Prof. Mingzhou Qin

Henan University, China

Biography:

Qin Mingzhou, Second-class Professor, Returned Scholar from the United States, Doctoral supervisor. Head of the World Great River Basin Ecological Protection Information Studio in Henan Province, and head of the postdoctoral innovation team of geography in Henan Province. Chairman of Henan Land Society. Expert of the Third National Soil Survey Platform Construction Group of The State Council, the third Soil Survey consulting expert of Henan Province, the expert leader of the platform construction group, and the expert of Henan Province Party Committee and provincial government to Deepen the Reform of Institutions and Mechanisms of Colleges and Universities. Other social posts include: Member of the Council of China Land Society , Member of the Council of ILEA-China International Landscape Ecology Society China Branch, Member of the Council of Western Returned Scholars Association (Oversee studied Scholars Association), Vice president of North American Branch, Expert of natural resources think tank of Henan Province, Expert of territorial spatial planning think tank, Expert of public interest litigation appraisal of Provincial Procuratorate, etc. He has served as an expert of the Nature Reserve Evaluation Committee and Biodiversity Evaluation Committee of Henan Provincial People's Government, Deputy director of the Education Work Committee of China Society of Natural Resources, Deputy director of the Resource Geography Professional Committee, and Expert of the Geological Park Evaluation Committee of Henan Province.

Academic achievements: presided over more than 40 projects, published more than 100 papers and 19 books in both Chinese and English. Won the international award once, provincial 6 times. In 1999, the President and Congress of the United States established the program to fund "International Distinguished Persons." He has been invited to more than 20 countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Ireland, Canada and Nigeria for many times to exchange and visit, and has hosted international academic conferences for many times. He is a reviewer for journals such as TOP Journal of Environmental Management JEMA and Ecological Indictor.

Prof. Goh Hui Hwang

Guangxi University, China

Biography:

Professor Goh Hui Hwang is a practising electrical consultant and Registered Electrical Energy Manager. His technical interests and expertise include electrical engineering, power systems, renewable and sustainable energy, embedded power generation, wavelet analysis, load shedding, and data mining. Since 2008, Ir. Goh has been dedicating his profession to leading various research projects, putting his main focus on fostering innovation, development, and testing of new technologies that can be used to address sustainable energy issues in the developing world. He has won medals from many international expos, for the significant contributions of his innovations to the progress and welfare of the community. On top of his academic leadership, Ir. Goh further contributes to the promoting and fostering of the development of science, engineering and technology as an Associate of the Academy of Science Malaysia. He is a member of the Senior Evaluation Panel for Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC) of the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM). Besides, he is also active in The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (Southern Branch) as the Advisor of IEM Student Section UTHM.

Assoc. Prof. Zawawi Bin Daud

Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia

Biography:

Dr. Zawawi Daud works as an Associate Professor at Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. Born and trained in Malaysia, he has a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (University of Technology Malaysia), a master’s in Civil Engineering (Environment) (University of Technology Malaysia), and a doctorate in Environmental Engineering (University of Science Malaysia). Dr. Zawawi teaches various courses related to environmental engineering, management and science at undergraduate and masters levels. These include water and wastewater treatment, biological and physico-chemical treatment processes, sludge management, industrial and hazardous waste management and water quality management. Dr. Zawawi’s research focuses on alleviating problems associated with water pollution issues from industrial wastewater and landfill leachate. His latest interest is on natural adsorbent material in water and wastewater treatments.

Prof. Baoyou Liu

Hebei University of Science and Technology, China

Biography:

Prof. Baoyou Liu, Hebei University of Science and Technology, deputy director of the Department of Environmental Science. Prof. Liu 's mainly Research fields: Application Technology of Green Chemistry, Environmental monitoring and environmental remediation, preparation and application of new photoelectric materials，development and utilization of biomass resource.

He has presided over 2 provincial and ministerial-level scientific research projects under research, and presided over the design of 1 set of industrial application engineering device for ionic liquids. The chief editor and co-editor of 2 monographs on ionic liquids, published 8 SCI search research papers as the first author or corresponding author, applied for and authorized 10 Chinese invention patents, and transferred 2 patents to enterprises. Besides, he has presided over and completed three scientific research projects at the provincial and ministerial level and three horizontal projects entrusted by enterprises. As the first author or corresponding author, he has published more than 20 research papers in critical reviews in environmental science and technology, separation and purification technology, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Journal of Safety and Environment and other domestic and foreign journals, including 7 SCI search papers, including 2 SCI Chinese Academy of Sciences Zone 1 papers, and 6 Chinese invention patents have been authorized.

Prof. El-Sayed Salama

Lanzhou University, China

Biography:

Prof. El-Sayed Salama obtained his BSc degree in 2008 at the Faculty of Science, Benha University (Egypt). He pursued MSc and PhD degrees in 2016 from the Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University (South Korea). Followed by 3 years of working experience as a Post-Doc and Assistant Professor in the same department “under BK21 plus”, funded by the Korean government. He was also hired as a Young Talent Fellow from 2018 to 2023 (under the Recruitment of High-Level Foreign Talents, Category A)” at the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University (LZU) (China).

In Sept., 2023, Prof. Salama has been promoted to a full Professor (level 4, under Recruitment Program of Global Experts) in LZU and a leader of the Green Environmental and Energy Laboratory (GEEL). He has potential contributions to the scientific society (>100 SCI papers, 6 patents, 2 books, 1 technology transfer, and 50 invited talks). His publications (H-index of 37) appeared in top-tier journals (such as Progress in Energy & Combustion Science, Trends in Plant Science, Trends in Microbiology, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Chemical Engineering Journal, and Water Research).

Prof. Salama was listed in the top 2% Scientists Worldwide by Stanford University for three consecutive years. He also selected as the “Distinguished Expert of Science and Technology in the Ecological Industry” of Gansu Province and a member of “Gansu Society of Microbiology” (China). He is acting as an Editor, Associate Editor, and Editorial Board Member of several international journals. He is also represented as general chair, session chair, and international committee member of international conferences. His research team at GEEL-LZU focuses on “Bioenvironmental Sciences and Bioenergy”.