Dr. Paul Earl is an independent consultant with 25 years of experience in the pulp and paper industry. Paul has carried out over 130 bleach plant process audits and more than fifteen soda-sulfur balance models in more than 40 pulp mills, helping clients to optimize their use of chemicals and decrease operating costs. Paul has worked in pulp & paper since 1984, when he began graduate studies at the University of Toronto Pulp & Paper Centre. Under the supervision of Professor Douglas Reeve, he obtained a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, on the topic of pulp bleaching. Paul has been an instructor at PAPTAC and TAPPI bleaching courses; he was the course coordinator for the last PAPTAC Chemical Pulp Bleaching Course, and the course leader for the 2011 PacWest Bleaching Course.
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Pierre Martel is a biologist with the Aquatic Biology Laboratory of FPInnovations since 1989. He is specialised in the investigation of causes and solutions to acute and chronic toxicity problems in aquatic organisms exposed to pulp and paper mill effluents. His expertise is in regulatory toxicity tests, the identification of causes of acute toxicity, chronic effects of effluents on fish populations in the receiving environment and more recently he focuses on investigations of causes for effects on fish reproduction identified by the federal Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) program and the identification of potential solutions. He holds BSc degree in biology from Concordia University, a MSc degree in environmental hygiene from Université de Montréal and a PhD in biology from Université catholique de Louvain.
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