Dr. François DULAC is a senior research scientist in atmospheric chemistry from the French Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA). He is working at the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE) that is also part of CNRS, Univ. of Versailles-St-Quentin and Univ. of Paris-Saclay, and member of the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace des Sciences de l'Environnement d'Ile de France (IPSL). He co-signs 80 papers published in high-level peer reviewed international journals including 2 in Nature (Isi Web of Knowledge H-Index of 35). His main field of research is tropospheric aerosols, especially mineral dust, and their impacts on the surface ocean biogeochemistry, radiative budget, and air quality. Since his PhD in atmospheric chemistry and environmental physics (Univ. Paris-7, 1986) focused on Mediterranean aerosols, he has developed synergetic approaches based on multi parameter data, combining in situ observations, remote sensing (including one of the earliest near-real time aerosol monitoring system based on Meteosat), and model approaches. He is part of the MedCLIVAR international steering committee since 2007 and has served as program officer for atmospheric chemistry and middle atmosphere at the French Space Agency (CNES). He has initiated and coordinated the Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean Experiment (ChArMEx, 2010-2020), a large federative international research effort dedicated to the study of atmospheric chemistry and its impacts in the Mediterranean region.

Dr. Eric HAMONOU is a senior program manager with a strong background in aerosol optical properties. He has contributed to several past international field campaigns in the Mediterranean (MEDUSE, STAAARTE) and in the world (INDOEX), and has been in chargeof the co-animation of ChArMEx. He is the cofounder and CEO of SCIENCE PARTNERS, a social economy company built by and for researchers themselves. SCIENCE PARTNERS is a new research player that brings sustainability in the career and life of freelance researchers by offering them the possibility to tailor their own permanent position. It also brings sustainability to research itself by safeguarding knowledge and know-hows inside the research ecosystem. Eric HAMONOU has also a strong background in scientific journalism. He has worked several years as a journalist for Science et Vie, the number one French popular science magazine, and he has been in charge of the creation of a Master-2 of the University of Paris-Saclay for professional journalists willing to get further insights in climate change and its impacts.