Gérard Liger-Belair is Full Professor of chemical physics at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne. He is the author of more than one hundred scientific or technical articles dealing with bubbling phenomena found in champagne and other sparkling beverages. In addition to his academic acheivements, he has 10 years of food industry collaboration, with groups such as ARC International, MHCS, Vranken Pommery, Diageo, and inBev. He has shared his bubbles' knowledge with a wider audience through his mircophotography exhibits, several Radio and TV shows, and in popular science magazines.