Dr. Said Elshahat Abdallah is working as a Professor of Agricultural Process Engineering, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt. He was born on January 6, 1972. He obtained his Ph. D. degree in Technical Sciences in November 2005 from the Faculty of Design, Don State Technical University, Russia. He prepared many scientific literatures such as Engineering of Food Factories and Dairy Plants, Engineering Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, introduction to agricultural process engineering, Instrumentation, Properties and Testing of Engineering Materials, Fitting of Curves and Differential Equations and Differentiation & Integration, etc… He published more than thirty research articles in international peer reviewed journals. He supervised, has done and examined about twenty M. Sc. and Ph. D. dissertations. He participated in several either local or international conferences on the topics of Agricultural Process Engineering. He contributed in the attendance of many meetings, workshops and training courses. He was awarded: Food Engineer of the Year Award – 2010; Excellence Award in International Scientific Publication – 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017; Arab Papers Published on Agriculture – 2012; Egypt 25 Foundation Award – 2012; Who's Who in the World – 2013, 2014 and 2015; 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century – 2013; Top 100 Engineers– 2013; International Biographical Center Man of The Year– 2013; Cambridge Certificate for Outstanding Engineering Achievement – 2013 and Cambridge Certificate for Outstanding Educational Achievement – 2013. He served as: Editor-in-Chief; Associate Editor; Editorial Board Member; Food Expert; Reviewer, etc… in more than five hundred international peer-reviewed journals.

Agricultural Process Engineering; Postharvest Technology; Bioengineering; Food & Dairy Engineering; Agro-Industrial Waste Management; Process and Bioprocess Engineering; Thermal & Non-Thermal Process Engineering; Agricultural Production Engineering; Postharvest operations Engineering; Composting and Vermicomposting Process; Non-Conventional Forages Processing; Farm Wastes Bioconversion; By-Products Recycling Engineering.

Dr. Eng. Bayu Indrawan, researcher, technology innovator, expert on waste management and renewable energy, has been working intensively in energy and environment sector since 2003. He was invited to chair several international events, workshop, sessions and also deliver keynote speaker / invited lectures in several international conferences. He was also invited to attend several prestigious professional international program, e.g. International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on 2014 by U.S. Department of State. He received a Doctoral Degree (Dr. Eng.) in Environmental Science and Technology (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) with focus on waste to energy technology supported by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology – Japan with fully funded scholarships. He obtained double bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering (University of Sriwijaya, Indonesia) and Economics (University of IBA, Indonesia), and also master degree in Electrical Engineering (University of Indonesia) with minor in renewable energy. As one of youngest doctoral graduates from Indonesia, he is a member of Waste-to-Energy Research & Technology Council, Japan Institute of Energy, and The International Solid Waste Association. He is the founder and director of Center of Waste Management Indonesia, the first of its kind research center in Indonesia with the intention of serving the community and all stakeholders by helping its environment to become greener and cleaner through research, development and implementation of integrated and sustainable waste management system based on technology. He also served as lecturer in University of Indonesia and Surya University, a pioneer of research based university in Indonesia. He is the technology innovator of hydrothermal waste treatment technology, the first commercial scale of integrated municipal solid waste treatment technology in Indonesia, located in Summarecon Serpong, Tangerang. He also developed and implemented pilot and commercial scale of plastic waste to oil by pyrolysis technology in Indonesia.

waste management and renewable energy

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 qualified Mechanical Engineer with a proven track record within the water industry and renewable energy technologies. He has been graduated from 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.

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Renewable Energy Technologies Energy Research

Professor Yogesh Chandra Sharma, Professor of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India. He is Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), UK, and a Fellow (Elected), of the Biotech. Research Society of India (FBRS). Areas of interest, Adsorption and diffusion, Water remediation, renewable energy, biodiesel production, synthesis of heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel production, author of four books, more than 150 research papers.

Renewable Energy and Bio-fuels Development and characterization of heterogeneous catalysts for the synthesis of biodiesel Synthesis and application of nanoadsorbents Synthesis of efficient activated carbons for water remediation Macrophytes for Uptake of Metallic Species from industrial effluents

Lt Col Monish Ahuja (Retd) is currently the Managing Director of Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Limited (PRESPL). He is an alumnus of the prestigious National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune. He is holding the following degrees in education proficiency: • Post Graduate (M.Tech) in Nuclear Technology from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in 2006. • Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Mechanical Engineering from JNU in 2002, • Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) from JNU in 1994. In a short span with the understanding of the Biomass IPPs and biomass supply chain management, he set up the first of its kind biomass fuel aggregation and supply company Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Limited (PRESPL). The company has grown from a start up to INR 18 Crores Turnover Company in 5xYears time and having closed its first round of PE investment from Zurich based Impact PE- responsAbility in 2013. This is a big force multiplier to support biomass IPPs, process industry boilers, cogeneration plants and other industry using biomass as a feedstock.

Lt Col Monish Ahuja (Retd) is known in the Biomass fraternity as a dedicated and knowledgeable leader. He has been advocating the barriers faced by Biomass Project Developers at various seminars and forums and has been instrumental in impressing MNRE (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources, India) towards the cause of biomass power plants.

Layla holds a PhD degree from the University of Birmingham, UK, Colleges of Life and Environmental Sciences. Currently, she is an assistant professor in the Department of Ecology, College of Science at University of Basrah, Iraq. Previously she taught at Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture. Layla has more than 30 years of academic experience in the field of environmental chemistry and analytical chemistry. She has published many papers in reputable journals and participated in international conferences; Dioxin 2015, Sao Paulo - Brazil, POPs 2016, Birmingham - UK, and BFR 2017, York - UK.

The main specialism includes analysis of trace levels of organic and inorganic pollutants in both biotic and abiotic samples. She has the particular interest in human exposure, fate and behaviour of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and emerging contaminants focusing on the main factors affecting human exposure assessments of brominated flame retardants via indoor dust ingestion. Layla is also interested in the environmental levels and human exposure of heavy metals and trace elements.

Ahmad Zuhairi Abdullah obtained his BTech (Hons) degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 1995. He served in several industries as quality and production engineers for nearly 4 years prior to the commencement of his study at master level in 1998. He received his MSc in the year 2000 in the field of Chemical Process Technology. Four years later, he received his doctorate degree in the field of chemical engineering, specializing in catalysis and reaction engineering. His PhD study was supported by the National Science Fellowship provided by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Malaysia. Ahmad Zuhairi Abdullah is a registered chemist with the Malaysian Institute of Chemistry and has so far published a number of research papers in refereed international and local journals. He also actively engaged in several consultancy works on environmental engineering projects with local industries. His current research areas are catalysis, wastewater engineering and renewable fuels. Presently, there are 8 post-graduate students completing their MSc or PhD thesis under his supervision. Among awards won by him are the Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Best Thesis Award 2004 and Gold Award at the Malaysian Institute of Higher Learning Research and Development Exhibition 2005. He is also actively involved in community services as the trainer for the Malaysian’s National Service Program.

Catalysis Reaction engineering Microporous and mesoporous materials Wastewater engineering Environmental engineering

Magda Constantí has completed her PhD from the University of Barcelona, Spain, and postdoctoral studies from University of California at Los Angeles, USA. Currently, she is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University Rovira I Virgili, Spain. She has published more than 30 papers in reputed journals in Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering areas. She has been the principal investigator of several research projects related to microbiology applied to solve environmental issues.

Biomass bioconversion to value-added chemicals. Bioproduction of hydrogen. Molecular identification of environmental bacteria, Molecular microbiology studies of MTBE and ETBE biodegradation. Bioremediation of uranium. Biosynthesis of nanoparticles.

Tony Tiyou holds a triple Engineering Master’s Degree from Cranfield University (UK), Ecole Centrale de Lille (France) and Faculte Polytechnique de Mons (Belgium). A registered PRINCE2 Practitioner, Tony has also been recognised as an achiever of the Galileo Master Certificate from the European Energy Centre (UK) and holds qualifications as a Renewable Energy expert. After working in various positions and holding different roles for about a decade in the Automotive and the Renewable Industries, Tony has co-founded a consultancy, O’wango & TT Smart (O&TT). O&TT supports businesses and provides solutions in Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Project Management. In September 2016, Tony launched Renewables in Africa (www.renewablesinafrica.com), the expert blog about Renewable Energy in Africa. The ambition is to Raise the Technical Awareness about the various Renewable Energy sources on the African Continent and share the information. As much as helping businesses primarily, it is also about getting the civil society understanding what they need, what they buy and to some extent as well, how to better use this energy.

Renewable Energies (Solar, Wind, Bioenergy, Hydro, Geothermal), Energy Efficiency, Climate change

Yanqi Wu is Professor Emeritus at the Oklahoma State University, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Stillwater, OK. Major responsibility is to provide leadership of the OSU Grass Breeding and Genetics Research Program. Current research is focused on the development of new cultivars, and genetic and genomic research on important agronomic traits in bermudagrass used for turf and forage, and switchgrass for bioenergy. Four new cultivars, ‘Goodwell’ forage bermudagrass, ‘Cimarron’ switchgrass, ‘NorthBridge’ turf bermudagrass, and ‘Latitude 36’ turf bermudagrass have been released from the breeding program since 2006. Responsibilities also include teaching one graduate level course, Plant Breeding Methods (2 credits), one undergraduate course, Plant Breeding (3 credits), advising graduate students and providing committee service

development of new cultivars, and genetic and genomic research on important agronomic traits in bermudagrass used for turf and forage, and switchgrass for bioenergy. Four new cultivars, ‘Goodwell’ forage bermudagrass, ‘Cimarron’ switchgrass, ‘NorthBridge’ turf bermudagrass, and ‘Latitude 36’ turf bermudagrass have been released from the breeding program since 2006. Responsibilities also include teaching one graduate level course, Plant Breeding Methods (2 credits), one undergraduate course, Plant Breeding (3 credits), advising graduate students and providing committee service

Nicola Senesi is Professor Emeritus at the University of Bari, Bari, Italy. Previously Full Professor of Soil Chemistry (1986-2013, now retired) at the Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Head of the Department of Agroforestal and Environmental Biology and Chemistry (2005-2011) at the University of Bari. Courses taught: Soil Chemistry, Soil Science, Agricultural Chemistry, Wood Chemistry and Technology, Organic Chemistry, and General and Inorganic Chemistry. Visiting professor and/or scientist for various periods at universities in Canada, USA, Somalia, Indonesia, Switzerland, Argentina, Brasil, Venezuela and Colombia. Doctor Honoris Causa Institute National Polytechnique de Toulouse (INPT), France (2000), Fellow of American Society of Agronomy (ASA) (1995) and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) (1996), Honorary Member of Int. Humic Substances Society (IHSS) (2009), Polish Soil Science Society (2011), Azerbaijan Soil Science Society (AzSSS) and Int. Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) (2012). Currently Past-President of the Italian Soil Science Society (SISS). Previously, President of the European Confederation of Soil Science Societies (ECSSS), President of Division VI-Chemistry and the Environment and Chair of the Subcommittee Biophysico-Chemical Processes in Environmental Systems of the Int. Union of Pure and Applied Chemists (IUPAC), President of the Mediterranean Scientific Assoc. for Environ. Protection (MESAEP), President of the Int. Humic Substances Society (IHSS) and Chairman of Division II-Soil Properties and Processes of the Int. Union of Soil Science (IUSS). Currently Associate Editor of Geoderma, Soil Science, Pedosphere, CLEAN-Soil, Air, Water and other technical and scientific journals. Research focused on fundamental and applied aspects of chemistry and biochemistry of organic matter from soils and other systems and materials, and its interactions with soil-applied organic chemicals and trace metals, by the use of advanced physico-chemical techniques and biochemical tools. Recently, physiological and antimutagenic effects of humic substances on plants, and implications of recycling organic wastes on soil fertility and crop production. Pioneered the application of fractal geometry to the study of molecular conformation and aggregation processes of natural soil organic colloids and the view of humic substances as natural nanomaterials. The results of his research are documented in about 370 scientific and technical papers and about 60 book chapters and invited reviews. Dr. Senesi has also co-edited 20 books and Proceedings Volumes.

Fundamental and applied aspects of chemistry and biochemistry of organic matter from soils and other systems and materials by use of advanced physico-chemical techniques and biochemical tools; interactions of humic substances with organic and inorganic chemicals, including pesticides, endocrine disruptors and trace metals; the physiological and antimutagenic effects of humic substances on plants; the implications of recycling organic wastes on soil fertility and crop production; the application of fractal geometry to molecular conformation and aggregation processes of humic substances; and humic substances as natural nanomaterials

Dr.Zeliha is a full time professor at Nigde university in the department of Biotechnology. Her research interests include tyrosine tydroxylase activity, oxidative stress, antioxidants, selenium, bee products such as propolis and also natural products. Her current research concerns the antioxidant activity, in vivo oxidative stress by environmental chemicals and health risk assessment of environmental chemicals. The studing of heavy metals which environmental contaminants, toxic agents and trace metals which have some metabolic and environmental effects are important try fields. She has researched antihypertensive effects of organoselenium, bee products such as CAPE, pollen and propolis which played an important role in supression of oxidative stress, too. She has also researched biological activities of natural protective agents which is very important at detoxification of toxic chemicals. Besides, that the investigation of natural antioxidants which has metabolic significance and effects againts oxidative stress and hypertension in vivo. In addition to, synthetic antioxidants has been included her interested area. She has got two membership. These name are “Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine” and “European association for cancer research”. She has got reviewership some journals. Some of these: Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Iranian Journal of Fisheries Science, Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, Biological Trace Element Research, Journal of Food Science, International Journal of Environmental Engineering Science, International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Experimental and Molecular Pathology, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Current Drug Delivery, Asian Journal of Biochemistry, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology.

include tyrosine tydroxylase activity, oxidative stress, antioxidants, selenium, bee products

Dr. Said Elshahat Abdallah is working as an Associate Professor of Agricultural Process Engineering, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt. He was born on January 6, 1972. He obtained his Ph. D. degree in Technical Sciences in November 2005 from the Faculty of Design, Don State Technical University, Russia. He prepared many scientific literatures such as Engineering of Food Factories and Dairy Plants, Engineering Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, introduction to agricultural process engineering, Instrumentation, Properties and Testing of Engineering Materials, Fitting of Curves and Differential Equations and Differentiation & Integration, etc…

Agricultural Process Engineering; Postharvest Technology; Bioengineering; Food & Dairy Engineering; Agro-Industrial Waste Management; Process and Bioprocess Engineering; Thermal & Non-Thermal Engineering; Agricultural Production Engineering; Postharvest operations Engineering; Composting and Vermicomposting Process; Non-Conventional Forages Processing; Farm Wastes Bioconversion; By-Products Recycling Engineering.

Nasran Siregar is the Deputy General Chairman of Training, Education and Research from Association of Farmer's and Business Industry Coconut Indonesia (APPIKI). Bachelor from the Faculty of Sharia majoring Civil-Criminal Islamic from IAIN Medan of the year 1988 to 1993. Training Assistance Micro SME sector in Bandung district West Java Province on 2015, Training business Institutional Strengthening on Enterprises business in Bogor district West Java Province on 2010 until 2012, Education consultant financial bank partner by Bank Indonesia in Building Faculty of Economics Amir Hamzah University Subdistrict Percut Sei Tuan Deli Serdang District on 2007. Workshop & Training on ASEAN region about strengthening small communities in Institute South East Asia Hatyai & Songkha (Thailand) on 1994 & 1996. Founder and Board on Institution Economic Development and Human Resource Community (YAPESDAMSU), Member forum financial consultant bank partner & State-owned enterprises on 2009 until 2018 as Chairman Sector training and strengthening of Human Resources, Institutions Service Technology proper behoof in Subdistrict Medan Deli city of Medan on 2014 until 2017, Board Association Business Development Services North Sumatra on 2015 until 2018 as Chairman sector Network and Institutional Relations and Entrepreneur Coconut Fiber Processing on 2013 until now.

Biomass

Robby Aswin is the Deputy General Chairman of International Trade, Investment & Promotion Product from Association of Farmer's and Business Industry Coconut Indonesia (APPIKI). Bachelor of Economics majoring Economic Management from University of HKBP Nommensen Medan of the year 1997 to 2003. Previous work on container shipping company (Bintika Bangunusa Medan) on department of Import and Export as Assistant Head, Sales Manager Export & Import fowarding company (Indonesia Logistic), Assistant Manager Logistics and Warehouse from Oleochemical company in Medan (Sinar Mas Oleochemical) the Sinar Mas Group Subsidiary, Manager export company (CV. Mulia Karya) on Betelnut & Palm Ekels Broom Stick. Since 2015 become agent representative Singapore company (CH Global Pte Ltd) as Manager Development Business on Agrocommodities products encompass: Natural Rubber, Coco Fibre, Palm Fibre, Betelnut. Last in the occupy positions in the Association APUKRIN (Association of Rubber Business of Indonesia) & APINDO Medan Branch as Deputy General Chairman of International Trade, Investment & Promotion Product and Chairman Sector Agriculture & Plantation.

Biomass

Dr.Muhammad Waqar Ashraf is author of over 60 research publications and a book.He has successfully carried out funded research projects related to water and environmental issues in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He has presented his research work at various renowned international conferences held in Europe and Canada. He acts as a reviewer for government funding agencies and reputed scientific journals. Dr.Ashraf is an active member of Environmental Technology & Management Association (ETMA) and American Chemical Society (ACS) Saudi Arabian Chapter. He has served as Chairman for Department of Mathematics & Natural Sciences and Acting Dean for the Core Curriculum. He is the member of various university committees and Secretary General of the Scientific Council.

Environmental Monitoring & Assessment and waste water treatment

Research Professional with 9+ years of track record and varied R&D experience in multinational corporate companies, industry and leading academic institutions. Excellent skills in editorial works and review, journal publishing, conference management, etc., Research aptitude in teaching. learning process and university departmental administration

Waste-to-Electricity Generation, Biomass / Biogas,

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, INDIA. He has served as an Assistant Professor at Godhra, Gujarat University in 2001. He is a Microbial Biotechnologist with diverse research interest. A group of research scholars is working under his guidance on the areas ranging from Applied Microbiology, Environmental Biotechnology, Bioremediation, and Industrial Liquid Waste Management to solid state fermentation. 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. He has more than 190 research publication in highly reputed national and international journals. He directs the Research program at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar. He has guided more than 100 Post Graduate students in various disciplines of Life Science. He is an active Editorial Board Member in 98 highly reputed Journal’s in the field of Environmental & Biological Sciences. He extends his expertise in various National as well as International Reputed Journal as Editor and Editorial Board Member like Open Access Book of Cloud Publication, Journal of Environment Pollution and Human Health. He was Founder Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Environmental Bioremediation and Biodegradation (2012-2014) as well as Journal of Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2012-2014) (Science and Education Publishing, USA). He is also serving as a reviewer in various journals of national and international repute. Recently, he has been awarded as a Young Biotechnologist Medal by Biotechnological Society of Nepal”.

Applied Microbiology, Environmental Biotechnology, Bioremediation

Lt Col Monish Ahuja (Retd) is currently the Managing Director of Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Limited (PRESPL). He is an alumnus of the prestigious National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune. He is holding the following degrees in education proficiency: • Post Graduate (M.Tech) in Nuclear Technology from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in 2006. • Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Mechanical Engineering from JNU in 2002, • Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) from JNU in 1994. In a short span with the understanding of the Biomass IPPs and biomass supply chain management, he set up the first of its kind biomass fuel aggregation and supply company Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Limited (PRESPL).

Biomass IPPs and biomass supply chain management

K.K.Pant worked more than 24 years of academic and industrial research experience with 110+ publications and patents besides 130 conference proceedings (more than 4100 citations and H factor above 31). Successfully completed several high impact projects valued more than 450 million INR from India’s and worlds top most premier companies and organization such GAIL, HPCL, DRDO, NOVOD, MHRD, CSIR, IARI, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Fertilizers, DST Government of India and Petrochemical Society of India.His current research focus is on waste management and conversion of solid waste into energy and other value added chemicals.

waste management,renewable energy and chemical,sustainable processes

Thomas Foust is the Director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s National Bioenergy Center (NBC). The NBC is a world leading organization of approximately 175 engineering and scientific staff performing cutting edge work to develop cost effective, environmentally sustainable technology for producing transportation fuels and products from biomass by delivering innovative, cost-effective biofuels solutions. Foust is a comprehensive expert in the biofuels field. His areas of expertise include feedstock production, biomass conversion technologies to fuels and products, and environmental and societal sustainability issues associated with biofuels and bioenergy. He has over 25 years of research and research management experience specializing in biomass feedstocks and conversion research. He has over 100 publications in the biomass field covering all aspects of biofuels technology. Foust has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer.

Biomass

Han’s primary research focuses on forest operations which involve the application of various forest management tools and processes to achieve a wide range of objectives in forest management. He has been conducting studies on economics, operational advantages and constraints for various harvesting equipment and systems. Topics associated with forest biomass harvesting, collection and transportation for energy generation have been a main theme of his research for the last 15 years. As seen in his past publications, He is interested in designing efficient operations systems and developing innovative equipment to improve economic feasibility of utilization of forest residues such as logging slash and non-merchantable small-diameter trees for energy production. For example, his research teams recently evaluated centralized slash grinding operations which was combined with roll on/off and hook-lift container trucks to improve access to remote areas and machine utilization rates. Collaboration with other disciplines such as wood chemistry (e.g. gasification) and forest ecology (nutrient impacts from biomass removal) has been also a key approach to comprehensively address recent challenges related to biomass removal and utilization. For the W2W project, Han will be responsible for development of cost-effective biomass harvesting systems and evaluation of innovative machines and tools in biomass feedstock operations.

Forest operations which involve the application of various forest management tools and processes to achieve a wide range of objectives in forest management

George T. Tsao is an emeritus professor of Purdue University. In 1978, he established the Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering at Purdue. His major research interest has been biochemical engineering involved in syntheses of biochemicals and biofuels from waste biomass. He has had about 300 technical publications and patents related to subjects in his field. He trained a total of 72 doctoral students and 64 post-doctorates. He is the first recipient of the John Ericsson Award issued by the U S Department of Energy, cited for outstanding in research on bioenergy. Professor Tsao's very early emphasis on the valuable potential of renewable resources to human well being has been awarded and recognized as a world leader in the advent of industrial biotechnology by Visionaries of Industrial Biotechnology.

Chemical Engineering, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Chemistry, Molecular Genetics, Biological Science, Food sciences and chemistry.

Dennis Buffington completed his Ph.D from University of Minnesota - Major in Agricultural Engineering; Minor in Operations Research, currently he is working as Professor Emeritus in Penn State University

Energy Management and Environmental Control Systems

Tatjana Stevanovic has completed her undergraduate and graduate studies up to PhD at the University of Belgrade at which she was teaching Wood Chemistry and Chemical Transformation of Wood until 1997. Since then she is teaching these same cources at Laval University and performing research on bioactive polyphenols as well as on polymeric applications of lignins. She has published numerous scientific papers and book chapters as well as Wood chemistry textbook. She has deposited a international patent on new organoslv process leading to highly pure lignin along with cellulose pulp and bioactive extractives from pre-extraction.

Chemistry lignin, Wood chemistry, bioactive molecules of forest biomass, Pulp and paper

Hermes José Loschi holds a BSc in Control and Automation Engineering from Paulista University. He has undergone several postgraduate studies, focused on Wireless Sensor Network, Smart Grid, Broadcasting, Photovoltaic Systems Applications, Energy, Biomass and Solar Tracking, through the performance as a researcher by the Laboratory of Visual Communications of the State University of Campinas. He has published more than 12 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as editorial board member and reviewer of some academic journals and research centers.

Wireless Sensor Network, Smart Grid, Broadcasting, Photovoltaic Systems Applications, Energy, Biomass and Solar Tracking.

Pascale Champagne completed her PhD in Environmental Engineering 2001 from Carleton University. She is a Professor in Civil Engineering with a cross-appointment to Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Bioresource Engineering. She has been recepient of a number of resarch awards and was inducted into The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists in the inaugural cohort of the Royal Society of Canada in 2014. She has published more than 75 journal papers in reputable journals in her field, 9 book chapters and her work has been presented in more than 185 conference presentations.

1) Developing novel processes for CO2 sequestration, bioenergy recovery and bio-oil extraction from microalgae integrating environmentally sustainable approaches; 2)Identifying and enhancing the role of algae in the treatment of municipal, industrial and agricultural wastewaters as part of low-energy, low carbon footprint systems; 3)Optimizing passive wastewater treatment systems as low energy technologies for Canadian climate applications; 4)Enhancing the conversion of biomass residuals for the recovery of bioenergy, biofuels and higher value bioproducts. 5)Modifying and synthesizing biomass-derived hybrid copolymers using natural polymers (biopolymers) for wastewater treatment application.

Laércio Couto is President of The Brazilian Network of Biomass for Energy

Renewable sources

Anthony Bridgwater is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Aston University in Birmingham, specialising in thermal conversion of biomass for production of fuels and chemicals. He obtained his first degree in Chemical Engineering from UMIST followed by several years working for BP in Sunbury. After returning to Aston, He gained my PhD and DSc. Most of His professional career has been spent at Aston University where He lead the European Bioenergy Research Institute (EBRI) and Bioenergy Research Group within EBRI.

Development of fast pyrolysis of biomass and the fuel and chemical products that can be derived from the liquids

Dr Junwang Tang is a Reader in Energy, Leader of Solar Energy and Advanced Materials Group in the Department and a Fellow of the RSC. He currently leads a research team including postdoctoral researchers, academic visitors and research students with financial support from EU PF7, Qatar, UK EPSRC, Leverhulme, Royal Society, RAE and so on.

Research interests encompass structure-controlled nanomaterials synthesis by a flow system powered by microwave irradiation, solar H2 synthesis from water, CO2 capture and conversion to a renewable fuel, photocatalytic water treatment, microwave catalysis and biomaterials fabrication. Such studies are undertaken in parallel with the mechanistic understanding and device optimisation to address the renewable energy supply and environmental purification.

Professor Joe Wood completed a BEng degree in Chemical Engineering at Loughborough University and PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge (2001). He has three years of industrial experience with BP and Albright and Wilson. Since 2001 he has worked at the University of Birmingham, where he was awarded a Chair in 2012 and leads the Chemical Reaction Engineering Group in the School of Chemical Engineering. He has published 72 journal papers and four book chapters.

Professor Wood carries out research on upgrading of bio-oil, hydrogenation of furfural, in-situ upgrading of heavy oil, capture of carbon dioxide from industrial sources, catalyst development and testing, reactor design and engineering.

Prof. Miklas Scholz, cand ing, BEng (equiv), PgC, MSc, PhD, CWEM, CEnv, CSci, CEng, FHEA, FIEMA, FCIWEM, FICE, Fellow of IWA holds the Chair in Civil Engineering at The University of Salford. He is the Head of the Civil Engineering Research Group. Prof. Scholz has shown individual excellence evidenced by world-leading publications. About 46% and 45% of his research is in water resources management and wastewater treatment, respectively. He has published three textbooks and 177 journal articles. Since 2015, he topped the publication list in terms of numbers for all members of staff at The University of Salford. Prof. Scholz’s full journal article publications in recent years are as follows: 2009 (13), 2010 (19), 2011 (13), 2012 (21), 2013 (17) and 2014 (15). Prof. Scholz has total citations of more than 2845 (above 2122 citations since 2010), resulting in an h-index of 28 and an i10-Index of 64.

Biomass, water resources management

Dr. J.P. Paredes-Sánchez is a professor in the Department of Energy at the University of Oviedo, Spain. He received his PhD in Energy Engineering in 2010, at the University of Oviedo (Spain), and has been associated with national and international research projects at the Oviedo Higher Technical School of Mining and Engineering since 2007. He is the author or co-author of tens of papers and conferences on renewable energy and energy efficiency. He has published books about university education and energy sources. He is also involved in European programs for updating renewable energy research and higher education.

Research focus has been on the theory and application in the combination of conventional and non-conventional energy and Modelling of Biomass Energy Systems (BES), with a background in bioenergy research and hybridization techniques using energy sources.

Nicola Senesi is Professor Emeritus of the University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, where he was Full Professor of Soil Chemistry from 1986 to 2013, and developed all his academic career since 1969. He was Head of the Department of Agroforestal and Environmental Biology and Chemistry (2006-2011), Chairman of PhD Programme Committee in Agricultural Chemistry (1991-2002) and Director of the Institute of Agricultural Chemistry (1992-1999). Visiting Professor and Scholar in several world Universities and Research Institutes. Doctor Honoris Causa of the Institute National Polytechnique of Toulouse, France, Fellow of the American Soc. of Agronomy and Soil Science Soc. of America, Honorary Member of the Internat. Humic Substances Soc., Internat. Union of Soil Science and others, President of the European Confederation of Soil Science Societies and other International and National scientific Societies. Author of about 400 scientific and tecnical papers and 50 invited book chapters and reviews, and co-editor of 20 books and conference proceedings.

Fundamental and applied aspects of chemistry and biochemistry of organic matter from soils and other systems and materials by use of advanced physico-chemical techniques and biochemical tools; interactions of humic substances with organic and inorganic chemicals, including pesticides, endocrine disruptors and trace metals; the physiological and antimutagenic effects of humic substances on plants; the implications of recycling organic wastes on soil fertility and crop production; the application of fractal geometry to molecular conformation and aggregation processes of humic substances; and humic substances as natural nanomaterials

Dr. Said Elshahat Abdallah is working as an Associate Professor of Agricultural Process Engineering, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt. He was born on January 6, 1972. He obtained his Ph. D. degree in Technical Sciences in November 2005 from the Faculty of Design, Don State Technical University, Russia. He prepared many scientific literatures such as Engineering of Food Factories and Dairy Plants, Engineering Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, introduction to agricultural process engineering, Instrumentation, Properties and Testing of Engineering Materials, Fitting of Curves and Differential Equations and Differentiation & Integration, etc…

Agricultural Process Engineering; Postharvest Technology; Bioengineering; Food & Dairy Engineering; Agro-Industrial Waste Management; Process and Bioprocess Engineering; Thermal & Non-Thermal Engineering; Agricultural Production Engineering; Postharvest operations Engineering; Composting and Vermicomposting Process; Non-Conventional Forages Processing; Farm Wastes Bioconversion; By-Products Recycling Engineering.

Adnan Midilli, General Secretary of Hydrogen Technologies Association in Turkey, is a Professor of Energy Division in Mechanical Engineering Department at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University in Rize, Turkey, specialising in biomass conversion processes and technologies for production of fuels, thermodynamic analysis of energy systems, energy policies and sustainability. He is the funding dean of Faculty of Engineering and worked to be vice rector for Science, Technology and Innovation. He has authored/co-authored 4 books and 10 book chapters, 55 journal and more than 100 conference papers and numerous technical reports. Prof. Midilli has total citations of more than 3164 (above 2230 citations since 2010), resulting in an h-index of 25 and an i36-Index. He has chaired many conferences, symposia, workshops and technical meetings. He is an active member of various international scientific organisations and societies and serves as the associate editor, editorial board member of various prestigious international journals. He is a recipient of several research, teaching and service awards from TUBITAK and METU in Turkey. He has been an active researcher and supervisor. Currently leads a research team including postdoctoral researchers and research students.

Energy Technologies and Mass Transfer Thermodynamic Design and Analysis Innovation and Methodology Energy Strategies and Policies Exergy, Economy and Sustainability Analyses Experimental Modeling, Design and analysis, Biomass conversion processes and technologies, Clean fuel production and Gasification Hydrogen energy, PEMFC and SOFC, Waste minimization, etc.

Ngo is an academic with more than thirty years' professional experience in Australia and in Asian countries. Presently, Ngo is Professor of Environmental Engineering and serving as Deputy Director of Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater (assigned by Director) and Research Theme Coordinator - Sustainable Water: Treatment and Reuse Technologies and Management. He is also a School Research Degree Coordinator while mentoring the development of new Environmental Engineering Laboratory in the new faculty building. Ngo is well known for his activities in the areas of water and wastewater treatment and reuse technologies, which include advanced biological wastewater treatment technologies (e.g. membrane bioreactor, specific attached and/or suspended growth bioreactors, biosorption, osmosis bioreactors), membrane technologies (e.g. membrane hybrid system, desalination), and physical-chemical separation technologies as pretreatment or post-treatment (e.g. adsorption, flocculation and filtration, advanced oxidation). His expertise and practical experience also covers the areas of water and wastewater quality monitoring and management, water and wastewater treatment technology assessment and pollution control. Ngo has participated in more than 60 research and consulting projects as an investigator. Ngo has successfully supervised postdoctoral fellows, postgraduate students and a large number of capstone project students. He has been invited to give numerous invited speeches, seminars and lecturers in the international conferences and the universities/research institutions. Ngo has published more than 250 technical papers including 2 books and a number of book chapters and patents. Ngo's editorial abilities are international recognised through his achievement of 'Elsevier's Top Reviewer - BITE' and his appointment of an Editor of Bioresourse Technology, Elsevier (one of the top impact international journals in the environmental field). He is also a founder and Editor in Chief of Journal of Water Sustainability (UTS and Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology). In addition, he is also serving as an editorial board member of Journal of Chemistry, Journal of abvances in Environmental Chemistry, Hindawi.

Water and wastewater treatment and reused technologies, water and wastewater quality monitoring and management, treatment technology assessment, environmental impact assessment, solid waste management, desalination

Michele ARESTA completed his PhD in Industrial Chemistry at University of Milan.

1)Synthetic chemistry 2)Catalysis 3)Biomass conversion 4)Coordination and metallorganic chemistry related to carbon dioxide utilisation

Richard Vlosky is Director of the Louisiana Forest Products Development Center and Crosby Land and Resources Endowed Professor in Forest Sector Business Development at the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center in Baton Rouge. He received his Ph.D. in Wood Products Marketing at Penn State University, an M.S. in International Forest Products Trade from the University of Washington and a B.S. in Natural Resources and Forest Management from Colorado State University. His areas of research and consulting include: biofuels/bioprocessing & bioenergy, domestic and international forest products marketing and business development, certification & green marketing, eBusiness and eCommerce. He has authored or co-authored over 135 refereed publications, 19 book chapters and 4 books, and has made over 360 presentations on a variety of topics in the U.S. and 29 countries.

include: biofuels/bioprocessing & bioenergy, domestic and international forest products marketing and business development

Dr. Bauer has been on the faculty at Michigan State University since 1988 and was named University Distinguished Professor in 2007. He served as Chairperson of the Department of Physics and Astronomy from 2001 to 2013 and in 2009 became the Founding Director of the Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research. Since 2013 he is serving as Senior Consultant in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Administrative Services. He is co-owner of several biofuel power plants and businesses. He has authored over 210 refereed publications, conference proceedings, and books, holds 4 patents, and has given over 370 seminars, colloquia, and presentations at national and international conferences.

Biofuels ,Bioenergy ,Biomass

Dr. Foster Agblevor is currently the Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) endowed Professor of Biological Engineering at Utah State University (USU), Logan UT and Director of USTAR Bioenergy Center, Utah State University. He is also Adjunct Professor of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. He received Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry from the University of Toronto. He did postdoctoral work at the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii, Manoa Campus, Honolulu, HI. Prior to joining USU in 2011, Dr Agblevor was Professor of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. He was also a Senior Chemical Engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Co. before joining Virginia Tech. Some of his awards and recognitions include the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Excellence in Basic Research Award, the Virginia Tech College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research. US Department of Energy Special Research Award. His research involves the thermochemical and biochemical conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals. He is currently working on the fractional catalytic pyrolysis of biomass to produce biochar, chemicals, and biogasoline.

Thermochemical and biochemical conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals & fractional catalytic pyrolysis of biomass to produce biochar, chemicals, and biogasoline.

Prof Vladimir Strezovis currently Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University. He has completed his PhD in 2000 from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He conducted his postdoctoral studies at the same university before joining Macquarie University. Prof Strezov is coordinator of the environmental science postgraduate program at Macquarie University. He is advisor for the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) providing advice to support development and selection of projects for funding. Prof Strezov has published over 150 papers in reputed journals and conferences.

- Sustainable energy: biomass technology, waste to energy, biofuel production, biochar, combustion, pyrolysis. - Industrial ecology: sustainable development, life cycle analysis, energy efficiency of industrial activities, emission reduction, carbon mitigation.

Dr Hussam Jouhara is a profesor in Brunel University London. Since obtaining his PhD from Manchester University in 2004, he worked in academia and industry in the UK where he developed extensive expertise in working on applied energy-related research activities with direct support from various UK and international industry partners. He has proven expertise in designing and manufacturing various types of heat exchangers, including heat pipes and heat pipe-based systems, for low, medium and high temperature applications (from -170°C to 1500°C). So far he has received over £5.2M in research funding (as a Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator) from various UK/EU based research councils and from British, European and international industrial partners. His work has resulted in over 23 innovative industrial heat exchangers for controlled cooling/heating thermal systems, waste heat recovery systems, waste treatment/biomass production, HVAC units, cryogenic cooling/preservation and in food industries. These systems are now being used by small to large scale companies world-wide.

chemical characterisation of the bio-chars and pyro-oils obtained from the process

Dr.Stephan Leisner have been working in the biodiesel industry since 2005. He have been involved in building up the largest biodiesel plant in Austria and I am now working for Bio Oil Group, which is dedicated to producing biodiesel based on 100pc waste feedstocks such as used cooking oil. So far he worked on six production sites with different technologies and a total capacity of 350,000 t/yr . His main expertise and experience lie in using difficult waste feedstocks and producing double counting eligible products for blending companies and mineral oil firms.

His main expertise and experience lie in using difficult waste feedstocks and producing double counting eligible products for blending companies and mineral oil firms.

Eng. Rehan Ahmed is currently working as Head of Waste Disposal Unit at the Supreme Council for Environment, Kingdom of Bahrain. He is an Environmental and Sanitary Engineer by profession having educational qualifications of Bachelor of Engineering in Civil and has earned two Master of Science degrees, one in Environmental Engineering and other in Sanitary Engineering from International Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Delft, the Netherlands. Eng. Rehan Ahmed has over thirty five years of professional experience on projects related to waste management, recycling, reuse and recovery & environmental impacts assessments. He has working experience in Bahrain, Pakistan and the Netherlands and has several publications to his credit including book on “Compost and its Utilization” which was published in 2001 and “Waste Rubber Recycling” which was published in 1996 in the Netherlands. He has authored many technical papers on the subject of waste management and environment and has conducted many workshops on Environmental Legislations and waste management. Eng. Rehan is contributing a weekly column on various environmental issues in Daily Tribune Newspaper, Bahrain.

waste management, recycling, reuse and recovery & environmental impacts assessments

Prof. Irene M. C. Lo is currently a full professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and has been joining HKUST since 1992. Prof. Lo is an elected Academician of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA). She is the first Hong Kong scholar inducted into the EASA. She is an elected Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (FHKIE), and elected Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (FASCE), She received her Ph.D. degree in Civil (Environmental) Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1992. She is also Adjunct Professor of Tongji University, Tianjin University, Jilin University and Harbin Institute of Technology in China. She had been Visiting Professor of Technical University of Denmark and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Prof. Lo was the recipient of the 2004 ASCE James Croes Medal, the 2007 ASCE Samuel Arnold Greeley Award, the 2008 EWRI Best Practice-Oriented Paper Award, the 2009 ASCE Wesley W Horner Award, and the 2012 ASCE EWRI Best Practice-Oriented Paper Award. Prof. Lo has held 2 Patents, edited 7 technical books, and published over 260 SCI journal articles and conference papers with citation of 4500+ and H-index of 35. Her research areas include biomass waste treatment and management; remediation technologies for river sediment, contaminated soils and groundwater; magnetic nano- and microparticles for environmental pollution control; and pollutant migration in soils.

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Dr.Muhammad Ashraf is Associate Professor and Acting Dean at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. His research interests include: Evironmental Monitoring & Assessment, Industrial Effluent Treatment and Environmental Chemistry. He has about 55 international publications and H-index of 15 with about 950 citations for published papers.Dr. Ashraf has successfully carried out funded research projects related to environmental issues in the Kingdom, funded by King Abdulaziz City of Science & Technology (KACST) and SABIC. He has presented his research work at various renowned international conferences held at England, Italy, Canada, Greece and the Netherland. He acts as a reviewer for KACST and other reputed scientific journals. Dr.Ashraf is an active member of Environmental Technology & Management Association (ETMA) and American Chemical Society (ACS) Saudi Arabian Chapter.

Dr. Pillay is skilled in a wide range of instrumental techniques including Neutron Activation, XRF, PIXE, Gamma ray Spectroscopy, ICP-MS, Atomic Absorption and UV-Vis Spectrophotometry. He is experienced in the area of analytical and environmental chemistry, and has supervised postgraduate students. He has lectured widely in these areas and in general chemistry, and is keen on promoting cross-disciplinary teaching and research. He has more than 140 peer-reviewed journal articles, and several conference presentations. He was Guest Editor and member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Environmental Studies between 2005 and 2009. He is presently member of the Editorial Boards of the Open Hydrology Journal and the Journal of Research and Environment.

analytical and environmental chemistry

I, Suleyman Korkut, am an Associate Professor of Forest Products Engineering at Duzce University, Duzce-Turkey. I hold MSc. and Ph.D. in Wood Mechanic and Technology from the University of Istanbul, Turkey and Forest Products Engineering degree (B.S) from Istanbul University, Turkey. I have over 110 publications including conference talks, seminars, and numerous original research papers. Dr. Korkut has authored or co-authored 75 peer-reviewed indexed in Science Citation Index (SCI) and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) journal articles and 21 proceeding papers. I have received several academic awards including TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technologycal Research Council of Turkey) International Scientific Publication Encouragement Award (in 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015). I am in the editorial or advisory board of diverse scientific journals. He held the posts of Deputy Coordinator of 5.04.06 – Wood drying working party of Division 5 “Forest Products”, IUFRO (2010 to to present).

Heat treatment, wood modification, kiln drying of wood, wood-water relations and sorption thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer in wood, modeling drying stresses in wood and their effect on quality, industrial wood kiln drying optimization and development of new drying strategies, radio frequency vacuum (RFV) heating and drying of wood and wood products, post-drying treatments on timber quality, wood deck construction, wood parquet, lumber manufacturing, sawmill processing, solid wood processing & process optimization, wood structure and properties, composites long term properties, engineered wood products, performance of wood and wood composites in buildings

Full Professor of Agricultural Hydraulics Associate Professor of Agricultural Hydraulics (1983-86) Professor of Geopedology (1970-1983) Director Institute of Agricultural Hydraulics (2000-2006); Director Computer Centre of the Faculty of Agriculture,(1992-95); Tutor of MPhil and PhD students of the Faculty of Agriculture; External Examiner to MPhil and PhD students of the Politecnico Milan ,State University of Palermo , State University of Basilicata , Welsh University ; Visiting Professor at the Wessex Institute of Technology ( WIT ) Honours and Awards -Award for Truthful Support and Help in Organizing and Improving Scientific Level of the Symposia "Actual Tasks on Agricultural Engineering", Croatian Agricultural Engineering Society, Opatija , Croatia, February 2006 ; -Award in Recognition of Services to the European Society of Agricultural Engineers, Bonn ,Germany ,September 2006 ;

water resources management; -irrigation and drainage technology; -performance assessment of sprinkler irrigation systems; -modelling of transport processes in porous media ; -modelling and fluid-dynamics of debris and hyper-concentrated flows; -flood control and mitigation measures;

Suna BALCI has completed the PhD at 1992 from Chemical Engineering Department of Middle East Technical University. She worked in research assistant position at the same deparment between 1983 and 1993. She has been working as a professor in Gazi University. Over 700 citations has been done to 25 papers in journals indexed by SCI and more than 55 presentations in international conferences in fields of porous material synthesis such that nanotubes, pillared clays and mesoporous silica materials, heterogeneous catalytic reactions and adsorption. She completed and still has working on big budget projects financed by national institutions.

Chemical Engeenring

Associate Prof Dr Suzana Yusup is the pioneer in developing and setting up biomass research areas at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. Previously she was Research Director of Mission Oriented Research in the area of Green Technology and the departmental Head of Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. Graduated in 1992 for her first degree from University of Leeds, United Kingdom in the field of Chemical Engineering, MSc in Chemical Engineering (Adsorption) from University of Wales Swansea in 1995 and PhD in Chemical Engineering (Powder Technology) in 1998 from University of Bradford. She has published in numerous journals, articles and conferences both national and international and lead several research grants at national and international levels. Her research interest is in the area of biomass utilization and conversion to fuel and biochemicals, material development (adsorbents) for gas storage and adsorption processes.

Research in the area of Green Technology .

Dr/Marwa Elkady is working now as an Associate professor of chemical engineering at Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering Department, Egypt-Japan University for science and technology. Previously, she worked at Fabrication Technology Department, City of Scientific Research. She has more than 13 experiences in the field of Environmental and Material Sciences. She has about 27 international publications at Scopus and H-index of 7 with about 204 citations for published papers. She gained many scientific prizes due to her scientific achievements. She has one gained patent and other three patents pending. She published one book chapter and has other book chapters pending.

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