Bernard Mottequin. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Earth and History of Life, rue Vautier 29, B 1000 Brussels, Belgium. bmottequin@naturalsciences.be
Bernard Mottequin is a palaeontologist with a special interest in Devonian and Mississippian brachiopods (e.g., taxonomy, palaeoecology), especially those from Western Europe and North Africa, and their applications. After his PhD in sciences at the University of Liège (ULg) and the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS, Brussels), he was postdoctoral research fellow in palaeontology at the University of Dublin, and then research assistant and honorary lecturer at the ULg, mainly involved in the modernization programme of the Geological map of southern Belgium. He is currently researcher at the RBINS.
Eric Simon. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Earth and History of Life, rue Vautier 29, B 1000 Brussels, Belgium. ericsimon98brach@gmail.com
Eric Simon made his studies and Ph. D thesis (Biology) at the Free University of Brussels. His works concern the study of fossils and extant brachiopod species. They deal with ontogeny, evolution, ecology and palaeo-ecology, morphological analyses and taxonomic problems. Improving the perception of biological characteristics in the field of paleontology is for him an important concern.
