Xavier Mari is a research director in marine biogeochemistry at MIO-CEM, currently based in Vietnam. His research aims to determine the flows and effects of combustion aerosols throughout their life cycle, from emission to burial in marine sediments.
He is head of the international research consortium "Impact of Black Carbon in South-East Asia" (GDRI-Sud SOOT-SEA), which brings together a multidisciplinary consortium of scientists working on health, climate, environmental and socio-political issues related to fine particle air pollution in the Asia-Pacific region. Xavier Mari is also the IRD focal point for the Asia Pacific Clean Air Partnership (APCAP).
Xavier will take up his new post on 1 September. He will remain structurally attached to the MIO.
I wish him every success in his new role.