Jimmy Seow, Environ Pty Ltd., Haluk Alper and Patrick Laine, MYCELX Technologies & Paul Callaghan, Oleology

Jimmy Seow, Ph.D., is director of Environ Pty Ltd., Australia. Dr. Seow is a recognized PFAS subject matter expert and a member of the U.S. Green Science Policy Institute’s PFAS subject matter experts’ group, consisting of members from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and the European Union. Dr. Seow has also published several papers and reports on PFAS and firefighting foam and presented on PFAS and firefighting foam at various forums in Australia and internationally. Dr. Seow can be reached at jimmyseow@environwa.com.au or +61 4328.75807.

Hal Alper, Ph.D., president and chief science officer for MYCELX Technologies, is an inventor of chemistries and chemical processes. He has developed numerous industrial products, formulations and compositions currently in use and has been granted approximately 100 patents. He belongs to various distinguished professional societies and has published numerous articles on a variety of scientific and engineering topics. Dr. Alper's primary interest is ecosystem preservation through industrial evolution. He can be reached at alperh@mycelx.com or +1 770.534.3118.

Patrick Laine received his doctorate degree in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences from Georgia Tech in 2011. Following receipt of his doctorate, he accepted a post-doctoral fellowship at University of Houston to study mercury cycling in the Houston area. Since then his career has been focused on environmental contamination, such as mercury as well as PFAS. He currently serves as the PFAS business development lead for MYCELX. He can be reached at plaine@mycelx.com.

Paul Callaghan is founder and director of OLEOLOGY, a provider of engineered solutions for oil-free water. He has been involved in the oil & gas/water industry for more than 33 years. His depth of knowledge results from a career in the oil industry, followed by engineering development of water treatment technologies. Since 2006, Callaghan has been developing solutions for the removal of hydrocarbon and PFAS from fire training installations. He can be reached at pcallaghan@oleology.com.au or +61 1300.692.359.