Editorial Board

Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman, Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Kings College, University of Cambridge (1968), has 1235 international publications in several fields of organic chemistry including 349 books published largely by major U.S. and European presses. He was elected as Fellow of Royal Society (London) (2006) and won the prestigious UNESCO Science Prize (1999). Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was appointed Academician (Foreign Member) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015). He won the “Friendship Award of China” (2014) and was conferred the highest scientific award of China, the International Science & Technology Cooperation Award, by President Xi Jinping (2020). He was bestowed with the International Scientific Corporation Award (2014) and the “Einstein Professorship” by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (2013). He was conferred honorary D.Sc. by University of Cambridge and appointed an Honorary Life Fellow of Kings College, University of Cambridge. The Austrian government has honoured him with its highest civil award (“Grosse Goldene Ehrenzeischen am Bande") (2007). He is Professor Emeritus at University of Karachi, Pakistan.

Dr Xuibin He is currently a Professor at the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China. He obtained PhD in Soil Science in 1998 from the Institute of Soil and Water Conservation (ISWC), Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China. He received an award entitled, ‘Pioneer for migration settlement in TGR’ from the State Council (2012). Besides, he has published 25 articles and 8 patents in several well-reputed journals. His research areas revolve around Watershed management, Soil-water conservation, Water pollution control, Ecological, restoration, and Global Change.

Dr. Peng Changsheng is currently a Distinguished Professor at the Department of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Zhaoqing University, China. He received his PHD from the University of Science and Technology Beijing in March 2003. His research interests include Restoration of soil and groundwater pollution, seawater desalination and resource utilization of seawater (salt water), new environmental (environmental) materials and environmental protection equipment. He has published more than 170 articles and has more than 100 articles by SCI. He has obtained 11 patents. He is a Member of Chinese Society of Mechanics, Member of American Chemical Society, Member of Water Treatment and Recycling Committee of China Environmental Science Society, Member of Shandong Environmental Science Society, Mexican Researcher (Level I).

Dr. Evangelos Baltas is a Professor at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens. He co-established the Center of Hydrology and Informatics (CHI). He has more than 25 years experience in the areas of water resources management, water resources systems planning and operation, hydrometeorology, hydrological modeling, climate change and land use change at the catchment scale, flood forecasting, risk assessment and mapping analysis. He has written three books and has authored or co-authored more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and more than 120 peer-reviewed publications in national and international conferences. He has a large academic and nonacademic administrative experience. He has also offered engineering consultant services in the fields of his expertise to the EU, Greek Ministries, public organizations and private companies. He has been the Principal investigator or researcher in numerous competitive EU (more than 30) and national funded programs related to the integrated water resources management: NDBHMI, HYDROMET, EUROTAS, RIPARIUS, MEDDMAN, ENRICH, EUROHARP, CHESS, ETC.

Dr. Sudip Basack, PhD, FIE, FIGS, CEng, M.ASCE is a civil engineering professional with vast academic experience at responsible senior positions in India and abroad. He published more than 100 technical papers in reputed journals and conferences and is recipient of several research awards at national and international levels. He is an active reviewer of numerous top-class international journals. He has supervised more than 10 research students at postgraduate (Masters and PhD) levels and executed sponsored research projects in different Universities. He has undertaken several academic visits in many countries including USA, UK, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, China, etc.

Dr. Ognjen Bonacci is a Professor Emeritus of hydrology, ecohydrology, and karst hydrology at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Split (Croatia). He has authored the following books: Karst Hydrology with Special Reference to the Dinaric Karst (Springer Verlag, 1987); Rainfall Main Input into Hydrological Cycle (in Croatian, 1994); Ecohydrology of Water Resources and Open Streamflows (in Croatian, 2003); Ecologically acceptable open stream flow management (in Croatian, 2019). He has also contributed to the many leading scientific journals (with more than 60 papers), as for example in: Nature, Science, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Hydrological Processes, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Environmental Geology, Engineering Geology, Ground Water, Regulated Rivers: Research and Management, Journal of Hydrology, Ecohydrology, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Water Resources Management, Environmental Earth Sciences etc.

Xiaohu Dai obtained a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany. His research mainly focused on the resource utilization of sewage sludge and sewage pollutants. He has successfully conducted the synergistic anaerobic digestion and high-solid anaerobic digestion technologies for treating sewage sludge at pilot-scale and realized the achievement conversion and engineering application. As the chief scientist of the National 863 Program, he took the lead in many national key projects, made breakthroughs in some key technologies, filled in many technical gaps, and realized industrialization. He has also received several awards such as “Athena Award” by the University of Darmstadt, 2013, Contribution Award of Teaching and Scientific Research to “Chinese Water Figures”, 2014 and so on. He has published 226 peer-reviewed papers including 136 papers in SCI journals and 51 authorized patents.

Dr. Ahmed Azizeldein Abubaker Abdelhafez received a PhD in Environmental Science from the Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He obtained MSc in Soil Science from Benha University, Benha, Egypt and BSc in Soil Sciences from Cairo University, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo, Egypt. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Department of Soils and Water, Faculty of Agriculture- New Valley University and Director of the Environmental Sustainability and Development office (Luxor Branch, Egypt). His research interests revolve around Environmental technology and Agrochemistry. He has published 23 articles, 2 book chapters and 17 conference abstracts in several well-reputed journals.

Dr. José António Silva de Carvalho Campos e Matos graduated in civil engineering in 2002, obtained his Master in structures of civil engineering in 2008, and his PhD in civil engineering in 2013, in the field of probabilistic-based safety assessment of existing structures. He Has been developing his teaching activities, as well as supervising MSc and PhD thesis, since 2007, at School of Engineering of University of Minho. He has been a member of ISISE – Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering, since 2007. His research fields are asset management systems, life-cycle costs (LCC), safety assessment, risk evaluation and sustainability. He is author or co-author of more than 50 publications in international conferences and journals. Participates in several international committees, coordinating several international working groups. He is also coordinating the research project SustIMS – Sustainable Infrastructure Management System (Portugal 2020) and the project SAFEWAY – GIS_Based Infrastructure Management System for Optimized Response to Extreme Events on Terrestrial Transport Networks (Horizonte 2020), as well as the Action COST TU 1406 – Quality specifications for roadway bridges, standardization at a European level (BridgeSpec).

Dr.João Simões is a Portuguese citizen born in 1967. From 1993, as a DVM he mainly worked in large-animal clinics. Simultaneously, he joined the Portuguese academy as a professor at the School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. His academic research is focused on goat reproduction and large animal medicine. He obtained his PhD degree in Veterinary Science on the subject in 2004. He has written more than 100 scientific and technical publications in collaboration with veterinary students, producers and agricultural associations.