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45 years of experience in the water treatment industry including managing water treatment programs for industrial sites for boilers, cooling systems, wastewater systems, and membranes. Operated many field pilots for various chemical and equipment applications along with performing laboratory treatability studies. Conducted trainings on many topics of water treatment including water treatment chemistry, boiler and cooling systems and treatment, wastewater treatment and jar testing, membranes systems and cleaning procedures, plant operations, and industrial services.

Christophe Quiring, Bio-Rad Christophe has a master’s degree in applied microbiology and biological engineering. He began his career in 1994 as a scientist with the French company Solabia- Biokar Diagnostics. In this position, he developed culture media and methods for a wide range of pathogens and quality indicators for food and water testing. Christophe joined Bio-Rad’s Food Science Division in 2004 as R&D Manager. He

then broadened his field of action to molecular technologies applied to food diagnostic. He currently holds the position of Business Unit R&D Manager and leads a team in charge of the design of new products based on both cultural techniques and PCR and ddPCR. During his career, Christophe has developed many methods which have been validated according to the ISO 16140 standard and AOAC guidelines. Christophe is actively Involved ISO and CEN working groups regarding Salmonella, Listeria and enrichments steps. He is also member of the AOAC Expert Review Panel for Microbiology Methods for Food & Environmental Surfaces.