Dr Laurent LEMEE is a Research Engineer at the Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), University of Poitiers, France. He received his PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Bordeaux, and his Habilitation to Direct Research (HDR) in Organic Geochemistry from the University of Poitiers. He recently coordinated the Minuscule project funded by the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB) and the French Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME). He has co-authored more than 80 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has supervised 10 PhD theses. His research interests include organic geochemistry, characterization and environmental fate of natural and anthropogenic organic matter, carbon sequestration in soils, microplastics, composts, and the impacts of forest fires on terrestrial ecosystems.