Derek Muir
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Research Scientist, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Derek’s focus is mainly on persistent organic chemicals and, more recently, emerging contaminants. When asked about the future of environmental analysis in 2021, he said: “We need to look towards more artificial intelligence-based approaches for analyzing and collecting data [...] There’s also room for improved analytical methods; we always need better tools, but we also need to apply the ones we have more widely.”