Wonyong Choi received B.S. from Seoul National University (Korea) in 1988, M.S. from POSTECH (Korea), and Ph.D. from CALTECH(USA) in 1996.He then worked at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1996 to 1998 as a postdoctoral scholar. He joined POSTECH in 1998 as an assistant professor and became a full professor in 2008. His research interests are mainly focused on semiconductor photo(electro)catalysis and photochemistry for solar energy conversion and environmental applications, advanced oxidation processes, and environmental chemistry. Dr. Choi has published more than 315 articles which have been cited more than 42,000 times in scientific journals to date (H-index 89). He was appointed as Namgo Chair professor (POSTECH) in 2012, elected as Academician of Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST) and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in 2014.He received Young Scientist Award (KAST) in 2005,KAST Science and Technology Award in 2015,Korea Engineering Award in 2018, Doosan Yonkang Environment Award in 2020, and was selected as Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics in 2019 and 2020. He is currently serving as an editor-in-chief of ACS ES&T Engineering since Jan. 2020 and has served as an associate editor of Environmental Science & Technology (2017-2019) and an editor of Journal of Hazardous Materials (2008-2017).He has been also on the advisory board of Nature Sustainability (since 2020),Energy and Environmental Science (since 2008)and ACS Earth and Space Chemistry (since 2017).

Mike McGehee is a Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is the Associate Director of the Materials Science and Engineering Program and has a joint appointment at the National Renewable Energy Lab. He was a professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Stanford University for 18 years and a Senior Fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy. His current research interests are developing new materials for smart windows and solar cells. He has previously done research on polymer lasers, light-emitting diodes and transistors as well as transparent electrodes made from carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires. His group makes materials and devices, performs a wide variety of characterization techniques, models devices and assesses long-term stability. He received his undergraduate degree in physics from Princeton University and his PhD degree in Materials Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Dr. JieshanQiu is Cheung-Kong Distinguished Professor of Carbon Science and Chemical Engineering at Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), and Dean of Chemical Engineering Collegeat BUCT. He is an internationally-recognized research and thought leader in chemical engineering and carbon science. His research encompasses both fundamental and applied aspects of carbon materials and science, with a focus on the methodologies of producing carbon materials for energy storage and conversion, catalysis and environment protection. He has published 700+ papers in peer-reviewed journals, including Nature Mater., Adv. Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., Energy Environ. Sci., PNAS, Nature Commun., Nano Energy, ACS Nano, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Chem. Soc. Rev., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Joule,Matter, Nano Today, etc., with a citation 30400+ times and H-index of 86 (web of sci.). He has a strong record of innovation-with 140+ Chinese and International patents issued. Currently, he is the Vice President of Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology, Associate Editor of CIESC Journal, and is on the advisory board of 22 high profile journals, including Chemical Engineering Science, and Science China Materials. He is a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in 2018, 2019 and 2020, and Elsevier Highly Cited Researcher in the field of chemical engineering in China in 2019, and RSC top 1% Highly Cited Scholar in China in 2019. He has served as Associate Editor of three international journals for years, including: Carbon, FlatChemand ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

Tamás Bányai received the master’s degree in 1993 and the Ph.D. degree in 1999 from the University of Miskolc, where he is currently working as associate professor. He has more than 25 years of teaching and research experience in the design and control of materials handling systems and supply chain management, with special emphasis in heuristic optimization of large scale systems. He has published over 150 research papers, book chapters and conference proceedings.He has been a member and manager of more than 50 national and international R&D projects. Away from academia, his other interests include playing the piano and taking photographs.

Guoqian Chen is a professor of systems ecology and sustainability science at Peking University, China. He has a wide spectrum of research interests including climate thermodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, energy policy, systems ecological modelling, ecological economics, global and regional sustainability studies, systems input-output technique. With distinguished contributions as marked by around 300 publications in prestigious journals, Prof. Chen has won a series of awards and honors, including Elsevier Atlas Award, Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers Award, Thomson Reuters China Citation Laureate. He served as editor, associate editor or advisory member for 50 international journals.

Gordon Huang is a professor at University of Regina, Canada. Gordon is a President of International Society for Environmental Information Sciences. His research interests are Water resources and environmental systems engineering, Simulation of hydrological and environmental systems. prof. Huang published more than 20,000 Journals.

Professor Al-Khatib has experience in a wide range of areas including water recourses management and quality, environmental assessment, wastewater management, advocacy, coordination and networking. Al-Khatib has an extended experience in the development and carrying research and evaluation projects, professional work experience in engineering hydrology, water resources management, engineering hydraulics, environmental impact assessment, environmental monitoring, training and evaluation of medical waste, solid waste, water and sanitation and urban environment projects. He is an expert in social and environmental health, promoting environmental public awareness through training, organizing and conducting awareness campaigns and workshops in environmental education and health. He is a member in the national committees for setting environmental standards and regulations such as swimming pools water quality. Al-Khatib is an expert in academic quality evaluation and development and supervised more than 35 MSc. theses in the above mentioned topics.

Professor Majeda Khraisheh joined Qatar University from University College London in 2009. Since then, Dr Majeda was very active researcher establishing national and international research links and been rewarded 3 Lead PI projects (Qatar foundation National Priority Research Project, NPRP) totaling more than 5 million USD. Dr Khraisheh is a fellow of the institute of British Chemical engineers and is one of the most highly cited researchers in Qatar university with upwards of 4500 citation and an h-index ranking of 30. She published her research in top tier chemical and environmental engineering 
 international journals. Two of these papers are rated as the 1st and 2nd best papers in their field in 2010. In addition, she have managed to attract industrial funding (890,000 USD) and built collaboration with local and international oil and gas Qatari-based industry. Since joining QU, Dr Khraisheh has achieved top awards in leadership and mentoring Leadership Excellence Award for Women from the conference and exhibition of engineering for the Middle East in 2013, The Qatar University Outstanding teaching awards in 2012, The Qatar University Merit award in 2014 and many more at a college and departmental level. Dr Majeda is well known for her work with undergraduate students through numerous UREP awards and through her position as the Director of the Honours Program. In addition, she supervised successfully a number of PhD and MSc students and established a successful research group at QU.

Nasib Qureshi is working for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA, ARS) in Peoria, IL (USA) as a Senior Research Chemical Engineer. He is also an Adjunct Professor with the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. Dr. Qureshi holds two PhD’s one in Chemical & Biological Engineering (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE) and the other in Fermentation Technology (Institute of Chemical Technology, Bombay). He has received a number of awards from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, the American Chemical Society, and the University Grants Committee (UGC), Wellington, New Zealand. Currently, Dr. Qureshi is a member of a team of scientists and engineers that conducts research on conversion of cellulosic biomass to biofuels

Abdeen Mustafa Omer (BSc, MSc, PhD) is an Associate Researcher at Energy Research Institute (ERI). He obtained both his PhD degree in the Built Environment and Master of Philosophy degree in Renewable Energy Technologies from the University of Nottingham. He is a qualified Mechanical Engineer with a proven track record within the water industry and renewable energy technologies. He has been graduated from the University of El Menoufia, Egypt, BSc in Mechanical Engineering. His previous experience involved being a member of the research team at the National Council for Research/Energy Research Institute in Sudan and working director of research and development for National Water Equipment Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Sudan. He has been listed in the book WHO’S WHO in the World 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010. He has published over 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 200 review articles, 7 books and 150 chapters in books.

Dr Xiangjie Chen joined the Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering in September 2019 as the Lecturer in Clean Energy and works at the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST). Prior to her current position, she was a Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham, with a wide range of industrial connections within UK and Europe.

Prof. Yan Song was awarded PhD degree of materials physics in 1997 by Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. From 1999 he worked in Queen Mary University of London as a Research Fellow. He was appointed as a professor by Harbin Institute of Technology in 2006 and is working in Weihai campus since then. His research areas are atomic simulations (first principles and molecular dynamics) of materials including titanium based alloys, hydrogen storage materials, and 2D materials.