Biography

Jef Focant, is very active at the institutional level and combines this with a strong career outside the university (chairman of a 1100 participants conference on dioxins, chairman of a scholarship granting committee, participation in EU-projects,…). He is recognized as a world leading expert on Persistent Organic Pollutants and a recognized pioneer of GC×GCTOFMS approaches. He also is a co-founder of MS Expertise, a spin-off company of the ULiege. He is the youngest recipient of the recently awarded ‘GC×GC Life Achievement Award’.