What to expect?

To provide a glimpse into the Round Table’s content:

Prof. Kieran Stanley (University of Bristol) addressed measurements to maximise our understanding of the Earth’s climate.

Stephen B. Harrison (sbh4 GmbH) explained how gas analysis supported faster innovation of new energy-related technologies and reduced wastage and emissions on the pathway to net zero.

Dr. Simona Cristescu (Radboud University and Chair of the International Association for Breath Research) explored how gas analysis could serve as a non-invasive early diagnostic tool in healthcare, complemented by Paul Thomas’s insights (Bioxhale) into recent advancements in analytical science, data analytics and diagnostics.

Finally, Damien Meunier (AP2E / Durag Group) offered his perspective on the practical viability of future analytical solutions.

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Annarita Baldan is chief scientist at VSL, the National Metrology Institute of the Netherlands. For the past 25 years, she has worked in the field of chemical metrology, doing R&D work in high accurate measurements to assess the quality of energy gases and to monitor air pollutant emissions.

Since 2019, Annarita is chair of the European Metrology Network for Energy Gases established under EURAMET, the European Association of National Metrology Institutes. The network’s objective is to be a single point of contact across Europe that can provide measurement science expertise for society and industry, to support the implementation of the EU’s energy transition and decarbonisation.

INVITED SPEAKERS

Dr Kieran Stanley is a senior research fellow at the Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group, University of Bristol, whose research focuses on long-term observations of greenhouse gases and ozone depleting substances. He leads the UK Deriving Emissions linked to Climate Change network which measures atmospheric traces gases and uses these observations to derive emission estimates that are then used to verify the UK national greenhouse gas inventory.

He is also involved in a number of international atmospheric monitoring projects, including the pan-European Integrated Carbon Observation System and the Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment. Dr Stanley is actively involved in the development of new technologies for atmospheric trace gas measurements, as well as scanning the atmosphere for emerging greenhouse gases.

Stephen B. Harrison is the founder and managing director at sbh4 consulting in Germany. His work focuses on net-zero projects and technologies. He has extensive due diligence experience in instrumentation and clean-tech sectors. Banks, private equity firms, investment funds and start-ups are regular clients.

Stephen frequently evaluates research proposals and large scale projects for several EC agencies. These Funds allocate more than €3 billion each year. He also supports project sponsors to prepare EC funding proposal applications.

With a background in industrial gases, including 27 years at BOC Gases, The BOC Group and Linde Gas, Stephen has intimate knowledge of gas analysis from technical, commercial and operational perspectives.

Prof. dr. Simona Cristescu is the head of the Trace Detection Laboratory at Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. She pioneered the development of laser-based spectroscopy for detection of volatile compounds in exhaled breath to reveal biochemical processes involved in disease.

Currently, her research group develops mid-infrared-based systems for multispecies gas detection and methods for (un)targeted gas analysis using high resolution mass spectrometry. Applications target environmental and air quality monitoring, soil quality, animal and human health, circular economy and energy transition. She is currently the Chair of the International Association of Breath Research (IABR).   

Prof (Emeritus) Thomas is Chief Technology Officer of Bioxhale. He has worked with the UK’s Atomic Agency Safety & Reliability Directorate; UMIST as an endowed lecturer; Loughborough University as Professor of Analytical Science & Head of The Department of Chemistry.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, past President of the International Society of Ion Mobility Spectrometry & past secretary to the International Association of Breath Research. He has also served as a scientific advisor to UK governmental bodies, including the Cabinet office & SAGE. His most cherished contribution is the supervision & mentorship of a cohort of 78 PhDs, post-doctoral researchers & Masters students along with many collaborations all over the world with many talented & inspirational research teams.

Chemical Engineer at first, Damien Meunier was quickly involved in chemical analysis. He worked on a small derivatization oven of the Martian Curiosity Rover payload, Sample at Mars (SAM), to find organic traces, and that was the starting point of his interest in instruments and instrumentation to “keep the hands in”.

Now, with more than 20 years of experience in gas analysis and instrument development, involved in European metrology projects, in the French standardization comites for gas analysis, working as well as a trainer than an instrument expert, he does is best to improve the measurement qualities and capabilities for the actual and future challenges, as well as in industrial than environmental fields. Ways to work to cure the planet remains one of his utmost concerns.