Dr. Chengyun Zhou holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and serves as Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Department of Environmental Science, School of Environment, Hunan University. He is recognized as a Young Scientific and Technological Innovation Talent of Hunan Province (Huxiang Young Talent Program).

Dr. Zhou's research focuses on solid waste resource recovery, treatment of high-strength organic wastewater and heavy metal-contaminated wastewater, as well as the application of functional nanomaterials in environmental remediation. He has achieved a number of innovative research outcomes in these fields. He has published numerous papers in internationally renowned SCI journals in environmental science, including Water Research, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, and Chemical Engineering Journal. His publications have received more than 23,000 citations in Scopus, and he has an H-index of 81. He has filed over 40 Chinese invention patents, more than 20 of which have been granted.

Dr. Zhou serves as an Editorial Board Member of Water and a Young Editorial Board Member of Chinese Chemical Letters. He is also a member of the Chinese Chemical Society and the International Water Association (IWA). From 2020 to 2024, he was consecutively listed among the World's Top 2% Scientists for five years.

Upaka Rathnayake is a Professor of Civil Engineering and has been working in academia since 2006. He holds his PhD from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom (Royal Charter in 1964 as the UK's First Technological University). He has worked in several countries in the capacity of both academician and researcher including in Ireland, Japan, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Fiji Islands, Australia and Sri Lanka.

Min Cheng received his PhD degree under the supervision of Prof. Guangming Zeng from Hunan University, China, in 2018. He is currently an associate professor at the College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University. His current research interests focus on the development of MOF-based materials and porous materials for applications in catalysis and separation. Dr. Cheng has been the principal investigator of 7 scientific research projects including the programs for the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has independently and cooperatively published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers in SCI journals such as Energy & Environmental Science, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, and Water Research, 28 of them were listed as ESI hot papers and 62 of them were listed as ESI highly cited papers. The published SCI papers have been cited more than 20000 times with h-index 103. Also, he authored the book "Metal-Organic Framework Materials-Applications in Environmental and Health Fields". He have been included in the list of "World's Top 2% Scientists" (Single year impact 2021-2025, Career-long impact 2023, 2024) released by Stanford University and Elsevier. In 2024, He was listed in the "Top 0.05% Highly Ranked Scholar - Prior 5 Years" released by ScholarGPS.

Maocai Shen, Ph.D., is a Professor and Master's Supervisor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environment, Anhui University of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering from Hunan University. His research focuses on water pollution control, the environmental behavior and carrier effects of microplastics, and the remediation of persistent organic pollutants in soils using compost-derived products. He has published numerous high-impact papers in leading international journals, including Environmental Pollution, Chemical Engineering Journal, and Journal of Cleaner Production. In 2022, he was recognized among the World's Top 2% Scientists for Single-Year Impact. 

Wenjun Wang, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor at the School of Resources and Environment, Hunan University of Technology and Business. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering from Hunan University through a combined master's–doctoral program. His research focuses on water pollution control and resource recovery, synergistic approaches for pollution reduction and carbon mitigation, and environmental management. He has led several competitive research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program) and provincial research grants. Dr. Wang has published numerous papers in leading SCI-indexed journals, with several recognized as ESI Highly Cited Papers and Hot Papers. He has also been listed among the World's Top 2% Scientists for Single-Year Impact for multiple consecutive years.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mardiana Idayu Ahmad is the Dean of the School of Industrial Technology and an Associate Professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). She received her Ph.D. in Engineering Science (Sustainable Energy Technologies) from the University of Nottingham, UK. Her research focuses on sustainable energy technologies, bio-based nano- and micro-materials, environmental technology, and environmental management. She has led multidisciplinary research collaborations addressing energy sustainability and environmental protection, contributing to innovative solutions that support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Dr. Khalil Ahmad is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Emerson University Multan, Pakistan. His research focuses on environmental chemistry and advanced materials, particularly the synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and MOF-based composites, activated carbon production, water purification technologies, adsorption studies, ligand synthesis, and transition metal complexes. He is actively engaged in developing innovative materials and processes for environmental remediation and sustainable water treatment, with additional interests in biological activities and environmental health-related applications. 

Dr. Nadeem Ali is an Assistant Professor at the Center of Excellence in Environmental Studies, King Abdulaziz University. His research focuses on environmental chemistry, environmental pollution monitoring and risk assessment, persistent organic pollutants, atmospheric and soil environments, and sustainable energy technologies. He has published more than 80 scientific papers that have received significant citations. His work contributes to environmental pollution control, ecological risk assessment, and sustainable development, with particular expertise in environmental monitoring, contaminant fate, and environmental sustainability.

Abdeltif Amrane is a distinguished French–Algerian professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering (air and water treatment) at the University of Rennes 1 since 2018, where he holds the exceptional-class chair and serves as Deputy Director of the Chemistry Department. After graduating in chemical engineering from USTHB Algiers (1987) and obtaining his PhD (1991) and Habilitation (1998) in chemistry from the University of Rennes 1, he progressed from associate professor (1993–2001) to full professor (2001–present). Within the “Chimie et Ingénierie des Procédés” team of the ENSCR–CNRS UMR 6226, his research targets physico-chemical and biological treatment processes, with emphasis on fermentation, biodegradation and bioengineering for gaseous and aqueous pollutant control. He has led or co-led numerous national (ANR, ADEME, Brittany Region, CNRS) and international projects (EU LIFE Environment, CIFRE, and bilateral collaborations with 13 countries), and has directed or co-directed 29 PhD theses. With 6,021 Google Scholar citations and an h-index of 40 (Web of Science: 3,584 citations, h = 31), he is a prolific author whose work spans advanced adsorbents (biochar, activated carbon), membrane and electrocoagulation processes, antibiotic and dye removal, and green catalysis.

Dr. Awasthi has received various prestigious awards and grants, including a UCOST-funded project titled "Water quality assessment of river Yamuna, Uttarakhand, and its exposure assessment with respect to water-borne diseases among the nearby community of river". He was honoured with the Best Oral Presentation Award at the 10th Conference on Environmental Protection and Nanotechnology-2013, NCTU, Taiwan, and also received a consolation prize at the International Conference on Environmental Health and Technology-2010, IIT Kanpur. He is a lifetime member of the Indian Physics Association (IPS) and has served as a guest editor for the international SCI journal "Frontier in Environmental Sciences" (IF: 5.1) in the 2023 edition.

Prof. Kumud Kant Awasthi is currently a Professor in the School of Basic and Applied Sciences at K. R. Mangalam University, Gurugram, Haryana, India. He previously served at Vivekananda Global University (VGU), Jaipur and National Institute of Animal Welfare, Faridabad, India. He obtained his B.Sc. from Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Rajasthan. Prof. Awasthi is an expert in nanotoxicology and environmental toxicology, with extensive experience in evaluating nanoparticle toxicity using both in vivo and in vitro model systems. His research primarily focuses on sustainable nanostructures for applications in water treatment, environmental remediation, biosensing, and public health protection. He has contributed significantly to understanding nano–bio interactions, environmental fate of nanomaterials, and safety assessment of emerging contaminants, supporting the development of safe and eco-friendly nanotechnologies for pollution control and environmental sustainability.

Professor AbuBakr S Bahaj, (FREng, FICE, FIET, FRSA, MInstP, CPhys) leads the Energy & Climate Change Division and the Sustainable Energy Research Group (ECCD)at the University of Southampton.

Professor Bahaj’s work has resulted in over 350 articles, published in academic refereed journals and conference series of international standing. In 2013, he founded the International Journal of Marine Energy (IJOME) followed in 2018 by the International Marine Energy Journal (IMEJ) for which he was/is the Editor-in-Chief.

Prof. Rangan Banerjee is currently the Director, IIT Delhi. From February 2022 he is on lien from IIT Bombay where he served as the Forbes Marshall Chair Professor in the Department of Energy Science and Engineering - a Department that he helped start in 2007. His areas of interest include energy management, modelling of energy systems, energy planning and policy, hydrogen energy and fuel cells.

Prof. Rangan Banerjee currently serves on the editorial board of International Journal of Sustainable Energy, International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, International Journal of Thermodynamics, Solar Energy Advances, Global Transitions (Energy Transitions). He has been involved in setting up a megawatt scale Solar Thermal Power Testing, Simulation, Research Facility sponsored by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and is the faculty advisor of Team Shunya- India’s first student team in the Solar Decathlon Europe finals. He has been involved in advising the city, state regulatory commission and energy agency, Niti Aayog, MNRE on energy issues and worked with several Indian and international industries.

Prof. Banerjee has been the Dean (R&D) and received the Excellence in Teaching Award from IIT Bombay and is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. Prof. Banerjee is also an Adjunct faculty (Honorary) in the Department of Engineering & Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University.

MB is an associate professor in Applied Physics at the Department of Architecture of the University of Ferrara (UNIFE). As leader of the Laboratory to Advance in Ground heat exchange (LAG), he coordinates a team focused on numerical modelling and experimental analysis of heat and mass transfer phenomena. He took part to 6 European projects, two of which as leader of the UNIFE partnership (H2020, LIFE+), and 2 regional projects (EFDR), one of which as coordinator

Laura Bulgariu is a Full Professor (habil.) of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry at the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași, Romania. After earning degrees in chemical physics (1996) and molecular dynamics (1999) from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, she obtained her PhD in 2006 on solvent extraction of toxic metal ions and her habilitation in 2013 on green methods for heavy-metal removal from water. She advanced from preparator (2000–2002) to lecturer (2014–present) in the Department of Environmental Engineering & Management, where she teaches analytical chemistry, quality control, and life-cycle assessment at both undergraduate and master’s levels. Bulgariu has authored 167 scientific publications, including 51 ISI-indexed papers (33 as first author), 67 BDI-indexed articles, and 18 book chapters, accumulating 241 citations and an h-index of 9. She has directed nine research contracts out of 18 total grants, received 15 national and international awards, and actively serves on the editorial boards of two BDI journals while reviewing for 43 ISI journals.

Dr. Salvatore Carlucci is an Adjunct Professor at the Energy, Environment, and Water Research Center of The Cyprus Institute. He is the Head of the Sustainable Built Environment Group. 
Currently, he is the subtask leader of IEA-EBC Annex 79 on “Occupant-centric building design and operation” and is a fellow of the International Building Performance Simulation Association.
He is an associate editor for the peer-reviewed scientific journal “Frontiers in Built Environment” and a member of the editorial board of the peer-reviewed scientific journals (Elsevier's Energy and Buildings, Springer-Nature’s Energy Efficiency, MDPI’s Energies). Dr. Carlucci serves as an expert evaluator for several research foundations and international universities and a reviewer for numerous international journals.

Professor of Environmental and Climate Physics and Director of the Laboratory of Environmental Physics-Meteorology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece). 
Constantinos Cartalis has served as Chairman of the Environment Committee of the Parliament of Greece and as a member of the Mission Assembly of the European Commission for Climate Neutral Cities. He has also served as a member of the Executive Bureau of the Subsidiary Body of UNFCCC for the implementation of the Paris Agreement.

Associate Professor at the University of Bologna since October 2024. Prof. Cespi works in the fields of environmental chemistry and green chemistry. He specializes in assessing the sustainability of chemical processes, industrial systems, and laboratory reactions through the application of life cycle thinking: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Social-LCA (S-LCA), and Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD). He has worked in technical and management consulting in the sustainability sector. He earned his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Bologna. He was a Visiting Research Assistant at Yale University, in the group of Professor Paul Anastas. In 2015, he was awarded the PM Italia Campus - Empowering Research Award. In 2022, he received the "Mario Molina" Medal from SCI. He is the author of 59 publications in international journals and four book chapters. He serves as a referee for the Ministry, the European Research Executive Agency, UN Environment, the French National Research Agency, and numerous scientific journals. Since 2025 he has been an Advisory Board Member of the journal Green Chemistry and an invited member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Cheng Chen is a professor at Anhui Agricultural University, specializing in chemistry and environmental nanotechnology. He received his Ph.D. from Deakin University in 2020. His research focuses on nanocomposite membranes for water purification, ion separation, energy harvesting, emergency pollutants treatment and photocatalytic applications. He has led several research projects, including an NSFC Fund, and published in journals such as Nature Communications, Joule, and npj Clean Water.

Professor Wei-Hsin Chen received his B.S. degree from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Tunghai University, Taiwan, in 1988 and a Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University. After receiving his Ph.D. degree, Dr. Chen worked in an iron and steel corporation as a process engineer. He joined the Department of Environmental Engineering and Science, Fooyin University in 1995 and was promoted to a full professor in 2001. In 2005, he moved to the Department of Marine Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University. Two years later (2007), he moved to the Department of Greenergy, National University of Tainan. Now he is a Faculty Member at the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University. Professor Chen visited the Princeton University, USA, the University of New South Wales, Australia, the University of Edinburg, UK, and the University of British Columbia, Canada, as a Visiting Professor.

Professor Yulong Ding is the founding Chamberlain Chair of Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham and director of Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage. His current research covers both fundamental (multiphase transport phenomena across length scales) and applied (new energy conversion and storage technologies) aspects.

He invented liquid air energy storage technology and led the initial stage of its developments and validation, which is commercialised by Highview Power, a UK engineering company. He developed composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage and associated large-scale manufacture technologies, leading to large scale commercial applications with a total installation of >300MW / >1.2GWh so far. His work on passively cooled container technology has been on large scale commercial demonstration for cold chain transportation applications.

Annabel Fernandes is a Researcher and Invited Assistant Professor at the University of Beira Interior (UBI), Portugal. Her research activity focuses on the development and optimisation of electrochemical and advanced oxidation processes for wastewater treatment, pollutant degradation, and resource recovery. She has authored or co-authored more than 70 peer-reviewed scientific publications. Since 2022, she has been the Delegate of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society in the Division of Chemistry and Environment of the European Chemical Society (EuChemS DCE ).

Francesco is an Associate Professor in High Performance Architecture at the Faculty of Built Environment of the University of New South Wales. Prior to joining UNSW BE he held appointments at The University of Sydney, in the Architectural Science discipline, and at Politecnico di Bari (Italy), in the Architectural Engineering program. 
Francesco is currently the Australian representative in the European COST Action on “Adaptive Facades Network” and has been involved as Chief Investigator in several research projects in Australia and overseas. He is currently CI of the ARC-funded Training Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing.

François Gagné has been a senior biochemical toxicologist at Environment and Climate Change Canada since 1994. He received his academic training in biochemistry and toxicology and earned his PhD (1996) in Environmental Toxicology at the University of Metz in France. He has published more than 250 papers (Scopus h index 46) in the area of biochemical ecotoxicology in international scientific journals and book chapters and has recently produced a book of methods in biochemical ecotoxicology (Elsevier Inc). He is an Associate Professor at the Marine Science Institute at the University of Québec at Rimouski. His research interests reside in the area of toxicity of substances of emerging interest and the development of new approaches for the risk assessment of new and exotic chemicals in the context of global warming. The use of nonlinear approaches to study the oscillatory and fractal behaviors of molecular changes in cells exposed to ultrafine plastic nanoparticles or other space-altering xenobiotics is currently of interest.

Yang Gao, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor at the School of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Science and Technology of China. His research focuses on the environmental behavior and ecological effects of emerging contaminants, contaminant occurrence, detection and analysis, as well as pollution control and remediation technologies. He has led several competitive research projects, including grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation. Dr. Gao has published numerous papers in leading journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Environmental Pollution, and Environmental Science & Technology. He also serves on the editorial boards of several environmental science journals and is recognized for his contributions to emerging contaminant risk assessment and environmental remediation.

Dionisios Gasparatos was Included in 2023, 2024, 2025 Stanford University’s (Single Year) Top 2% Scientists List, and Professor of Soil Science in the Laboratory of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry at the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. He received MSc in Applied Environmental Geology from The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and PhD in Soil Science from Agricultural University of Athens. His teaching and research focuses on pedology, soil fertility and plant nutrition, soil mineralogy and chemistry with environmental applications. He is author of more than 65 papers and chapters published in high impact international journals and books, including Environmental Chemistry Letters, Science of Total Environment, Catena, Chemosphere, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science with over 1600 citations, and is naturally a reviewer and editorial board member of several international journals as well as an editor of textbooks for graduate students. His current scientific interests are related to the role of redoximorphic features on the mobility and bioavailability of several nutrients and potentially toxic metals in soils. 

Prof. Vladimir I. Golik, D.Sc., is a Professor and Chief Researcher at the North Caucasian State Technological University, Vladikavkaz, Russia. His research focuses on mining engineering, metal extraction through leaching technologies, sustainable utilization of mining and mineral-processing wastes, resource recovery, and the development of environmentally responsible mining practices. He has made significant contributions to the advancement of mineral resource extraction and waste valorization technologies and has authored or co-authored more than 1,100 scientific publications. Prof. Golik is widely recognized for his achievements in mining science, resource efficiency, and the training of highly qualified engineering professionals.

Dr. Guagliardi graduated with honors in Geological Sciences from the University of Calabria in 2005 and received her PhD in Earth and Life Sciences from the University of Sannio (BN) in 2009. Since 2019, she has been a researcher at the CNR-ISAFOM branch in Rende (CS). Dr. Guagliardi is responsible for national and international research projects and an Expert Panel Member for international calls in the fields of "Earth Sciences" and "Physical Sciences and Engineering." Dr. Guagliardi is a member of the Teaching Board of the Doctorate in Geology, Engineering, and Science of Sustainable Earth and Energy Transition (GESET) at the University of Calabria and a member of the Global Geochemical Baselines Commission of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). Dr. Guagliardi has served as Chairperson at numerous international scientific conferences. Dr. Guagliardi is actively involved in publishing and peer-reviewing, serving on editorial boards and reviewing over 50 international scientific journals.

Prof. Qiulai He, Ph.D., is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, China. His research focuses on environmental chemistry, environmental catalysis, advanced oxidation technologies, water and wastewater treatment, and the environmental fate and control of emerging contaminants. He has led numerous national and provincial research projects and published extensively in leading international journals in the fields of environmental science and engineering. Prof. He has made significant contributions to the development of innovative technologies for pollution control, environmental remediation, and sustainable water management, and is actively involved in promoting interdisciplinary research addressing global environmental challenges. 

 He is affiliated with the Agricultural Sciences department at Texas State University, USA. He has expertise in Econometric Analysis and Policy-oriented research. Md He has over 90 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, including Applied Energy, Technology in Society, Sustainable Development, Energy and Buildings, Resource Policy, Renewable Energy, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Aquaculture, and Aquaculture Economics and Management.

Dr. Inamuddin is working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He obtained Master of Science degree in Organic Chemistry from Chaudhary Charan Singh (CCS) University, Meerut, India, in 2002. He received his Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Applied Chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He has extensive research experience in multidisciplinary fields of Analytical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Electrochemistry and, more specifically, Renewable Energy and Environment. He has worked on different research projects as project fellow and senior research fellow funded by University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India, and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India. He has received Fast Track Young Scientist Award from the Department of Science and Technology, India, to work in the area of bending actuators and artificial muscles. He has completed four major research projects sanctioned by University Grant Commission, Department of Science and Technology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and Council of Science and Technology, India. He has published 195 research articles in international journals of repute and nineteen book chapters in knowledge-based book editions published by renowned international publishers. He has published 145 edited books with Springer (U.K.), Elsevier, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (U.S.A.), CRC Press Taylor & Francis Asia Pacific, Trans Tech Publications Ltd. (Switzerland), IntechOpen Limited (U.K.), Wiley-Scrivener, (U.S.A.) and Materials Research Forum LLC (U.S.A). He is a member of various journals’ editorial boards. He is also serving as Associate Editor for journals (Environmental Chemistry Letter, Applied Water Science and Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, Springer-Nature), Frontiers Section Editor (Current Analytical Chemistry, Bentham Science Publishers), Editorial Board Member (Scientific Reports-Nature), Editor (Eurasian Journal of Analytical Chemistry), and Review Editor (Frontiers in Chemistry, Frontiers, U.K.) He is also guest-editing various special thematic special issues to the journals of Elsevier, Bentham Science Publishers, and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. He has attended as well as chaired sessions in various international and national conferences. He has worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow, leading a research team at the Creative Research Initiative Center for Bio-Artificial Muscle, Hanyang University, South Korea, in the field of renewable energy, especially biofuel cells. He has also worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, in the field of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells and computational fluid dynamics of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. He is a life member of the Journal of the Indian Chemical Society. His research interest includes ion exchange materials, a sensor for heavy metal ions, biofuel cells, supercapacitors and bending actuators.

Aznarul Islam completed his Masters of Science in Geography from Kalyani University, India and his Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy in Geography from the University of Burdwan, India. He 
is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Aliah University (AU), Kolkata, India, since 2016 and served as the Head of the Department (Officiating) from 2019 to 2022. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor (WBES) at the Department of Geography, Barasat Government College, India (2014–2016). Dr. Islam is the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellowship for 
Experienced Researcher. He was awarded the University Grants Commission Junior Research Fellowship (Geography) in 2012, secured All India Rank 018/188 in Earth Sciences (CSIR-UGC NET for Lectureship, 2011). He served as a Guest Faculty/Visiting Faculty at several institutes, including Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol. and published 90+ research papers, including 60 in SCI-indexed journals. He is the principal author of Riverbank Erosion in the Bengal Delta: An Integrated Perspective, (Springer, 2024) and co-author of other two books - 1. Palaeochannels and Water Resource Management - A Study in the Western Bengal Delta and 2. The Nadia Rivers - Transition to Transformation both published by the Springer. He has edited 10 books, contributed more than 26 chapters, presented papers in 35+ conferences and successfully guided four Ph.D. theses (three ongoing). 

He received a UGC Minor Research Project, completed an ICSSR Major Research Project in 2019 as the sole Project Director and was awarded the DST-SERB SURE Award (Govt. of India) in 2023 as Principal Investigator. He serves as an editor and reviewer for leading journals published by Springer, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Wiley, Nature, MDPI, Frontiers, etc. He is a life member of the IGF, Kolkata, and NAGI, New Delhi. His principal area of research includes exploring river, water, and society through the lens of applied spatial sciences using quantitative techniques and geo-informatics to reduce fluvial and hydrological hazards and enhance community resilience. 

 Jie Ji is currently the only Chair Professor at the Department of thermal science and energy engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Executive Committee Member and Fellow of the World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies (WSSET), Core Distinguished Researcher of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Executive Committee Member and Fellow of the Chinese Renewable Energy Society (CRES), Deputy Director of the Solar Thermal Utilization /Thermal Power Specialization Committee, etc. He has established a global reputation as a distinguished academia in the area of comprehensive utilization of solar energy. A series of original achievements have been realized in the theory of full-spectrum cascade utilization, photoelectric/thermal comprehensive utilization technology, and multi-effect solar energy building integration, and the published papers in related directions rank first in the world. His H-index is 87 with more than 400 published papers and over 26,000 total citations. His sustained influence is evidenced by his inclusion in Stanford University's "World's Top 2% Scientists" list for career-long impact, his consecutive appearance on the Elsevier "Highly Cited Chinese Researchers" list for 12 years (since 2014), and a ScholarGPS Rank within the top 0.05% worldwide in his field. The relevant achievements have won the Outstanding Achievement Award of WSSET, the only Outstanding Contribution Award of CRES, Newton Nomination Award, and Nominated for the SHC Solar Award. First Prize of Scientific and Technological Invention of CRES, China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Award, European Dragon Star Innovation Award, etc.

Katarzyna Pietrucha-Urbanik, DSc, PhD, Eng., Associate Prof. Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland The Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture Department of Water Supply and Sewage Systems Poland 35-959 Rzeszów Al. Powstanców Warszawy 6 Education and employment: Master the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rzeszow University of Technology under the direction of environmental engineering, the specialty of municipal engineering. Ph.D. Ph.D. thesis was defended with distinctions from the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Bialystok in the discipline of environmental engineering. Habilitation in the field of engineering and technical sciences in the discipline of environmental engineering, mining, and energy, the Faculty of Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Cracow. 

Dr. Nadeem A. Khan is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia. He is a distinguished Environmental Engineering Specialist with extensive experience in academic leadership and research. Recognized globally, he has been listed among the World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (2024-2025) for his significant contributions to Environmental Engineering. Throughout his career, Dr. Khan has authored over 100 peer-reviewed research papers in international journals and led multiple funded research projects.

Professor Ahmet Erkan Kideys is a marine biologist with a PhD degree from Liverpool University, UK, and has over 30 years of experience in different aspects of marine ecology, ecosystem assessment and environmental/fisheries management gained through having carried out high-quality university research, implementing projects resulting in a large number of key scientific publications and positions in academic and intergovernmental institutions. His recently held positions include the post of Black Sea Ecosystem and Fishery expert at the Joint Research Center of the European Commission (2005-2007) and the Executive Director of the Permanent Secretariat of the Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (the Black Sea Commission) of the Bucharest Convention (2007-2011). He was the Director of the Institute of Marine Sciences of the Middle East Technical University from April 2012 to November 2016, where he continues to work as a member of the academic staff. He has published over 120 scientific papers. He is also the co-coordinator of the K-12 program called “I know and protect my sea”, training over 7000 school children on importance of marine biodiversity and marine litter since 2012.

Klyuev Roman Vladimirovich is a qualified and responsible research and teaching employee of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education " North Caucasus Mining and Metallurgical Institute (State Technological University)" (FGBOU VO "NCIMM (STU)") in the field of training highly qualified personnel in the enlarged group of specialties 13.00.00 "Electro - and thermal energy".
In 2003, he received the academic title of Associate Professor in the Department of "Power Supply of Industrial Enterprises". In the period from 2006 to 2011, he served as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (EME), Secretary of the Academic Council of EME, Secretary of the Admissions Committee of NCIMM (STU), representative of EME in the trade union organization of SKSMI (GTU). In 2011, he was elected to the position of Head of the Department "Power Supply of Industrial Enterprises", which he holds until now. From 2013 to 2014, he served as the Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation of the NCIMM (STU). Since March 2014 He serves as the Deputy editor-in-Chief responsible for the issue of the journal "Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories".

Dr. Fanying Kong is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Water Conservancy, Northeast Agricultural University. Her main research focuses on the remediation of agricultural soil and water pollution, removal of difficult-to-degrade agricultural pollutants, resource utilization of agricultural waste, bioelectrochemical-assisted pollutant removal, and environmental functional materials. She is a senior member of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering and a senior member of the International Association for Biohydrogen. She has published over 80 SCI-indexed papers in the fields of environment and agriculture and has applied for or been granted more than 20 invention patents.

Prof. Dr. Chee Kong Yap is a Professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He received his Ph.D. from UPM and has over two decades of experience in teaching, research, and postgraduate supervision. His research specializes in ecotoxicology, environmental biology, environmental pollution, water quality assessment, biomonitoring, and marine ecology, with particular expertise in heavy metal contamination and the use of bivalves as environmental bioindicators. Prof. Yap has published more than 400 scientific papers, authored several books and book chapters, and serves on the editorial boards of numerous international journals. He has been recognized among the World's Top 2% Scientists and has held visiting and research appointments at international institutions.

Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (Poland). She obtained a PhD in Earth Sciences in the field of geography in 2006 at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Dr. Kubiak-Wójcicka’s research interests focus on the following issues: hydrological droughts, floods, water resource management, hydropower plants, water law, and water quality in river and reservoirs.

Prof. Angui Li, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, where he serves as Dean of the School of Building Services Science and Engineering and Director of the International Joint Laboratory for Low-Carbon Building Environment under the Ministry of Education of China. His research focuses on underground space environmental engineering, building environmental technology, and sustainable energy applications. He has led more than 80 national and international research projects, including National Key R&D Programs, European Union-funded projects, and National Natural Science Foundation grants. Prof. Li has published over 200 SCI-indexed papers, authored seven books, and holds more than 100 invention patents. He is a recipient of two National Technological Invention Awards and is widely recognized for his contributions to underground environmental protection and low-carbon building technologies.

Dr. Qiang Li is a Lecturer at the Karamay Campus of China University of Petroleum-Beijing. He received his Ph.D. from China University of Petroleum (East China) in 2021. His research focuses on unconventional shale reservoir stimulation, supercritical CO₂ fracturing technologies for enhanced oil recovery, deep exploitation of natural gas hydrates, wellbore stability, and geothermal energy development. Dr. Li has published 32 academic papers, including 19 SCI-indexed articles as first or corresponding author. He has led and participated in several research projects related to CO₂ fracturing technologies and unconventional oil and gas development. He also serves on the editorial boards of Unconventional Oil & Gas and Scientific Reports as an Academic Editor.

Dr. Li Qingchao, graduated from China University of Petroleum (East China) in June, 2020. He is majoring in Development of gas hydrate offshore and some other aspects related to it. Now, he is working as a lecture in Henan Polytechinic University.

Dr. Li Xiuhong, doctoral supervisor, holds a PhD from Wuhan University, is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Remote Sensing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is currently an associate professor at the Institute of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University. She has published over 30 papers and holds 13 patents (including three authorized invention patents), winning a silver medal at an international invention conference. She has long been engaged in research and application development in wireless sensor networks, focusing on integrated air-space-ground monitoring networks, global change monitoring and assessment, and ecological and environmental monitoring and assessment. Over the past six years, she has led or been a principal investigator in numerous research projects, including those funded by the Water Special Project, the "863" Program, scientific and technological support programs, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Through her leadership and participation in various scientific research and technological development projects, she has established a solid foundation and developed distinctive expertise in the fields of integrated air-space-ground monitoring platforms and ecological and environmental monitoring and assessment.

Naga Raju Maddela received his M.Sc. (1996–1998) and Ph.D. (2012) in Microbiology from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, India. During his doctoral program in the area of Environmental Microbiology, he investigated the effects of industrial effluents/insecticides on soil microorganisms and their biological activities and he is working as Faculty in Microbiology since 1998, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students. He worked on Prometeo Investigator (fellowship received from SENESCYT) at Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Ecuador during 2013-15, received "Postdoctoral Fellowship" (2016–2018) from Sun Yat-sen University, China. He also received external funding from "China Postdoctoral Science Foundation" in 2017, internal funding from "Universidad Técnica de Manabí" in 2020. He participated in national / international conferences, and presented research data in China, Cuba, Ecuador, India and Singapore. Currently, he is working as a Full Professor at the Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador. He has been actively publishing scientific articles, books (authored and edited) and chapters since 2007.

Prof. Tapas K. Mallick, Ph.D., is Chair and Professor in Clean Technologies at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom, where he leads the Solar Energy Research Group within the Environment and Sustainability Institute. He is also Scientific Advisor and Director of BuildSolar Ltd. and holds adjunct and visiting professorships at several international institutions. His research focuses on solar energy engineering, photovoltaics, concentrated photovoltaic systems, building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), thermal energy storage, renewable energy integration, and sustainable building technologies. Prof. Mallick has led numerous UK, European, and industrially funded research projects, published more than 450 scientific papers, and supervised over 30 doctoral researchers. He is internationally recognized for advancing innovative solar energy technologies and promoting sustainable energy solutions. 

Assoc. Prof. Daniel Menezes Blackburn, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. His research expertise spans soil microbiology, microbial ecology, plant nutrition, and applied agricultural biotechnology, with a particular focus on phytase-producing microorganisms, soil organic phosphorus cycling, nutrient bioavailability, soil salinity management, and sustainable agricultural systems. He has conducted research at leading international institutions, including Lancaster University and the Max Rubner Institute in Germany as an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow. Dr. Blackburn has published extensively on phosphorus biogeochemistry, microbial enzymes, and soil–plant interactions, contributing to innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture, environmental protection, and nutrient resource management. 

Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Ashraf, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan, and an HEC-approved postgraduate supervisor. His research focuses on soil science, particularly soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration, climate change mitigation, soil fertility management, carbon and nitrogen cycling, and greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement and mitigation. His work also explores C:N:P stoichiometry, carbon use efficiency (CUE), nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), soil extracellular enzymes, microbial biomass dynamics, SOC fractionation, and the development of coated fertilizers, including coated urea. Dr. Ashraf's research contributes to sustainable soil management, environmental protection, and climate-smart agriculture.

Professor NG Yan Yung Edward is Professor of Architecture in the School of Architecture of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He is the first incumbent of the Yao Ling Sun Endowed Chair in Architecture. He worked as an architect before becoming a professor. He specializes in Green Building, Environmental and Sustainable Design, and Urban Climatology for City Planning.

As an environmental consultant to the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Professor Ng developed the performance-based daylight design practice note, the Air Ventilation Assessment Technical Guidelines, and the Urban Climatic Maps for City Planning. He is now collaborating with public health colleagues to investigate the impact of city design and climate change on urban living.

Armando Oliveira was Head of the R&D units: Centre for Renewable Energy Research (CIENER-INEGI, 2015-20) and New Energy Technologies Unit (IDMEC, 2003-14). Participated in 20 European research and development projects (including 4 as project overall coordinator) related to the development of new and sustainable energy systems, especially solar thermal systems (heating, cooling and CHP systems), managing a total budget in excess of 11 million euros. Considered as one of the 2% most influential researchers in the field of energy during his career (Stanford University ranking, 2020, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25).

Former Associate Editor and now Member of the Editorial Board of the Int Journal of Low Carbon Technologies (Oxford University Press). Member of the Editorial Board of Int Journal of Ambient Energy (Taylor & Francis), Journal of Building Engineering (Elsevier), Energies (MDPI), Future Cities and Environment (Ubiquity Press) and Frontiers in Built Environment (Frontiers, EPFL). Member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Peer Review College (UK) since 2009.

He is a Fellow of the World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies, of which he was Secretary-General and member of the Executive Committee. He was co-responsible for the conference series on Sustainable Energy Technologies, with more than 20 editions held in Europe, Asia and America

Dr. Mohammad Oves, Ph.D. (Microbiology), is an Assistant Professor at the Center of Excellence in Environmental Studies of King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He has ten years of research experience on the different environmental-related research projects like SWINGS (Safeguarding Water Resources in India with Green and Sustainable Technology) International FP-7 funded project of the European Union) and green synthesis of nanoparticles from the plant and bacterial extract funded by ICMR and CSIR funding bodies of the Indian government. He has published more than 95 scientific papers, including original research articles, review articles, and book chapters in various international publishers. He has also gained 34 H index and more than 6750 citations on Google scholar. His interest in various aspects and application of Microbiology coupled with Environment, Nanoscience, and Biomedical Sciences. He is intensely involved in research activities focusing on Environmental and Medical Microbiology, Nanotechnology, Heavy metals bioremediation, and Antimicrobial microbial activities of newly synthesized drugs and nanomaterials.

Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Ashraf, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan, and an HEC-approved postgraduate supervisor. His research focuses on soil science, environmental sustainability, and climate-smart agriculture, with particular expertise in soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration, climate change mitigation, carbon and nitrogen cycling, soil fertility management, and greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement and mitigation. His work also encompasses C:N:P stoichiometry, carbon and nitrogen use efficiency, soil microbial biomass, extracellular enzymes, SOC fractionation, and advanced fertilizer technologies such as coated urea. Dr. Ashraf's research contributes to sustainable nutrient management, soil health improvement, and environmental protection in agricultural ecosystems.

Dr. Sarthi has a rich academic and research career spanning premier institutions like IIT Delhi, TERI University, and CUSB. His positions have included Project Scientist, Associate Fellow, Professor, Department Head, and Dean. He has supervised nine Ph.D. students, numerous M.Phil and M.Tech theses, and guided postdoctoral fellows. He has developed academic curricula in climate modeling, environmental geosciences, and atmospheric sciences, and has been involved in organizing national and international conferences, workshops, and training programs.

Prof. Pei mainly engaged in research in the fields of sky radiation cooling, new thermal cycles, solar high-temperature thermal power generation, solar thermal/photovoltaic comprehensive utilization, air conditioning and refrigeration, etc.

Prof. Richard J. Powell, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, is Emeritus Professor of Clinical Immunology and Allergy at the School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. Following a distinguished career within the National Health Service (NHS), he has continued to contribute to clinical practice and academic medicine in the fields of allergy and immunology. Prof. Powell is a member of the Standards of Care Committee of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (BSACI). His clinical and research interests encompass allergic diseases, anaphylaxis, food allergy and intolerance, urticaria, angioedema, drug hypersensitivity, insect venom allergy, rhinitis, and primary immunodeficiency disorders. He is widely recognized for his contributions to advancing allergy diagnosis, patient care, and clinical immunology practice. 

Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology at Mahatma Gandhi Central University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, in 2017. With over nine years of teaching and research experience, his work focuses on emerging computing technologies, particularly the Internet of Things (IoT), mobile computing, machine learning, and parallel computing. Dr. Singh is actively engaged in interdisciplinary research addressing intelligent systems, data-driven technologies, and next-generation computing solutions. His research contributes to the advancement of smart and connected systems for real-world applications

Associate Professor Dr. Mukhlis A. Rahman is a lecturer at the Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), and a research fellow at the Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre, UTM. His research focuses on ceramic membranes and surface modification using various crystalline and amorphous materials for the simultaneous synthesis and separation of hydrogen, resource recovery, desalination, and water purification.

Dr. Namal Rathnayake, Ph.D., is a Researcher at the World Premier International Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change (WPI-AIMEC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Japan. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Systems from Kochi University of Technology and has interdisciplinary expertise spanning artificial intelligence, machine learning, soft computing, environmental modeling, and marine-earth system analytics. His research focuses on prediction and forecasting of environmental processes, rainfall–runoff modeling, tropical cyclone analysis, data assimilation, optimization algorithms, and coral bleaching assessment. Dr. Rathnayake has developed innovative AI- and ANFIS-based forecasting approaches for hydrological and environmental applications and has contributed extensively to sustainable environmental management and climate-related risk assessment. 

Prof. K. Srinivas Reddy, Ph.D., FNAE, FWSSET, FISEES, is the V. Balaraman Chair Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Honorary Professor at University of Exeter. He received his Ph.D. in Energy Studies from IIT Delhi and is internationally recognized for his contributions to renewable energy engineering and sustainable energy systems. His research focuses on solar energy technologies, concentrated solar power (CSP), concentrated photovoltaics (CPV), thermal energy storage, green hydrogen, energy efficiency, solar desalination, and energy–environment analysis. Prof. Reddy has led more than 30 nationally and internationally funded research projects, published over 350 scientific papers, authored influential books on sustainable energy technologies, and holds multiple patents. He is a Fellow of several prestigious engineering and sustainability societies and has made significant contributions to the development and deployment of clean energy technologies worldwide.

Dr. Prakash Kumar Sarangi is the senior most Scientist at the Central Agricultural University in Imphal, India. He has a Ph.D. degree in Microbial Biotechnology from the Ravenshaw University, India and MTech. degree from Department of Agriculture and Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. Dr. Sarangi’s research is focused on bioprocess engineering, biochemicals and sustainable development. His expertise is in bioconversion of biomass into biochemicals and nutraceuticals, as well as environmental waste remediation. He has taken leading roles as the principal investigator in different R&D projects on biomass conversion and biodegradation into value-added products. He has more than 14 years of teaching and research experience in Biochemical Engineering, Microbial Biotechnology, Downstream Processing and Environmental Sustainability. He is serving as the Editorial Board member for many international journals like Critical Review in Biotechnology, PLOS One, 3 Biotech, Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. He is serving as guest editor in Science for total Environment, International Journal of Biological molecules, Journal of Biomass conversion and Biorefinery, Chemical Engineering and Technology and Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. He has published more than 130 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored in more than 75 book chapters. His all research publications have good ratings with cumulative impact factor more than 650. He has presented at many national and international conferences. He is associated with many scientific societies and published 25 books on the field of biomass conversion and value addition by Elsevier, Springer and Taylor and Francis.

Miklas Scholz, cand ing, BEng (equiv), PgC, MSc, PhD, DSc, CWEM, CEnv, CSci, CEng, FHEA, FIEMA, FCIWEM, FICE, Fellow of IWA, Fellow of IETI is a Distinguished Professor at Johannesburg University, South Africa. Miklas is the Head of the Department of Water Management at the District of Herzogtum Lauenburg, Germany. He is a Technical Specialist for Nexus by Sweden and a Hydraulic Engineer at Kunststoff-Technik Adams, Germany.

Prof. Scholz has shown individual excellence evidenced by world-leading publications, postgraduate supervision and research impact. His main research areas in terms of publication output are as follow: treatment wetlands, integrated constructed wetlands (ICW), sustainable flood retention basins (SFRB) and urban water management.

Prof. Li Shao, Ph.D., is a Professor in Sustainable Technologies for the Built Environment at the University of Reading, United Kingdom. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield and has held academic positions at the University of Nottingham, De Montfort University, and the University of Reading. His research focuses on sustainable building technologies, building energy systems, urban green infrastructure, energy monitoring and management, occupant behavior analytics, and climate-resilient built environments. Prof. Shao has led numerous research projects funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and industry partners. His work integrates engineering, environmental science, sensing technologies, and data analytics to advance low-carbon, energy-efficient, and sustainable urban environments.

Dr. Binbin Shao, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor, Associate Research Fellow, and Master's Supervisor at Hunan University, China. He is recognized among the World's Top 2% Scientists and specializes in sustainable and ecological design, ecological restoration and governance, and sustainability assessment. Dr. Shao has led eight national and provincial research projects and contributed to major national key R&D programs. He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed papers, receiving over 10,700 citations with an H-index of 59. His research outputs include numerous ESI Highly Cited and Hot Papers, as well as over 20 authorized invention patents. He serves on the editorial boards of several international journals, including Eco-Environment & Health and Carbon Neutralization, and actively contributes to interdisciplinary research integrating design, ecology, and sustainability.

Assoc. Prof. Jichao Sun, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing). He received his Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), completed postdoctoral research in Hydraulic Engineering at Tsinghua University, and was a visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin, USA. His research focuses on groundwater hydrodynamics, hydraulic engineering, water disaster prevention and mitigation, water–sediment interactions, hydroinformatics, geological hazard control, and subsurface sedimentology. Dr. Sun has published extensively in these fields and serves as Editor-in-Chief and editorial board member for multiple international journals. He is recognized for pioneering research on subsurface sedimentology and innovative modeling approaches for groundwater and sediment transport processes. 

Chris G. Tzanis is an Associate Professor in climate physics and dynamics at the Department of Physics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His has an extensive teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate level (27 courses) mainly in the field of climate and atmospheric physics. He currently leads the Climate and Climatic Change Group comprising postdoctoral, PhD candidates and master researchers. His research experience covers the areas of climate physics and dynamics, climate change and variability, nonlinear processes in the climate system, energy and climate, artificial intelligence and machine learning, remote sensing, atmospheric physics and chemistry, ambient air quality and aerosols. His publication record consists of more than 120 research articles published in international peer-reviewed scientific journals, proceedings of conferences and chapters in international books, with more than 1600 citations (h-index 25). He is Associate Editor or Member of the Editorial Board in several international journals (“Atmosphere”, “Climate”, “Remote Sensing”, “Frontiers in Earth Science”, “Frontiers in Environmental Science”, “Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research”, etc). He is an acknowledged reviewer in more than 40 international journals in the field of climate and atmospheric sciences and a member in several scientific unions and societies. He has participated in 30 national, European and international research projects and has collaborated with more than 60 international institutions in the frame of several important experimental campaigns and research projects

Assoc. Prof. Tham Kwok Wai, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of the Built Environment at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Co-Director of the Building Energy Efficiency Hub@NUS. He received his Ph.D. in Architectural Science from the University of Sydney and has been a faculty member at NUS since 1991. His research focuses on indoor air quality, indoor environmental quality, building performance, energy-efficient buildings, ventilation systems, thermal comfort, and the impact of indoor environments on human health and wellbeing. He is a Fellow and former President of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ), has served as an advisor to the World Health Organization on indoor air quality guidelines, and is widely recognized for his contributions to healthy, sustainable, and energy-efficient built environments.

Prof. Chi-Hwa Wang, Ph.D., AIChE Fellow, WSSET Fellow, is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University and has been a faculty member at NUS for more than 25 years. His research spans particle technology, biomass gasification, waste-to-energy and resource recovery, granular material dynamics, drug delivery systems, and biomedical engineering. Prof. Wang has published extensively in leading engineering and energy journals and has served as Executive Editor of Chemical Engineering Science and editorial board member of several high-impact journals, including Applied Energy and Journal of Controlled Release. He is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher and an internationally recognized expert in sustainable energy technologies, particle engineering, and resource recovery. 

Prof. Ruzhu Wang, Ph.D., is a Chair Professor and Director of the Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. He is internationally recognized for his pioneering contributions to refrigeration, heat pump technologies, thermal energy storage, and sustainable energy systems. Over the past three decades, he has led groundbreaking research on adsorption refrigeration, solar cooling, sorption thermal energy storage, atmospheric water harvesting, desalination, and low-grade thermal energy utilization. Prof. Wang has published extensively in leading journals, authored several influential books, and supervised numerous award-winning researchers. His achievements have been recognized through prestigious honors, including the 2023 Global Energy Prize, the IIR Gustav Lorentzen Medal, and the J&E Hall Gold Medal. His work has significantly advanced the Energy–Water–Air nexus and the development of low-carbon energy technologies. 

Prof. Wen Liu, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), and Director of the Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology. He received both his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from USTC and completed postdoctoral research at McMaster University, Canada. His research focuses on optical communication devices, optoelectronic technologies, micro- and nano-fabrication, and interdisciplinary applications of photonics. In recent years, he has pioneered innovative optoelectronic approaches for agriculture, proposing spectral separation technologies that simultaneously enhance crop photosynthesis and solar power generation. Prof. Liu has held senior leadership positions in both academia and industry and has received numerous prestigious awards, including the R&D 100 Award, the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions Gold Medal, and the World Sustainable Energy Technology Innovation Award.

Chong Xu is a Researcher and Doctoral Supervisor at the National Institute of Natural Hazards, Ministry of Emergency Management of China, and Director of the Key Laboratory of Compound and Chained Natural Hazards Dynamics (MEM). He earned his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Geological Engineering from Xi’an University of Science and Technology (2004 and 2007) and the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS (2010). He is also a Distinguished Professor under the “Tianchi Talents” Program at Xinjiang University. His research interests center on compound and chained natural hazards, with particular emphasis on the mechanisms, evolution processes, and dynamic coupling of earthquake- and rainfall-induced geological hazards, including landslides, debris flows, and large-scale collapse events. He has published more than 500 peer-reviewed papers with over 20,000 citations, and holds more than 100 authorized invention patents and software copyrights.

Prof. Yuying Yan, Ph.D., is Chair Professor of Thermofluids Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from City, University of London, and has more than three decades of experience in fluid flow, heat transfer, and thermal engineering research. Prof. Yan has authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications, supervised more than 40 doctoral researchers, and is recognized as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher and Elsevier Highly Cited Researcher. His research spans thermofluids engineering, advanced heat transfer, thermal management, energy storage, biomimetic surfaces, microfluidics, and sustainable energy technologies. He serves on the editorial boards of several leading international journals and has made significant contributions to energy-efficient cooling systems and nature-inspired engineering solutions. 

Prof. Yang received his BEng in 1982 and MEng in 1985 from Division of HVACR Engineering of Tianjin University, China. He obtained his PhD in 1993 in the Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Wales College of Cardiff, UK.  He is now leading the Renewable Energy Research Group (RERG) in the Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research interests cover a number of R&D topics in renewable energy applications and energy saving in buildings including solar cell materials, solar photovoltaic integration in buildings, wind power, hybrid solar-wind power, ground-coupled heat pump technologies and indirect evaporative cooling. He has completed many research and consultancy projects for local industry and governmental departments. He has received awards from local and world organizations. He has supervised 45 PhD students (41 have graduated) as chief supervisor. He has over 560 academic papers published including more than 350 SCI journal papers published. According to the ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2016, he was on the list of 150 world most-cited researchers with impactful research in the disciplines of Civil Engineering. He was also a Highly Cited Researcher from 2017 to 2020 according to Elsevier, and he has been included in Stanford’s List of World’s Top 2% Scientists since 2022. He is now serving the International Journal of Applied Energy as Senior Editor and other international journals as editor or editorial board member. Together with his co-authors, he has published 8 professional books (in Chinese) as shown below.

Dr. Yang is a Doctor of Engineering, currently serving as a Distinguished Associate Research Fellow and Doctoral Supervisor in the Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University.

Yin Lingshi, Associate Professor, Ph.D., is a specialist in the interdisciplinary field of Water Conservancy Engineering and Environmental Science and Engineering. He has led multiple national-level and provincial- and ministerial-level research projects, and authored over 30 peer-reviewed academic papers in authoritative journals including Gondwana Research, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Pollution, and Chemosphere. Among these publications, several have been recognized as ESI Top 0.1% Hot Papers and ESI Top 1% Highly Cited Papers, reflecting significant scholarly impact in his research domain.

Prof. Khalid Zaman, Ph.D., is a Professor at the University of Haripur, Pakistan, specializing in Environmental Economics, Development Economics, Energy Economics, and Sustainable Development. His research focuses on the nexus between economic growth, energy consumption, environmental sustainability, carbon emissions, renewable energy, tourism economics, and climate change mitigation. He has published extensively in leading international journals, particularly in the fields of environmental and energy economics, with his work receiving significant global recognition and citations. Prof. Zaman's research contributes to advancing sustainable development policies, environmental governance, and evidence-based strategies for achieving low-carbon economic growth in developing and emerging economies.

Professor in School of Environment, Nanjing University

2020 China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Award

2015 National Tech-Invention Award (State Council of China)

2013 Sci-Tech Award of the State Education Commission (Ministry of Education, China)

2005 Sci-Tech Award of Chinese Petroleum & Chemical Industry Association

2000 Sci-Tech Award of the State Education Commission (Ministry of Education, China)

Prof. Lizhi Zhang is a professor and doctoral supervisor at South China University of Technology. He is also a recipient of the National Outstanding Young Scientists Fund and the director of the Key Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation of the Ministry of Education at South China University of Technology. His research focuses on heat transfer and energy conservation.

Tao Zhang is an Associate Professor and doctoral supervisor in the College of Resources and Environmental Sciences at China Agricultural University. He obtained his B.Eng. in Urban Construction and Safety from Nanjing University of Technology (2005) and his Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Nanjing University (2011). His research focuses on the treatment and resource recovery of agricultural waste as well as wastewater treatment and reuse.

Xudong Zhao is a globally recognised energy researcher whose focus is around sustainable building services, renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. Over his 30 year career he has led or participated in 58 research projects worth £18.5m, 40 engineering consultancy projects worth £5m and claimed 11 patents.

Prof. Zhao Tianshou, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is an expert in thermophysics in energy science and engineering. He graduated from the Department of Thermophysics Engineering at Tianjin University in 1983, received his master's degree there in 1986, and his doctorate from the University of Hawaii in 1995. He is currently a Chair Professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology, a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). He has received the Croucher Senior Research Achievement Award, the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Progress Award, the Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Outstanding Research Achievement Award in Engineering. He has been named to the Clarivate/Thomson Reuters list of Highly Cited Researchers and Most Influential Scientific Ideas. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer and on the Advisory Editorial Board of Energy & Environmental Science.

Prof. Zhao has long been dedicated to the research of heat and mass transfer theory and battery energy storage technology. In response to the country's significant demand for renewable energy utilization, focusing on the key scientific issues of energy transfer and conversion in fluid battery energy storage devices such as fuel cells, flow batteries, and metal-air batteries, a coupling theory of heat and mass transfer and electrochemical energy conversion in battery energy storage systems has been established. A method for the coordinated transmission of heat, mass, electrons, and ions has been proposed, achieving a breakthrough in the key technologies of high-power fluid battery design. A new method for storing electricity using rechargeable and dischargeable liquid energy carriers has been proposed, and a new energy storage system with independent charging and discharging devices has been invented. This has achieved a simultaneous leap in system efficiency and output power, which will play an important role in solving the difficulties of wind and solar power grid integration, achieving large-scale utilization of renewable energy, and addressing air pollution and climate change.

Shuai Zhou is an associate professor in the School of Civil Engineering at University of South China. He has been honored with the title of “Youth Backbone Teacher” in Hunan Province and recognized as a high-level talent in Hengyang City, China. He obtained Ph.D. degree from Tongji University, where he was mentored by Professor Yayi Wang. His research interest focuses on the treatment theories and technologies for emerging and radioactive pollutants within the field of municipal engineering. He has published over 30 SCI papers in excellent environmental and water treatment journals such as Water Research and Journal of Hazardous Materials, which have collectively received over 1,400 citations (as of September 2025). He is a youth committee member of the Water Supply and Drainage Professional Committee of the Hunan Provincial Civil Engineering. He serves as an editorial board member for the journal “Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution,” and as a young editorial board member for the Chinese journals “Industrial Water Treatment” and “Water Purification Technology”.

Dr. Maiyong Zhu is an Associate Professor at Jiangsu University, China. He got his Doctor's degree in the College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China. 

His Research Interests:

· Electrochemical Supercapacitors
· Conducting Polymer
· Magnetic Nanocomposite
· Environmental treatment

Built Environment and HVAC Engineering, Low Energy / Sustainable Buildings, Human thermal comfort.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Aug. 1989

B.Eng., Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Aug.1984

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS (TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY)

Sept. 1990—Dec.1993, Assistant Professor, Department of Thermal Engineering

July 1992—Oct. 1993, Fellow of Japan Society for the Promoting of Science (JSPS), Dept. of Architecture, Nagoya University, Japan

Dec. 1993—Aug. 1998, Associate Professor, Department of Thermal Engineering

Nov. 1997—Sept. 2000, Deputy Dean of Department of Thermal Engineering

Aug. 1998—Sept. 2000, Professor, Department of Thermal Engineering

Sept. 2000—Now, Professor of School of Architecture

July 2002—Dec.2002, Guest Professor, Integrated Research Center of Science and Technology, Nagoya University, Japan

Dec. 2005—Sept. 2008, Director of Institute of Built Environment and Energy Engineering (HVAC)

Sept. 2008—June 2018, Head of Dept. of Building Science

Sept. 2008—June 2020, Vice Dean of School of Architecture

March 2009—Now, Vice Director of Key Lab of Ministry of Education on Eco-Urban Planning and Green Building Research

March 2005—Now, Vice Director of Building Energy Research Center, Ministry of Education

Assoc. Prof. Muhammad Zubair, Ph.D., is a Tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Gujrat, Pakistan. He received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad. His research focuses on environmental and food analysis, environmental contaminants, sustainable materials, nanotechnology, wastewater treatment, and the characterization of bioactive compounds. Dr. Zubair has led and participated in numerous research projects related to environmental monitoring, toxic metal contamination, biodegradable nanomaterials, microplastics, phytoremediation, and waste valorization. He has supervised numerous postgraduate researchers and serves as an active contributor to interdisciplinary research integrating analytical chemistry, environmental science, agriculture, and sustainable resource management. 

Prof. Walter Timo de Vries, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of Land Management at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany. He received his degree in Geodetic Engineering from Delft University of Technology and earned his Ph.D. in the Netherlands. Prior to joining TUM in 2015, he worked with UNITAR in Geneva and the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, where he was involved in numerous international projects across Asia, Africa, and South America. His research focuses on responsible land management, land administration, land tenure systems, spatial justice, geospatial governance, urban and rural development, land consolidation, and sustainable land policy. Prof. de Vries currently directs TUM's Master's and Ph.D. programs in Land Management and Land Tenure and is internationally recognized for his contributions to land governance, geospatial sciences, and sustainable territorial development.

Dr. Mingming Ge is an assistant professor in the Environmental Science and Sustainable Energy programmes. He received the Ph.D. degree from Virginia Tech and then continued his research career as a postdoc and assistant professor.

His research focuses on hydro-energy conversion and utilization, advanced membrane technologies for hydrogen/flow batteries, and interdisciplinary research on AI+fluid mechanics with applications in hydrodynamic engineering and cavitating multiphase flow. , 

He has published over 40 SCI papers (2 ESI Highly Cited Papers), with 1000+ citations and an H-index of 13, and holds 7 Chinese and US patents, including software copyrights. He currently leads projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Guangdong Provincial Foundation. In innovation and entrepreneurship education, he guided a student team to win a gold medal in the China International College Students' Innovation Competition.

He also has experience developing new courses, fostering undergraduate/graduate students' skills in mechanics, engineering, coding with Python, data analytics, machine learning, and AI.

Dr. Dongdong Ge is currently an Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor at Jiangsu University of Technology. He obtained his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2020 and pursued postdoctoral research at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2022. Dr. Ge has led over 10 funded research projects, including those supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and various enterprise-sponsored initiatives. He has published more than 50 SCI-indexed papers in internationally renowned journals, five of which have been recognized as ESI Highly Cited Papers (Top 1%). In 2023, he received the First Prize of the Shanghai Technological Invention Award.

Dr. Zhang Hemeng is an associate professor, master's supervisor, and deputy director of the Department of Emergency Technology and Management in the School of Safety Science and Engineering.

Education: PhD from Liaoning University of Engineering and Technology (Mining Engineering) in 2021; PhD from Kyushu University (Earth Resources Engineering) in 2020.

Research interests: Mine thermal disasters and prevention, CCUS, numerical simulation, and machine learning.

Dr. Liu Jun, lecturer, master's supervisor, PhD in Engineering, visiting scholar at Texas Tech University and the University of Nottingham, UK, serves as a science and technology expert for the China Construction Enterprise Management Association and a member of the Fluid Mechanics Committee of the Sichuan Society of Mechanics. He has presided over and participated in over 20 vertical and horizontal research projects, published over 20 papers (13 indexed by SCI), and has been granted over 10 patents and software copyrights. He was awarded the Second Prize for Engineering Construction Science and Technology Progress by the China Construction Enterprise Management Association in 2023, the Outstanding Award for Innovation in Industry-University-Research Cooperation in 2022, and the Second Prize in the Third Bridge Engineering Teachers' Teaching Innovation Competition in 2024.

Sicheng Shao is an Associate Professor in the School of Resources and Environment at Anhui Agricultural University. He earned a Ph.D. from South China University of Technology in 2019. Currently, his research primarily focuses on biological wastewater treatment, membrane bioreactor, environmental biotechnology, biofilms, and biological nutrient removal.

Dr. Yang Dejun holds a PhD and is currently an associate professor and master's supervisor at the School of Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology. He received his bachelor's degree in water supply and drainage engineering from Hefei University of Technology in June 2004 and his doctorate in civil engineering from Zhejiang University in June 2009. From September 2007 to September 2008, he studied as a joint doctoral student at the University of Warwick (WHRI), UK.

He currently oversees projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the China Postdoctoral Natural Science Foundation, and the Central Universities Fund for Basic Research. He has also participated in numerous National Natural Science Foundation projects, published over 10 academic papers, including 8 indexed by SCI/EI, and one monograph. His teaching and research focus on environmental engineering, municipal engineering, soil hydrodynamics, and pollutant transport. He has been awarded honorary titles such as "Outstanding Class Teacher" and "Outstanding Instructor of Undergraduate Graduation Project (Thesis)" at China University of Mining and Technology.