Pollution Control & Sustainable

Environmental Science and Chemical Engineering

Environmental Science and Chemical Engineering

Constantinos Sioutas completed his PhD in Environmental Engineering at Harvard University. He is the Fred Champion Professor and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers in reputed journals.

Environmental Engineering

Professor Mamdouh Nassar was born in Cairo. He has graduated from Biology (Zoology, Botany, and toxicology) Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University. He has received his M.Sc. degree from the same University. He has completed his Ph.D. degree (Channel system) from University of Maryland College Park (USA) and Cairo University. He spent many studies for field of sleeping sickness and Malaria diseases of vectors Stomoxys calcitrans and Anopheles in USDA Florida, Jazan and Jeda. Staff member program, University of Maryland College Park, USA and King Abd-Alziz, Univ. Jazan, and King Khalid Universities. Mamdouh Nassar was worked at laboratory staff, for dietary Microbiology at Environmental system service, Beltsville, USA. He was also the consultant advisor at home care Company and Al-Nasr chemicals Company. He appointed acting Dean Faculty of Science, Cairo University and appointed Vice Dean of postgraduate studies & Researches, 2013 to 2017. He is Author of many Biological Scientific books published at German Share House Lambert 2015, Introduction to invertebrates AlHandasa publisher, Jazan University, Book College of Entomology Alfagala publisher and Book of General Biology. Author and Editorial Board for many peer-review manuscripts, around world USA, India, South Africa , Bulgaria, Saudi and Iraq. He indexed in Scopus citation and H-index, Google scholar and Research gate. He spent many times through project to study control of malaria diseases vectors with Collegian in Jazan and Jedah region of King Saudi Arabia. He supervised many of graduate M.Sc. and Ph.D. Thesis of many Countries. Scientific Publishers. Mamdouh Nassar has received several honors and awards from many Universities, Institute and Embassies.

Natural Venoms tools for the treatment of Antitumor, microbial and Parasitic Diseases, Control of Intensive care unit’s pathogens using natural toxins, Bee Venom as anti-tumor, Diseases sleeping sickness control natural toxins, Environmental safety and Biohazards of pesticides, Bioinformatics and biostatistics for biological sciences.

Dr. Arafa Nagy El-Naggar has nearly 16 years of experience in environment. He has worked as environmental specialist and manager of planning unit in Ministry of Environment, Egypt. He has Great back ground in GIS and RS.He was manager of Planning Unit in the Ministry of Environmental Affairs of Egypt, Sharkia Governorate Branch. He was also Environmental inspector: Inspection Department, Ministry of Environmental Affairs of Egypt, Mansoura Governorate Branch.

GIS in air pollution

Dr. Arafa Nagy El-Naggar has nearly 16 years of experience in environment. He has worked as environmental specialist and manager of planning unit in Ministry of Environment, Egypt. He has Great back ground in GIS and RS.He was manager of Planning Unit in the Ministry of Environmental Affairs of Egypt, Sharkia Governorate Branch. He was also Environmental inspector: Inspection Department, Ministry of Environmental Affairs of Egypt, Mansoura Governorate Branch.

GIS in air pollution

Dr. Arafa Nagy El-Naggar has nearly 16 years of experience in environment. He has worked as environmental specialist and manager of planning unit in Ministry of Environment, Egypt. He has Great back ground in GIS and RS.He was manager of Planning Unit in the Ministry of Environmental Affairs of Egypt, Sharkia Governorate Branch. He was also Environmental inspector: Inspection Department, Ministry of Environmental Affairs of Egypt, Mansoura Governorate Branch.

GIS in air pollution

Olga S. Naymushina is a senior staff scientist at the Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy SB RAS (Novosibirsk). She has completed her PhD in geochemistry of organic reach groundwater in 2014. She has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals. She is a head of the project of Russian Science Foundation named "Immobilization of heavy metals by natural and modified biosorbents".

Geochemistry

Dr. Adel A. Ismail is is a Research Scientist in Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Program, EBRC at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, KISR. He joined KISR two years ago. He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Ain Shams University in 2001, Cairo, Egypt. Ismail carried out postdoctoral research at University of Florida at Material Science department, USA (2003), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, Sendai, Japan (2005-2007), and Photocatalysis and Nanotechnology Research Unit at University Hannover (2008-2010). His research interests include design development porous photocatalysts and photocatalytic applications in destruction of organic compounds, hydrogen production, chemical engineering of photocatalytic processes, and self-cleaning. He has published more than 130 international scientific papers and his publications have been cited more than 4600 times with h-Index: 40. He is acted (or still acts) as project coordinator or project leader in many academic and industrial programs.

Nanotechnology

Srinivas Srimath is currently working as RSK’s air quality team leader and Associate Director. He has over 27 years of experience in leading engineering and environmental projects relating to infrastructure development, policy & planning, pollution prevention and control, greenhouse gas and air quality assessments. He has developed an air quality assessment system. He is a Member of the Institution of Environmental Sciences and the Institute of Air Quality Management and Associate Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, UK. He has completed his PhD in Air Quality Modelling and Measurement, University of Hertfordshire, UK, 2006.

Air quality and permitting consultancy,Air dispersion modelling,Impact assessment studies,Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control methodologies,etc.

Anne-Marie has over 25 years’ experience in sustainable matters and is Director of ecoreflect ltd. She gave the Royal Academy of Engineering invited lecture on ‘A low carbon world – is it realistic?’ in April 2010. And was awarded BSI International Standards Maker Award in 2015 for her standard work. She is an experienced chair and facilitator with involvement across several types of organisations/groups both at national and international level. Her current activities includes chairing BSI committees related to sustainable development and conformity assessment standards, chairing the project board for a novel approach to harnessing waves in support of coral regrowth, being an active board director of the Verified Carbon Standard including chairing the finance committee and attending IMO Marine Environmental Protection Committee. She is a chartered engineer, chartered environmentalist and a fellow of Royal Society for the encouragement of art, manufacture and commerce, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology, Energy Institute and Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment.

Environment

Professor Dr. Mohammad Hadi Dehghani (PhD) is a Full Professor at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Tehran, IRAN. His scientific research interests include the Environmental Health Science. He is the author of various research studies published at national and international journals, conference proceedings and Head of several research project at the TUMS. He has authored 8 books and more than 150 full papers published in peer- reviewed journals. He is an editorial board member and reviewer in many internal and international journals and is member of several international science committees around the world. He has supervisor and advisor PhD and MSc theses at the TUMS. He is currently also member of the Iranian Association of Environmental Health (IAEH) and member of the Institute for Environmental Research (IER) at the TUMS.

Environmental Health Science

Melio Saenz, specialist in Applied Mathematics (Fluid Mechanics). He has served as Professor at the National Polytechnic School of Ecuador, Central University of Ecuador, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences FLACSO, University of the Americas UDLA Americas, Vanderbilt University (Nashville TN, USA ). He has been Director General of Science and Technology of Ecuador, PAHO / WHO consultant, UNESCO, OPEC, OLADE. He is currently the ecuadorian focal point of the Panamerican Network of Academies of Science (IANAS) Energy Group and he is a associated researcher in the Water and Soils Management Program (PROMAS) at University of Cuenca, Ecuador.

Computational fluid mechanics and complex systems modeling and simulation

Suresh Marotrao Chopane is a lecturer at Bhawanjibhai Chavhaan H.S/College,Chandrapur,Maharastra, India. He is a president at Green Planet Society and Sky Watch Group, India. Also he is a member of various Government Committees such as Regional Empowered Committee, (2015-2016), Ministry of environment, forest and climate change-Delhi,Tadoba Tiger conservation plan -2008-16 (Forest dept.chandrpur) ,Chandrapur Pollution action plan of NEERI-(2012-13) , Environment conservation committee (2016-17). He had received various awards such as National teacher award ‘’ (2005-06) by Human resource development ministry (govt.of India) ,Environment protection award (BOLT Award )by AIR INDIA,Mumbai 2008 ,National Environment populazer award ‘(Marathi science org.Mumbai)2007 ,Eco tourism award ‘(state govt.)2002 ,Environment Friend ‘ award (ngo,chandrapur)2008 , Science awareness award.(,Marathi science org.MVP)2009.

Environment

Dr. Gilbert C. Sigua is a Research Soil Scientist at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Center Coastal Plains Soils, Water and Plant Research Center, Florence, South Carolina, USA. He received his undergraduate degree in Soil Science from Central Luzon State University (CLSU), Philippines, Master of Science degree from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA and his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

The focus of Dr. Sigua’s research program is improved soils and water resource sustainability, plant nutrient/water use efficiency, crop productivity, water/nutrient management systems, plant-soil-microbe interactions and soil health enhancement. He works collaboratively with other ARS units, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, universities, the Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS), Farm Services Administration, farmers, industrial/commodity partners and worldwide network of researchers and scientists. Throughout his career, Dr. Sigua has consistently demonstrated outstanding originality and creativity for finding solutions to complex agricultural problems by conceiving and successfully conducting research projects in multifaceted scientific areas and diverse project management on protection, soil fertility management and sustainability of natural resources and water resources systems in the USA and other countries such as Brazil, Japan, Cambodia, Ethiopia and the Philippines. Dr. Sigua’s scholarly achievements, expertise and professional status have been widely recognized through numerous national and international honors and awards. As a testimony to this, he was recently awarded major awards, to wit: (a) Fellow of American Society of Agronomy; (b) William F. Fulbright Fellow; (c) Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellow; (d) Department of Science and Technology “Balik Scientist” Fellow, Philippines; (e) Fellow of Soil Science Society of America; and (f) “Gintong Butil” (Golden Grain) Award for Science and Technology, CLSU Alumni. His professional activities have resulted in over 175 scientific publications. He served on various committees for the Agronomy Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and for the USDA-NRCS

Xi Lu, Associate Professor in School of Environment, Tsinghua University. Dr. Lu received his PhD in John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University in 2010. After then, he continued in working at Harvard as a postdoctoral fellow, research associate and lecturer until joining Tsinghua in 2015. His research interests emphasize study of the technical, economic, and environmental dimensions of low or zero carbon energy sources as a means to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and air pollutants. His primary research area concentrates on modeling complex systems of renewable energy, environment and climate including resource assessment for wind and solar power, complementary effects of wind, solar and hydro power and the benefits for gird integration, energy storage, emission inventory of GHGs and air pollutants, as well as urbanization and energy systems. He published papers in Science, PNAS, Nature Energy, Environmental Science & Technology and Energy Policy on these topics. He won the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad in 2010, was selected in the One Thousand Program for Young Professionals in 2015, and won the Outstanding Youth Award of National Natural Science Foundation in 2017

His current research interests include: (1) options to mitigate variations of wind power and solar power, and their complementary effects; (2)interactions between development of meteorology-driven renewables and climate change; and (3) challenges and opportunities for low-carbon electric power systems in both China and the U.S.

Dr.Riccardo was born in Cisternino (Br), Italy, in November 1979. He received the degree in Environmental Science from University of Salento (Lecce) in April 2005, with a thesis on Flow and pollutant dispersion in urban environment with application to Lecce city, and the Ph.D. in Environmental Geophysics from University of Messina, Italy (Consortium of Univerities of Messina, Lecce and Palermo) in March 2009, with a thesis on Computational Fluid Dynamics and integral models applied to pollution dispersion in urban areas.

His research interests include Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Experimental and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence and Pollutant Dispersion. He developed a new methodology for the study of the aerodynamic effects of trees and ventilation (city breathability) through integrated modelling tools including Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and meteorological models.

Prof. Shaocai Yu is a professor at North Carolina State University, USA. He is also a prominent member at Scientific and Technological Activities Commission.

His research interests include Atmospheric Science, Air Quality Evaluation, Remote Sensing, Climatology and Hydrology. He has made more than 70 publications in reputed Journals.

Maulin P. Shah, currently Chief Scientist & Head – Industrial Waste Water Research Lab, Division of Applied and Environmental Microbiology Lab at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India, received his Ph.D. (2002-2005) in Environmental Microbiology from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat. He has served as an Assistant Professor at Godhra, Gujarat University in 2001.Maulin P. Shah, currently Chief Scientist & Head – Industrial Waste Water Research Lab, Division of Applied and Environmental Microbiology Lab at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India, received his Ph.D. (2002-2005) in Environmental Microbiology from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat. He has served as an Assistant Professor at Godhra, Gujarat University in 2001. He has more than 160 research publication in highly reputed national and international journals.He is an active Editorial Board Member in 75 highly reputed Journal’s in the field of Environmental & Biological Sciences. ”. He has been appointed as an Editor-in-Chief in two journals viz. (1) Research Journal of Microbiology & (2) Journal of Biotechnology and Biomaterials.

Maulin P. Shah is a Microbial Biotechnologist with diverse research interest. His work has been focused to assess the impact of industrial pollution on microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation dependant and cultivation independent analysis. His major work involves isolation, screening, identification and Genetic Engineering of high impact of Microbes for the degradation of hazardous materials.

Professor (Dr.) Debi Prasad Tripathy is working as Professor in the Department of Mining Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela since 2008. He worked as Head, Mining Engg. during 2010-2012. He obtained his B.E.(Mining Engg.) from VNIT, Nagpur; M. Tech. from I.T., BHU; and Ph.D. from ISM, Dhanbad. He did PG Dip. in Ecology and Environment (IIEE, New Delhi); Master of Financial Management (Pondicherry) and PG Dip. in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations (Annamalai). He has published more than 170 research and technical papers in reputed International and National Journals/Conferences and authored 6 books.

His areas of teaching and research interests are: Noise Pollution, Environmental Impact Assessment and Management, Mine Planning, Financial Management and Computer Applications in Mining Industry. He is an active member of several professional bodies: Chartered Engg. and FIE (I), FUWA, FISRMTT, LISTE, MMGMI and LMEAI. He has visited USA, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Botswana and Singapore on various academic assignments. He has undertaken MOEF sponsored International Training EMCBTA Project: World Bank at UNSW, Sydney in 2004 and Disposal and Management of Coal Combustion Residues at SIUC, Carbondale, IL, USA.

Associate Professor Daud Hassan joined the University of Western Sydney in 2009 with considerable teaching, research and community service experience. Daud taught at five different universities in Australia and Overseas, including University of Technology Sydney and Victoria University, Melbourne. Daud holds a PhD in the Law of the Sea. He has built up a formidable international reputation in the field of ocean governance. The international stature of Daud's work has been recognised by Visiting Professorships at various universities in Asia and Europe. His research work addresses global and regional environmental issues that are of international significance. . His research spans many countries and jurisdictions including Australia, Bangladesh, China, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, Norway and Switzerland.At present Daud is the Director of International Centre for Ocean Governance (ICOG). He is a member of the Specialist Group on Oceans, Coasts and Coral Reefs for the IUCN and a member of the International Law and Sea Level Rise Committee for the International Law Association (ILA), Global Branch.

International and Comparative Environmental Law, Law of the Sea, Climate Change and International Human Rights Law.

Gordon Huang is currently working as a professor in Environmental systems engineering at University of Regina, Canada. He is also a Canada Research Chair and Fellow at Canadian Academy of Engineering. He completed his Ph.D. at McMaster University, Canada

Waste management, site remediation, and risk assessment, Simulation and optimization of hydrological and environmental systems, Modeling of energy and environmental management systems, Climate modeling, impact assessment, and adaptation planning

Dr Ali Cheshmehzangi is an Assistant Professor in Architecture and is the Careers and Industrial Engagement Tutor at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC). He is also associate research members of the Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies (CSET) at UNNC and University of Nottingham’s Urban Design Research Group (UDRG). He is an architect and urban designer with research interests in the field of urbanism, development and growth. He has major interests in urban systems, urban identity, urban change and regeneration, and application of integrated design in sustainable urbanism.

Broad research interests in the fields of: Urban Growth; Urban Identity and Globalisation; Sustainable Urbanism; Place Making; Vernacular Architecture; Also interested in related studies of: Socio-spatial Cognitive Mapping; Mental Mapping Techniques; Public Realm Design; Temporary Urbanism; Urban Change and Regeneration; Cultural Studies for Architecture And have previously done: His research interests include Environmental impact assessment, urban policy studies, urban renewal studies, low-tech architecture, architectural renovation, and architectural Determinism.

Prof. Vasudevan Subramanyan is the Principal Scientist of CSIR-Central Electrochemcial Research Institute, Karaikudi.He is a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (FRSC), Fellow of Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials (FAIHEM), Chartered Chemist (CChem) by Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, Fellow of National Environmental Science Academy (FNESA), Fellow of International Science Congress Association (FISCA), Fellow of International Congress of Chemistry and Environment (FICCE), Fellow of Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology (FSAEST) and Fellow of The Academy of Sciences Chennai (FASC).

His research interests include diverse areas of electrochemistry for the past 20 years. My research primarily focussed on the areas of chemical and electrochemical water treatment, electrochemical and photo-electrochemical generation of hydrogen, synthesis of electroinorganic chemicals, electrochemical waste management, electro-catalysis, magnesium batteries.