Invited speakers:

• Dr. Lbadaoui-Darvas Mária: Dr. Maria Lbadaoui-Darvas is a scientist at LAPI. She joined EPFL in 2017 as post-doc at APRL, under the leadership of Dr. Satoshi Takahama. Her main expertise is molecular level characterisation of aerosol processes using molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations in conjunction with statistical thermodynamics.
  

• Prof. Éric Villenave: Trained in physical chemistry in Bordeaux, Éric Villenave later became a visiting researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Washington, DC, USA, supported by funding from NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Program. Over the course of his career, he has held various positions, including director of the Aquitaine Observatory of Earth Sciences, head of the Master's program in Environmental Chemistry and Quality in Bordeaux, "Ocean-Atmosphere" project officer at the CNRS (INSU) in Paris, and deputy director of the LabEx COTE (Evolution, Adaptation, and Governance of Continental and Coastal Ecosystems), where he was in charge of training. He is currently responsible for UB GRADE SENSE (Environmental Sciences), coordinator of the UB-Breathe Living Lab on Air Quality and Climate Change, and co-director of the International Master's program in Environmental Management. Éric Villenave has also established various international collaborations, notably with Carnegie Mellon University, the University of North Carolina, and University College Cork.