Jos de Laat is a research scientist with 15+ years of experience on atmospheric composition research with a focus on remote sensing.

Over the years he has covered a wide variety of research topics resulting in many scientific publications, including validation of SCIAMACHY CO - long term trends in satellite measurements of CO - CO emission estimates derived from satellite measurements; UV radiation and Antarctic Ozone Hole dynamics - total ozone column variability and attribution - validation and interpretation of satellite measurements of ozone profiles - retrieving tropospheric ozone columns via a neural network - Antarctic Ozone Hole dynamics - Antarctic Ozone Hole recovery; long range transport of biomass burning plumes - chemistry transport modeling (TM5); aviation icing conditions in geostationary satellite data; temperature trends and time series analysis - changes in incoming shortwave radiation and temperature trends - spatial patterns in temperature trends and urbanization - effects of waste heat on climate; and assessment of climate model simulations: a philosophical point of view.

Maarten van Herpen has a PhD in physics and a master’s degree in business innovation. He was the founder of Philips Africa Innovation Hub working with health innovation and served as the unit’s director for five years. Through the ISAMO consortium, he has made important scientific contributions to the field of atmospheric methane removal. van Herpen combines his technical and business background and has extensive experience in public-private collaboration. He is known for his many innovative ideas and entrepreneurial mindset, resulting in a large number of patents (>100 granted patents) and new business models. He served on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council for Social Innovation and is an alumnus of the Global Young Academy of Science.