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Bill Hirst

 

Institution

Shell Global Solutions International

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Shell Global Solutions International B.V. provides technical services and licensed technologies throughout the World. The company offers refinery technology, petrochemical technology, gas processing, and gasification licensing solutions; and refining business improvement programs. 

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Short CV

• PhD in Physics, “Laser Light Scattering in Simple Liquids” University of Kent at Canterbury in 1978

• Principal Scientist at Shell Global Solutions International B.V. Amsterdam

• Shell Group Subject Matter Expert on gas sensing

• Holder of multiple patents in: gas sensing, data processing, optics, imaging and measurement technologies.

• Extensive experience of innovation and field deployment of novel technologies for atmospheric monitoring and hydrocarbon exploration.

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Jan Wipenmyr

 

Institution

RISE Research Institute of Sweden AB

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RISE’s mission is to work for sustainable growth in Sweden by strengthening the competitiveness and capacity for renewal of Swedish industry, as well as promoting the innovative development of society as a whole 

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Short CV

• MSc 1984 in Engineering Physics from Chalmers University of Technology

• Senior scientist at RISE with focus on developing sensor systems

• Managed several research projects for sensor systems for industrial, health and commercial applications based on optical, magnetically or MEMS sensors

• Several years of experience with developing custom designed photo detectors for industrial application

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Stefan (S.T.) Persijnt

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Institution

VSL (Delft, the Netherlands)

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VSL is the Dutch National Metrology Institute and is an internationally authoritative knowledge institute in the field of metrology internationally. As well as the management and development of the national primary measurement standards, VSL experts provide consultancy and calibrations. 

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Short CV

• Project leader within VSL of several European projects focusing on applications of spectroscopic techniques

• Developed highly sensitive infrared spectrometers for gas analysis. Applied these instruments to energy (biogas, biomethane, hydrogen) and environmental applications

• Developed a high-power infrared source for validation of TROPOMI (satellite instrument currently studying the air quality in the troposphere)

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Martin Graus

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Institution

Institute for Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, University of Innsbruck 

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The Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry (APC) group at the Institute for Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences of the University of Innsbruck studies the chemical composition of the atmosphere using innovative approaches. New experimental concepts are explored that allow studying the exchange of trace constituents and their atmospheric transport and chemistry in the atmosphere, as well as testing and improving modeling concepts. 

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Short CV

​Martin Graus has a Ph.D. in physics. He has extensive experience in online trace gas analysis with focus on the emissions and atmospheric fate of VOCs from biogenic and anthropogenic sources. To this end he conducted numerous experiments in the lab and in the field on various platforms (towers, aircraft, ships). He applies his expertise in instrument development and experimental design to push the boundaries of quantitative measurement and identification of organic trace gases in the atmosphere.

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Thomas Karl

 

Institution

Institute for Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, University of Innsbruck

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The Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences (ACINN) is one of the few university departments worldwide where research and education in atmospheric science and glaciology are co-located. Accordingly, ACINN's research focus lies on aspects of mountain meteorology, earth-atmosphere interaction - with a focus on snow- or ice-covered surfaces, exchange of gases and aerosols at the surface, exchange over complex topography - and ice-climate relations. 

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Short CV

• Research assistant at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, 1999-2000.

• Joint ASP, ACD and CU/CIRES post-doctorial fellowship at the National Center for

Atmospheric Research, 2000 –2003.

• Scientist I (tenure track) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, 2003-2006.

• Scientist II (tenure track) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, 2006-2009.

• Scientist III (tenure) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, 2009-2012.

• Full professor in atmospheric physics, Institute for Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences

(formerly Institute for Meterology and Geophysics), University of Innsbruck, Austria, 2013-

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