Simon Duval, Ph.D., works in the Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines (Marseille, France). His research interests mainly focus on arsenic, phylogeny, phylogenetics, resonance Raman spectroscopy, phylogenetic analysis, evolution, molecular phylogenetics, phylogeography and phylogenetic biogeography, and molecular evolution. His scientific output includes 26 publications in various journals, with an h-index of 17 (Scopus, April 2024). He is a reviewer for Applied Clay Science, Life, and Molecules.