Maude David works as a postodoctoral researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in California. She graduated with a Bachelors in Biochemistry, and a Masters in Microbial Ecology at the University of Lyon. She completed her PhD at the Ecole Centrale Lyon on the “Bacterial Adaptation to Chlorinated Compounds”. Her work provides several scientific articles, especially on the development of molecular biology tools in order to analyze microbial activity in the environment, in particular during chlorinated solvent degradation.

Dr Vogel is professor of Microbiology and Environmental Engineering at the University of Lyon. He received BS degrees in Geology and Oceanography at the University of Washington and his MSE and PhD in Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. He has worked for 30 years on the biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental contaminants and has over 70 scientific publications and 8 patents. He works as a consultant for both environmental consulting firms and various industries, was on the faculties of Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, and developed and applied environmental biotechnology at Rhône-Poulenc for 8 years.