and large combustion plants, he participated at both French and European levels in the working groups in charge with EN 14181 and EN 15267-3 standards.
Linh is a scientist in the Emissions and Atmospheric Metrology Group at the National Physical Laboratory in London. Linh has diverse experiences in emission monitoring during his postgraduate research projects in the Netherlands and in his current occupation. These include long-term monitoring of carbon-14 and methane, short-term greenhouse gas emission quantification, and building transportable systems for gas sampling and measurements.
Eric Aries is an environmental chemist who currently works for the European Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Bureau (EIPPCB), which is part of the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Sevilla (Spain).
His main activities are focusing on (i) the review of Best Available Techniques Reference documents (BREFs) for large agro-industrial installations covered under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) leading to the development of BAT conclusions (i.e. environmental norms for industry) and (ii) the setting-up of a new INnovation Centre for Industrial Transformations and Emissions (INCITE) which should become operational in 2024 after the new IED comes into force. The objective of INCITE will be to collect and analyse information on emerging techniques with high potential for pollution reduction, decarbonisation, and circular economy, particularly in energy intensive industries. Prior working for the European Commission, Eric Aries carried out research in the UK steel industry for 15 years, as part of Tata Steel Research Development and Technology, in particular on the emissions of persistent organic pollutants from steelmaking processes.
