Prof. Haider A. Khwaja

University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA

Prof. Khwaja believe in French chemist/microbiologist Louis Pasteur’s principle of use-inspired basic research – a goal that is evidenced in the interweaving of research, teaching, and service that make up the fabric of his academic identity. He is a Senior Research Scientist at the Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH and Associate Professor at the University at Albany. he had worked on Stratospheric Ozone Layer Depletion project for Professor. F. Sherwood Rowland, Nobel Laureate of Chemistry in 1995, at the University of California, Irvine.
he has a thirty-six years of solid research experience on environmental projects and has more than 70 papers. he maintained an active program of research while advising/mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, and providing service at various levels. his research and teaching interests lie in the field of Environmental Health. Active research programs include the study of multidisciplinary environmental chemistry related to water and air quality and their impact on human health, acid rain, and transport of atmospheric pollutants including inorganic and organic species.

Prof. Mario Malinconico

Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, CNR, Italy.

Prof. Mario Malinconico, Italian Representative at IUPAC, Research Director, Institute on Polymer Chemistry and Technology, (ICTP-CNR), Coordinator Technical Committee, Assobio plastiche , Italy. He graduated in Industrial Chemistry at University of Naples. He is a head of the Laboratory of Polymer Synthesis and Chemical Modification of Polymers
He is an expert in Polymer Synthesis, chemical modification of natural and synthetic polymers, polymer recycling, calorimetry, viscometry, extrusion and moulding of plastic materials. He is an author of 160 papers on internationally reviewed journals, of 15 patents and of many chapters in international books.

Prof. Sherif Hussein Kandil

Alexandria University, Egypt

Professor Sherif Kandil has a long career commitment in education, policy reforms and planning. He was involved in initiating and managing different academic departments that introduced new disciplines to the Arab Region. He is an active member in several national and international networks that aim at education advancement and development. Prof. Kandil founded and headed the Materials Science Department at Alexandria University (1983-93) and was appointed as the Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research at the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research at Alexandria University (1996-2002). While working as the Dean of the college of graduate studies at the Arabian Gulf University (2002-5), two new academic programs were initiated: “Distance Teaching and Training”, and “Environmental Management”. He was the executive director of the Egyptian Education Reform Program (2005–10) Prof. Kandil has a strong belief in science for development. He coestablished and headed the Arab Society for Materials Science (a scientific NGO that promoted, communicated, and conducted a series of training courses, symposia and conferences that deal with the various applications of materials. Prof. Kandil published more than 120 scientific articles. He authored, edited, and translated more than 20 books that deal with a wide range of scientific and cultural topics. He travelled extensively around the world and delivered many keynote speeches in various international conferences and symposia. Prof. Kandil was awarded the Alexandria University Recognition Award (2002), and the Egyptian State Recognition Award (2017).

Prof. Wei Li

Shaanxi University of Science &Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Prof. Wei Li is a professor in College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China.
His research area including designing and synthesis of photocatalyst and its application in environmental and energy fields.

Prof. Nisar Ali

School of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, China

Dr. Nisar Ali has PhD in Applied Chemistry, and currently working as Associate professor at School of Chemical Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Jiangsu. China. Also, he is the part of Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam as researcher. He is the active member of many research projects related to the synthesis of polymers and magnetic polymer composites with having special wettability properties and smart surfaces.

Prof. Ibrahim Hassan

Alexandria University, Egypt
International SCOPE, Netherlands
Air Quality Consultant, UNDP

Prof. Ibrahim Hassan received his PhD from Imperial College, London University in 1994 in the field of air pollution effect on plants. He is a Professor of plant physiology and environmental botany at Alexandria University, Egypt. He is now Air Quality Consultant at UN and Deputy President of National Scientific Committee of Environmental Problems, Academy of Science & Technology. He is an active member in several national and international networks that aim at Air Quality.

Dr. Ammar Saleem

National Center for Environmental Compliance in Jeddah, KSA.

Dr. Saleem did his PhD and a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Turku, Finland, during 1997 to 2004. At the University of Turku, Dr. Saleem studied the impacts of carbon dioxide and ozone stresses on primary and secondary metabolism of plants.

From 2005 onwards Dr. Saleem’s research program at the Center for Advanced Research in Environmental Genomics, University of Ottawa, Canada, is focused on the development of advanced analytical methods to study the environmental fates of emerging contaminants in freshwater ecosystems.

Dr. Saleem is also affiliated with the National Center for Environmental Compliance in Jeddah, where he is involved in the development of Environmental Compliance Laboratories Network in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Saleem has thus far supervised 20 graduate and undergraduate students, published 55 peer reviewed papers in natural products chemistry, environmental analytical chemistry and related disciplines in high impact journals.

Prof. Amr Yakout

University of Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Prof. Amr Yakout received his Ph.D in Analytical chemistry in 2005 from Alexandria University, Egypt. He is member of the American chemical society (ACS), USA. His research area is electrochemical sensors and their potential applications and green chemistry. He is a Professor of Analytical Chemistry – Chemistry Department – Faculty of Science -University of Jeddah – Jeddah – Saudi-Arabia and he has published more than 35 research papers in international refereed journals.

Prof. Manal Fawzy

Alexandria University, Egypt.

Manal Fawzy is one of the founders of the Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science – Alexandria University, where she is currently acting as a full Professor. She is the team leader of Green Technology Lab., Chair of the Egyptian National Man & Biosphere Commission to UNESCO and member of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Commission on Education and Communication (CEC). Prof. Fawzy has obtained her PhD in Plant Taxonomy from Alexandria University in conjunction with the Biosystematics Research Centre, Ottawa, Agriculture Canada in 1991. Afterward, she has dedicated her research to the use of indigenous plant species for the remediation of polluted environments and recently in the phytosynthesis of nanomaterials. Prof. Fawzy has awarded UNESCO Young Scientist Award (1991), Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation (UNESCO,1997), University of Alexandria Prize of Scientific Distinction (2016) and Alexandria University Prize for Recognition (2019). She attended 36 professional workshops and training courses, 26 national and international conferences as keynote speaker, session chair or contributed a paper. Prof. Fawzy has implemented and participated in much research projects in the field of restoration of degraded ecosystems, biodiversity conservation and green biotechnology as consultant, co- principal investigator, or principal investigator. Undertaken environmental consultations for some national, regional and international authorities or organizations in the fields of biodiversity.monitoring, and environmental impact assessment. She is a reviewer and referee for many internationally sound scientific journals. Prof. Fawzy published 54 scientific articles and 9 book chapters in peer reviewed journals, national and international conferences.

Prof. Wael Ahmed El Moslimany

Arabian Gulf University, Kingdom of Bahrain.

Wael El Moslimany is a Professor of Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology, and the former director of the Biotechnology Program at the Arabian Gulf University. Having more than 25 years of research experience in the field of microbial biodegradation of hydrocarbons, He received his BSc in Microbiology and Chemistry from Ain Shams University (Cairo-Egypt) and joined the Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute in 1994 to pursue his MSc in Petroleum Microbiology. He then moved to the Department of Microbiology at Freiburg University, Germany, to earn his PhD (Funded by the German Research Foundation). His PhD research was dedicated to the biochemistry and molecular biology of microbial degradation of aromatic compounds, with particular focus on the elucidation of unprecedented catabolic pathways (the hybrid pathways) for aromatic compounds degradation. During his postdoctoral training in the same group, he continued research on the aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation of aromatic compounds. In addition, he joined projects on the anaerobic degradation of cholesterol, where he contributed to the molecular and biochemical elucidation of previously uncharacterized catabolic pathways. In 2008, He was appointed as a Research Assistant Professor at the Centre of Environmental Biotechnology-University of Massachusetts-Amherst (USA). Currently, his research focuses on biodegradation of crude oil and steroids, biosurfactants production and applications, bio desulfurization of diesel, as well as biocatalytic upgrading of heavy oil and refinery residues.

Professor. Salim Akhter

College of Science, University of Bahrain

Prof. Salim received his MS degree in 1979 from Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA. He did his Ph.D. from University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA in 1984. He also did his Post doc from the University of Denver. His research area is Electrochemistry, Environmental and Colloidal Chemistry. He has published more than 65 research papers in international refereed journals. He has maintained an active research program advising both undergraduate and graduate students.

Prof. Ayman Kamel

Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Egypt

He received his Ph.D. degree from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 2005. He is a Professor in Analytical Chemistry at Ain Shams University since Jan 2016. He has authored or co-authored over 108 papers in peer-reviewed journals. His research interests are in the development of rational design of solid-state potentiometric sensors for environmental monitoring, development of man-tailored mimc polymers as a novel stationary phase in chromatographic separation and solid phase extraction.

Dr. Ahmed Abd El-Fattah Hussein

College of Science, University of Bahrain

Dr. Abd El-Fattah obtained his Ph.D., in Chemical Sciences from the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Pisa University, Italy in 2008. Dr. Abd El-Fattah conducted several international scientific visits to sharpen his research capabilities, the latest visit was to the Department of Fiber and Polymer Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden, (2015). Through this period, He had the opportunity to sharpen his research capabilities by understanding novel approaches and used various techniques. Dr. Abd El-Fattah has developed an active forum of research that dealt with various aspects of environmentally friendly polymers and biopolymer composites and attracted several funded research projects dealing with fabrication and processing of biodegradable polymers into nanofibers and nanoparticles for packaging and biomedical applications. Moreover, He organized and delivered various post-experience training courses for the industrial sector dealing with biodegradable polymers for biomedical and environmental applications.

Dr. Ahmed Hefnawy

College of Science, University of Bahrain.

Dr. Hefnawy has wide teaching and research experience in electroanalytical chemistry and corrosion control. He has taught at the B.S, M.S, and Ph.D. levels. He has supervised the thesis of Ph.D. and M.S students. He has one patent and published more than 30 papers in high impact journals and conference proceedings. He has developed an active forum of research that dealt with various aspects of materials chemistry Applications.