Michèle Rivasi is Member of the European Parliament, representing South East France for The Greens. Biologist, she founded the Commission for Independant Research and Information on Radioactivity (CRIIRAD) in 1986, following the Chernobyl disaster. Since 2009, she is Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, and substitute Member of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety of the European Parliament.