Professor Hai Guo completed his Ph.D. study in Australia. He is currently a Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Prof. Guo's research interests include atmospheric chemistry, organic aerosols and their precursors, ozone pollution, bioaerosol transmission, and indoor chemistry. He is among the first to have developed a photochemical trajectory model and a photochemical box model to understand atmospheric ozone formation in Asia. He is also the first person in Hong Kong to establish a world-class laboratory instrument system to analyze trace volatile organic compounds (VOCs). He has developed offline and semi-online samplers for measuring ambient acidic ultrafine particles. Prof. Guo is an investigator of more than 70 research projects. He has published about 180 papers, with an h-index of 57 on Google Scholar and 52 on Scopus. He has been ranked the World's Top 2% Highly Cited Scientist in Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences in 2020-2022. Prof. Guo is the VOC expert group member of the World Meteorological Organization - Global Atmosphere Watch. Furthermore, Prof. Guo is the Associate Editor of Science of the Total Environment and Editor of Aerosol and Air Quality Research. Prof. Guo has won many prizes including a second prize in natural science issued by China's Ministry of Education, first prize in science and technology in Guangdong province, a golden medal, and a special merit award at the 71st International Trade Fair for Ideas, Inventions & New Products in Germany, and eight-time Dean awards for outstanding research and publication at PolyU. Prof. Guo has given keynotes and invited speeches at a number of international conferences and been a member of the Scientific Advisor Committee at many conferences.

Dr. Bing Chen is UArctic Research Chair in Marine and Coastal Environmental Engineering, Professor in Environmental Engineering, Director of Northern Region Persistent Organic Pollution Control (NRPOP) Lab, and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. He also serves as the founding Director of a global Network on Persistent, Emerging, and Organic Pollution in the Environment (PEOPLE Network). He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), and a Member of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) (College) and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA). He is an internationally recognized leader in environmental engineering research and applications, particularly in oil spill response and clean-up, persistent and emerging contaminants studies, marine and coastal pollution mitigation, water and wastewater treatment, AI-aided decision-making, cold region and climate change studies, and environmental sustainability. He has authored/co-authored over 500 technical publications and 8 patents and disclosures and trained over 80 thesis-based graduate students and postdocs. He has served as Affiliated Faculty with the University of California Berkeley, Senior Advisor of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), Vice-President of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) and Canadian Association on Water Quality (CAWQ), Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Systems Research (Springer), Associate Editor and Editorial Board Member of over 10 refereed journals, etc. As a registered Professional Engineer in Canada, he has provided his advisory services to government, industry, NGOs, and communities globally.

Poul Erik Hansen is a Professor at the Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Denmark. Special interests are Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Infra-Red spectroscopy, theoretical calculations, isotope effects, hydrogen bonding, natural products, and studies of biologically important compounds and polycyclic aromatics. Among natural products, humic substances and their interactions with environmental pollutants do play a special role. Development of inexpensive methods to detect heavy metals and pesticides in drinking water, methods to be used in developing countries.

Prof./Dr. Yaqian Zhao is a Fellow member of IWA (Int. Wat. Assoc.) and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, China, since Jan. 2019 while he was a faculty member at University College Dublin, Ireland, from 2004 to 2018. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland and a Postdoc at Queen's University of Belfast in Northern Ireland. His research interests are among the areas of constructed wetlands, nutrient removal, sludge conditioning, dewatering, and beneficial reuses. He is an active researcher at the international level and a world-leading expert in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment. He is one of the founder members of "Waste and Biomass Valorization" (Springer) and served as associate editor or editorial board member of 9 international journals. He has published over 400 research papers while delivering nearly 100 talks at various international conferences. In 2021, he received the "Shamrock Environmental Awards" in Ireland.

Professor Hongchen Jiang, State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China. In 2007 he graduated from the Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA. His research expertise is in the geomicrobiology of extreme environments such as saline environments and hot springs.

Dr. David Galan-Madruga is a scientific researcher (from 2004 up to nowadays) in the Department of Atmospheric Pollution (National Reference Laboratory for Air Quality in Spain) of the National Center for Environmental Health (Health Institute Carlos III), is the head of the functional unit in that Department and holds a Ph.D. in Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry by Complutense University of Madrid (Mention of European Doctorate). Similarly, He is an expert in instrumental techniques by the Faculty of Chemical Sciences (Complutense University of Madrid) and holds a Master's in Computer Science and Management as well as 31 specific courses. Dr. Galan has published more than 154 scientific-technical reports as well as more than 25 oral communications at international congresses, including air quality issues. He has served as a member of the Directive Board of a Scientific Society such Spanish Society for Environment Health (2013-2017), a member of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN/TC 264 "Air Quality"), a member of Workgroups for developing European Normative Projects such as WG21 "UNE-EN 15549:2008 Standard" and WG 34 "Determination of anions and cautions in ambient air", member of Scientific and Management Committees in Scientific Congresses, member of Expert Committee for air quality assessment during a large fire at a used tire landfill, as well as a member of the board of national competitive exams in the field of research for Research Public Organizations on numerous occasions (2006-2017). Nowadays, he is a member of the Technical-Scientific Committee for RELAB (Network of Biological Alert Laboratories). Dr. Galan has been part of the Teacher's Board in courses and masters of environmental techniques and air pollution. In research, he has been the main researcher of 3 research projects and was included in the research team of numerous international research projects and contracts with the Public Administration. Dr. Galan has been responsible for the validation process and subsequent accreditation by ENAC (National Accreditation Entity for Spain) of more than 50 parameters.

Kinga Stuper-Szablewska, profesor on Poznan University of Life Sciences in Department of Chemistry (Poland). M.Sc. in chemistry and physics. Ph.D. in agricultural sciences in the field of food technology and nutrition, the Poznan University of Life Sciences. Head of Natural Products Chemistry Team. Awarded eleven times with the PULS Rector awards for scientific accomplishments documented with publications. In 2010 awarded for scientific and teaching accomplishments with the award of the Members of The Faculty of Agricultural, Forestry and Veterinary Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences for Young, Active Researchers-Pro Scientia et Vitae. Received funds from several agencies, including National Science Center, Poland. Participated in international grants under Horizon Europe, leader of research teams in these grants. Areas of scientific interest: chemical hazards in food chain production, microscopic fungi, and mycotoxins in the plant and animal production chain. Principal investigator in the grant about composting as a method of recovery of wood waste materials. Among scientific interests, focuses mainly on the risks associated with environmental pollution in the context of food safety.

Dr. Shenbin Cao is a Professor in the College of Architecture and Civil Engineering at Beijing University of Technology, China. He is also an Alexander Humboldt research fellow (2021-2023) at the Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich (TUM). He obtained his Ph.D. degree in municipal engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology in 2018 and subsequently conducted postdoctoral research for approximately three years at the Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr. Cao's research interests primarily revolve around the development of cost-effective anammox processes for wastewater nitrogen removal, as well as anaerobic technologies for resource and energy recovery from waste-activated sludge. He has an extensive publication record, as the first author or independent corresponding author, he has contributed to 30 SCI papers (JCR-Q1) in top journals such as Water Research and Environmental Science & Technology. Additionally, he has co-authored more than 20 SCI papers. Four of his publications have been recognized as "ESI Highly Cited Papers." Dr. Cao's research has garnered significant attention, with over 3600 citations on Google Scholar and an H-index of 29. In addition to his research achievements, Dr. Cao has applied for 10 national invention patents and received numerous prestigious honors and awards. Notably, in 2018, he was awarded the Oguno Scholarship in Water Quality and Water Environment. And in 2017, Dr. Cao was honored with the Shanghai Tongji Gao Tingyao Young Doctoral Talent Award.

Hosam Saleh is a professor of radioactive waste management at the Radioisotope Department, Atomic Energy Authority, Egypt. He was awarded MSc and Ph.D. degrees in Physical Chemistry from Cairo University. Saleh has more than 25 years of experience in hazardous waste management with an emphasis on treatment and developing new matrixes for the immobilization of these wastes. He is also interested in studying innovative economic and environment-friendly techniques for the management of hazardous and radioactive wastes. He authored many peer-reviewed scientific papers and chapters and served as a Book Editor of several books related to international publishers. He has been selected among the top 2% of scientists in the world according to the Stanford University report for 2020, 2021 and 2022. He is also a reviewer, an Editor in Chief or Associate Editor for different journals as well as a member of the Technical Program Committee for international conferences. He gained the Scientific Encouragement Award from Atomic Energy Authority (2013), the Encouragement Prize in Advanced Technical Sciences from the Academy of Scientific Research (2014).

Dr. Jaan H. Pu is an Associate Professor at the University of Bradford, UK. His research focuses on modeling and laboratory approaches to represent various water engineering applications which include water quality, rainwater, sediment deposition and erosion, naturally compound riverine flow, and vegetated flow. His research outputs have led to several peer-reviewed journal articles (60+), conference proceedings (10+), books (5), and book chapters (2). Currently at Bradford, Jaan has supervised several Ph.D. (7) under industrial and council-funded projects to investigate river hydrodynamics, sediment transport, and water quality challenging applications. He has been appointed as the Associate Editor by Frontiers in Environmental Science (Impact Factor 5.411) and by Frontiers in Built Environment (CiteScore 3.4). He has also Leading/Guest Editing various Special Issues (7) for MDPI Fluids, MDPI Water, Frontiers in Environmental Science, and Frontiers in Built Environment. He is also a Visiting Scientist at Tsinghua University, China, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Born in Porto, she is a Full Professor at the Department of Geography at the University of Porto, a member, and researcher at the Institute of Public Health at the University of Porto (ISPUP), a member of the Research Center for Territory, Transport and Environment (CITTA) and collaborator at the Center of Geography and Spatial Planning Studies (CEGOT). She has a degree in geography, a postgraduate degree in Environmental Impact Assessment from the University of Aberdeen (UK), and a degree in physical geography from the University of Porto. She obtained her Ph.D. in Physical Geography at the University of Porto in 1993, where she also completed her aggregation in 2004. She has been the Auditor of National Defense since 2001. between 2003 and 2005. She is a national representative in several Cost Actions and has collaborated with the European Commission as part of the panel of evaluators of the 7th Framework Program and H2020 in Climate Change, Nature Based Solutions, and Public Health. It has also integrated the FCT evaluators panels and similar institutions in other countries. She also held the position of chairman of assessment juries of the Higher Education Assessment and Accreditation Agency (A3ES). Since 2009, she belongs to the Scientific Committee of the Climatology Group of the International Geographical Union (UGI). Since 2010, she has been Director of the Master's Degree in Risks, Cities, and Spatial Planning and is currently a member of the Scientific Committee. Since 2022 she is the Director of the International Master in Cities Challenges. She is a member of the scientific committee of the Doctorate Course in Geography and was a professor of the Doctorates in Public Health at UP and Global Public Health at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She has been a visiting professor at several national and foreign universities. She has been a coordinator and researcher in more than 30 national and international scientific research projects funded by the Science and Technology Foundation, European Science Foundation, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Luso-American Foundation for Development, NATO, EEAGrants, University of Porto, University of Sao Paulo, State University of Sao Paulo, CNRS, Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres Francais, and British Council. She teaches and conducts research since 1983 in the areas of urban climatology, bioclimatology, agro climatology, environmental impact assessment, atmospheric pollution, geopolitics, health and quality of life, and urban planning, seeking, whenever possible, to transfer the results of research to society as expressed by the more than 20 books and book chapters published, the 70 articles in national and international journals and the approximately 120 abstracts in national and international conference proceedings. She supervised and co-supervised more than 60 national and foreign post-doctoral, doctoral, and master students. It has participated in more than 40 projects to provide services to the community within the scope of Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment, Territorial Planning, and Ordainment, most recently the collaboration in defining the AMP 2020 Strategy and, currently for AMP2030, in the Revision of the PDM of CM Porto (dimension urban climate, air, water, soil, and noise), and the coordination of the Porto Metropolitan Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change, of the Climate Zoning Charter of Vila Nova de Gaia, for the Creation of the Environmental Index Regulation for Porto.

Tommaso Caloiero graduated in Civil Engineering (specialization in Hydraulic) from the University of Calabria. He received a Second level Master's Degree in Mathematical Modelling of Hydrogeological Disaster from the same University and a Ph.D. in Hydraulic Engineering from the Politecnico of Milan. Since June 2011, he has been a researcher at the National Research Council of Italy- Institute for Agricultural and Forest Systems in the Mediterranean (CNR-ISAFOM), where he is currently a Member of the Institute Council and Scientific Responsible of the Bonis basin experimental site for the Hydrological and Hydraulic Studies. Featured on Stanford University's list of the World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2022. Since April 2018, he has been a Member of the Scientific Board of the Ph.D. in Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Construction, and Energy at the University of Calabria. Moreover, for the same PhD, since 2019 he has been the responsible teacher for the Ph.D. Course "Climate Change Analysis". He is Scientific Coordinator for the National Research Council (CNR) for Goal 3.2 -Pilot Project 1 -Spoke 3 of the projects Technologies for climate change adaptation and quality of life improvement (Tech4You). He has been AI of the projects "ERA-NET COFUND WATERWORKS 2015 "Innovative Options for Integrated Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean (INNOMED)" and "PRIN 2015 - Reconciling precipitation with runoff: the role of understated measurement biases in the modeling of hydrological processes". His research interests include Hydrology, Climatology, Climate Change, Natural Hazards, Hydrologic and Water Resource Modelling and Simulation, Geographic Information Systems, Environmental Engineering, Ecological Engineering, Land Use Change, and Forest Ecology. He published more than 90 scientific papers in international academic journals (Scopus citations: 2079 / h-index:27), and more than 200 papers considering books and conference proceedings. He is Section Editor-in-Chief (Hydrology-Climate Interactions) for the journal Hydrology, he is Associate Editor for the Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration and he is a member of the Editorial Board for the journals Scientific Reports, Earth, Hydrology and Sustainability.

Asli Ozpolat is an associate professor in the management and organization department at Gaziantep University. She graduated from Cukurova University, Department of Economics. She receives M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the Department of Economics at Gaziantep University. Her academic studies have focused on political discussions and empirical analysis of various problems under international economics, green economics, and the environment. Besides academic papers, She has three project experiences that were founded by Erasmus + about sustainable cities, vocational education, and digital and green skills.

Zoran Sapuric Ph.D. is professor at The University American College in Skopje. He has finished his Ph.D., MSc, and BA at University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius", Skopje, Macedonia. Besides the other specializations, he has attended an executive program at Harvard University US. He has published more than 50 scientific papers, which are indexed in reputable scientific bases, and several books. His main field of research is Environment and Sustainable Development, European Union, and Local Government. He has taken activities as an expert and a consultant in more than 100 projects and a number of strategic and planning documents. He is the former Director of the State Agriculture Inspectorate, He is the former Minister for investments, and former Minister of Environment and Physical Planning, the former MP, and the former mayor.

Luigi Vesce is a Senior Researcher and Lecturer of Nanoelectronics at CHOSE (Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy), Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, where he received a Ph.D. in Telecommunications Engineering and Microelectronics in 2011. In the last few years, he developed a pilot line for a public/private consortium (Dye power) to produce 10000 m2/year of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) panels for BIPVs (Building Integrated Photovoltaic). He collaborates with research institutes and startup/spin-off companies on third-generation PV devices and process engineering, and on quality control optimization. Recently, he was the technology transfer responsible for DSSC modules with Start-up G+Lyte (Amiens, France). His research activity deals with the discovery, development, and fabrication by coating/printing techniques, and scaling-up of efficient and stable dye-sensitized and perovskite solar technologies for outdoor and indoor applications. He is involved in national and international PV-related projects, author of several contributions to international journals and conferences, and committee member/chairman of conferences about renewable energies.

Giuseppe Pulighe is working in the field of Agronomy, Bioenergy, Land Use Change Impacts, Irrigation and Water Management, Remote Sensing, and Spatio-ecological modeling. Research activities and expertise covers modeling cropping systems; ecosystem services; soil erosion and nutrient loading in ago-ecosystems; integrated catchment management; land use/cover classification and modeling; mapping with GIS; urban agriculture. He has authored or co-authored over 60 journal publications and conference contributions. Regularly serves as a reviewer for international journals in the field of Earth observation, GIS, land use, and environmental sciences.

Vittoria Guglielmi is an Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry, SSD CHIM 12 -Chemistry for the Environment and for cultural heritage - at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Milan. She obtained her Master's Degree in Chemistry from the University of Milan and her Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences from the same University. The research activity of Vittoria Guglielmi has been devoted to the development and implementation of analytical methods via instrumentation, mainly employing spectroscopic techniques, for the investigation of both inorganic and organic materials in the field of cultural heritage. Because of the peculiar characteristics of the unicity and preciousness of cultural heritage objects, the focus of the research has always been the micro-destructiveness/non-destructiveness - as well as the portability of the techniques. Vibrational micro-spectroscopies were therefore preferred - especially Raman spectroscopy- whose excellent results in the laboratory led to the development and application of portable instrumentation. The scientific activity of Vittoria Guglielmi has been reported in over 80 scientific publications (papers, book chapters, and conference proceedings), and about 60 contributions at national and international conferences. She gives lessons for several Bachelor's and Master's degrees courses at the University of Milan and the Scuola di Restauro di Botticino (Milan).

Dr. Ourania Tzoraki is an Associate Professor in the Management of the River Basin and Coastal Zone of the Department of Marine Sciences (DMR) at the University of the Aegean. She is coordinating or involved as the main researcher in several national and international research projects related to environmental modeling, coastal mapping and monitoring, and water resources management (i.e. SMIRES, ERMIS-F, ENVIFRIENDLY, MIRAGE, tempQsim). She is the author of more than 150 publications in journals, books, and conference proceedings books (Google Scholar citations: 709 / h-index: 12). She has research/ teaching and supervising experience at the Leibniz Universitat Hannover (DE), Technical University of Crete (GR) (11 yrs), Cyprus University of Technology (CY) (3 yrs), University of Parthenope (IT), Concepcion University (CH) and University of the Aegean (GR). Her research interests include (a) Hydrology and biogeochemistry of Intermittent and Ephemeral Streams (IRES) at the river basin scale, i.e. flash floods, nutrient, and heavy metal pollution, and Climate Change impact; (b) Operational hydrology, i.e. early flood warning system development for IRES, Flow Image Velocimetry using UAVs; (c) Coastal Zone Management (Artificial Aquifer Recharge with treated wastewater, beaches resilience, marinas, and ports environmental management).

Prof Sundar has been associated with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) since 1977 as a student and from 1987 as a faculty member. He has witnessed the formative years, growth, and prime at the Department of Ocean Engineering in IITM and has immensely contributed towards the establishment of numerous testing facilities within the department. He obtained his Ph, D from IIT Madras in 1982 and served as a faculty since 1981. Having served as Professor from 1996 to 2018 and after his superannuation, he rejoined as Professor Emeritus and completed his five-year term in that capacity. He continues to serve as an Advisory Consultant to render expert advice. He is an internationally recognized academician and researcher, well-known in the hydraulic, ocean, and coastal engineering community. His extensive research in wave-structure interaction, sediment dynamics, coastal processes, and tsunami studies has fetched him close to 600 publications across many peer-reviewed journals and international conferences, which is more likely to grow in the upcoming years. He has supervised 33 Ph.D., 14 MS at IIT Madras, and 9 graduates in Germany. He has been honored with Honorary Doctorate by University of Wuppertal, Germany for his contributions to teaching and research. He has completed 12 International projects and has participated in 100+ International conferences worldwide. He served as the Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Executive Committee of IAHR's Asia Pacific Division between 2005 and 2008. Prof Sundar has authored and co-authored six textbooks for engineers and has released an openly available video lecture series in Wave Hydrodynamics and Coastal Engineering. He has hosted well-acclaimed conference series in India to garner attention from the international research communities.

She graduated from Bursa Uludag University, Faculty of Engineering, and Department of Environmental Engineering in 2009. I completed my Master's degree in Bursa Uludag University Science Institute Environmental Engineering Department in 2012 and my Ph.D. degree in Bursa Uludag University Science Institute Environmental Engineering Department in 2018. In addition, she worked as a researcher at Duzce University Scientific and Technological Research Application and Research Center between 2013-2022. And also she studied as a postdoctoral researcher at Bursa Uludag University as a postdoctoral researcher between 2020-2022. Now I am studying at Bursa Uludag University, Environmental Engineering, and Turkey. I actively worked with liquid chromatography (LC-DAD, LC-RF, LC-RID, UPLC-RF, and LC-MS/MS) devices related to environmental pollution and food quality and pollutants. I also studied various scientific research projects about water/wastewater treatment, determination of water and soil quality, etc. she has an experience in Laboratory Competence TSEN17025 Quality Management System. My research articles published in 5 international refereed journals, 6 original research articles in national journals, and 3 international book chapters. Have national and international congress experience; there are 4 international and 1 national congress paper.

Hedi Daghari is a Professor of water resources management since 2002. A Ph.D. was obtained from the Catholic University of Louvain Belgium in 1990 with the subject "water and thermal budget under weighable lysimeter" and a Ph.D. from Tunisian University (1986) with the subject of "water budget in dry lands (importance of deep and surface layers in water budget evaluation)" He Coordinates some projects UNDP project RAB 89/003, the EU project Med coastland project (Inco-med program), the EU project QUAULIWATER project(" INCO-CT-2005-015031"), National projects, Leader a team of projects in AFRICA ( project in the Wilaiet Nile in Soudan, project of polders in N'gouri in Tchad and project of polders of Tchad lake). He is a Member of different commissions of the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture and water resources about water harvesting, artificial water recharge, water saving, and management.

Dr. Samir Tlahig, a Tunisian Horticultural Engineer with a Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences, specializing in Desertification, Environment, and Climate Change. He obtained his engineering degree from the Institut Superieur Agronomique de Chott Mariem, Tunisia, and completed his master's degree in Agricultural Sciences at the Institut National Agronomique de Tunis, Tunisia. Additionally, He had the privilege of participating in the esteemed Joint MSc program on Integrated Dryland Management, collaborating with renowned institutions worldwide, including the International Network on Water, Environment, and Health (INWEH) at the United Nations University (Canada), the Institut des Regions Arides (IRA) and the Institut National Agronomique de Tunis (INAT) in Tunisia, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Syria, the International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM IAM Bari) in Italy, the Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute (CAREER) in China, Tottori University in Japan, and the Global Mechanism in Italy. His Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences with a specialization in Desertification, Environment, and Climate Change was obtained from the Institut National Agronomique de Tunis.

Nili Anglister is a Wildlife Veterinarian and Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. Her thesis, "Mortality factors and their link to movement ecology in Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus)", is being supervised by Orr Spiegel. She holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree from the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Additionally, she holds an M.Sc. from Tel Aviv University, Israel, in Zoology, Ecology, and Environmental program and a B.Sc. in Animal Sciences from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. She has extensive experience in wildlife medicine, epidemiology, toxicology, and ecology. She has been working as a lecturer in the Veterinary Medicine program at the School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, since 2018. She teaches courses such as "Introduction to Exotic and Wildlife Medicine", "Introduction to Toxicology" and “Avian Wildlife Medicine and Epidemiology. Before that, she worked as a veterinarian in the wildlife hospital of the Zoological Gardens of Tel-Aviv Ramat-Gan and Nature and Parks Authority. Her research focuses on wildlife medicine and epidemiology, ecotoxicology, movement ecology, and parasite-host interactions.

Dr. Temesgen Yadeta is an Ethiopian. His educational background is currently a Ph.D. student in Rangeland Ecology and Biodiversity at Haramaya University. And he completed his MSc. in Forest and nature conservation at Wageningen University in 2011 to 2013, The Netherlands. He completed BSc. in Forestry at Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources. He had more than 20 years of experience in agricultural development, soil laboratory technician, and Wildlife Conservation. He is working at the level of Wildlife Associate Researcher II in the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority.

Dr. Ghanem is An associate Prof. at Geography Department and the Water and Environmental Institute at Birzeit University in Palestine. He has a Ph.D. in Hydrogeology and Hydrochemistry from the TU Bergekademie Freiberg in Germany in 1999. His M.Sc and B.Sc. are in Geology from Yarmouk University – Jordan. He has 76 publications published in refereed Journals and he participated in 70 international conferences. He has a membership in many International Associations - IAH, IHA, and EGS. He was awarded many research visits in Germany, Italy, France, Holland, Spain, the USA, and Morocco during the last ten years. He is a reviewer for many hydrological international Journals and he is participating as an author of five books. He supervised forty master students and 10 Ph.Ds. His experience is in academic and research activities. He was in the NGO sector before he was transferred to the academic level. He is the head of the board of the Palestinian Association for Environmental Development (NGO). He works on many water-related projects, especially at agricultural levels. His work in the surface and groundwater and their related fields at quantitative and qualitative levels. He participated in different water - land-related projects at national and international levels. He speaks the languages of English and German in addition to Arabic.

Dr. Benameur Qada is an Associate Professor at the Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Nature and Life Sciences, the University of Abdelhamid Ibn Badis of Mostaganem, Algeria, since December 2014. He completed his Ph.D. at the Higher National Veterinary School of Algiers, Algeria. He is coordinating or involved as the main researcher in several national and international research projects related to animal health and production, antimicrobial resistance, aromatic and medicinal plants, natural products, and effective microorganisms. Dr. Benameur Qada has published about 24 papers, with an h-index of 11 on Google Scholar (353 citations). He has presented more than 24 oral communications at international congresses around the world. He is a Member of the Association for the Study of Animal Disease Epidemiology of France (AEEMA). Dr. Benameur's research interests include food safety, veterinary epidemiology, biotechnology, environmental health, and environmental microbiology.

Mehran Satari is an assistant professor in the Department of Geomatics Engineering at the University of Isfahan. He received his Ph.D. in 2011 from the University of Tehran, and during his studies between 2008-2010, he completed his research at TU Dresden. His research interests include LiDAR remote sensing and 3D model reconstruction. He has published 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He received the title of Outstanding Researcher in 2012 and 2023 for his research, and he serves as a reviewer for ISPRS and MDPI journals. He is also involved at the University of Isfahan and has mentored 10 Masters and Ph.D. students in his field.

Dr. Ahmed G. Elkafas obtained his BSc and MSc degrees in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering from Alexandria University, Egypt in 2017 and 2020, respectively. In 2019, he joined the Engineering College, Alexandria University as an Assistant Lecturer in the Marine Engineering department. Before that, he worked in Oil & Gas industry as an offshore maintenance engineer onboard an offshore supply vessel. He was an instructor of the following Engineering Courses: Naval Architecture; Marine Renewable Energy; Marine Power Plants, Ship propulsion systems, and ship design programs. Then, he joined the Thermochemical Power Group (TPG) at the University of Genoa in 2022 as a Researcher / Ph.D. student in the curriculum of "Fluid Machines and Energy Systems for maritime applications". His work and research interests included Advanced Energy systems, energy efficiency, decarbonization solutions, hybrid energy systems, alternative fuels, and renewable energy. In 2023, He has received a prestigious international award "Ian Telfer Prize" from the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) for the best-published paper in their Transactions on the subject related to the maritime environment and energy-related issues. Dr. Ahmed is a Technical committee member of the International Conference on Naval Architecture and Ocean & Marine Engineering. Currently, he is a researcher and member of European-funded projects in the area of advanced energy systems, Energy transition, and ship decarbonization.

Professor U.K.Sahoo is presently the Director (Research & Development) of Mizoram University, India, and has more than 25 years of post-graduate teaching and research experience in the core areas of forestry and environmental sciences. He has guided more than 20 doctoral students and 70 Master students. The major areas of his research include Biodiversity & Bio-economy, Sustainable food production, Bio-waste conversion, Carbon footprints, Climate change mitigation strategies, Landscape ecology, and Ecosystem & farming system research.

Prof./Dr. Ram Kumar is a Senior Most Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Central University of South Bihar, since September 2014, while he was a faculty member at the Department of Zoology, Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi, India. from 2004 to 2013. Fellow member of the Zoological Society of India, and the Zoological Society of Assam and he earned his Ph.D. at the University of Delhi in India, and a Postdoc at National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan, and Stony Brook the University-The State University of New York. He has worked as an invited Professor at the University of Science and Technology, Lille-1, and the University of Littoral, France. His research interests are among the areas of microplastic pollution, waste recycling, Value addition to agricultural wastes, constructed wetlands, and application of zooplankton, phytoplankton, and macrophytes for bioremediation. He has published over 100 research papers in international journals and delivered almost 150 talks at various national and international conferences. In 2022, he was conferred D. Sc. (H/C) by Commonwealth Vocational University. He is in the editorial board of nearly half a dozen international Journals. His recent work includes the integrated application of zooplankton and macrophytes for wastewater treatment in constructed wetlands, microplastics in rivers and lakes and gateways of microplastic entry to aquatic food webs, value addition to wastes from the food industry, etc.

Dr. Srineash is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. He completed his Master's and Ph.D. from the Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. Prior to joining IIT Bombay, he worked as Senior Project Officer at the National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts (NTCPWC) which is a technology arm of the Ministry of Shipping. Dr. Srineash was a visiting researcher (September 2017-December 2017) at the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy under the Marie Curie fellowship. He was also an Unleash 2017 fellow at the Unleash Global Innovation lab 2017 (Funded by United Nations) held in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is an active researcher in the domain of Coastal and Ocean Engineering. He has a membership in many International Associations - IAHR, RINA, IWA, and ISH. He is a reviewer for many international Journals. His research focus lies in the field of wave structure interaction studies, hydrodynamics, coastal engineering, offshore structures, and ocean renewable energy.

Jean Yves Uwamungu is a scientist from Rwanda. He got his PhD from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Jean Yves works as an Associate Researcher and Lecturer at Tianshui Normal University, College of Bioengineering and Technology, China-Belarus Institute of Ecology and Environment, and currently works on pollutants (microplastics, pesticides, antibiotics) catalytic degradation and adsorption supported by Biochar-based composites. He published several papers, book chapters, and conference proceedings. Dr. Jean Yves is also a member of the Youth Editorial Boards of Biochar (ISSN: 2524-7867, IF: 11.452, Q1) and Carbon Research (E-ISSN: 2731-6696).

Dr. Wissam Al-Taliby is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering at the University of Babylon, Iraq. He received his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering with a main focus on Environmental and Water Resources Engineering in 2015 from the Florida Institute of Technology, USA. As a graduate student, his research was focused on transient analysis and hydraulics in pipeline systems. His expertise in modeling software allowed him to advance his research in creating water hammer models of pipeline systems. Coincidently with research, he taught different undergraduate-level courses in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology. Since 2013, his expertise in numerical modeling of groundwater allowed him to get involved in a project sponsored by St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD), Florida, USA for a Sediment Survey and Fluxes of Nutrients from Sediments and Groundwater in the Northern Indian River Lagoon, Florida. He also worked as Hydrologist at the St. Johns River Water Management District, Florida, where he got involved in the development of regional-scale groundwater models. He has published several peer-reviewed journal and conference papers and he also served as a peer reviewer for several journals and conferences.

Ismael Mohammed is working as a lecturer at the University of Garmian, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Physics Department. He received his Ph.D. from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) University in Malaysia in 2018. His research thesis was about safety and radiological considerations for new nuclear power plant installation. Ismael Mohammed got his MSc. Degree from the same university and his research thesis was about nuclear medicine. He received his degree from the University of Salahaddin. The main research interests of Dr. Saeed are Radiation protection, Environment Assessments, Energy Sustainability, and Renewable Energy Technologies.

Tyoyima John Ayua was born on the 14th day of July 1983 in Giza, Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria. He holds a B. SC. (Hons) Physics degree from the prestigious Benue State University, Makurdi in 2006, M Sc. (2017), and Ph.D. (2021) all in Environmental Physics from the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi. His research areas are air quality modeling, environmental assessment, and renewable energy. He is presently a senior lecturer and researcher at the Department of Physical and the Natural Sciences University of The Gambia. He has been teaching for more than a decade and has about ten published articles in local and International Journals tagged to his name. Dr. Ayua presently reviews many journals including some Science Citation Index journals and has a passion for teaching and group research work.