Alexandros Stefanakis Editor

Dr. Alexandros Stefanakis is an Assistant Professor at the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece and the Director of the Laboratory of Environmental Engineering and Management. He is the elected President of the International Ecological Engineering Society and also an European Climate Pact Ambassador appointed by the European Commission. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal ‘Circular Economy and Sustainability’ and of the Springer book series with the same title. He is an Environmental Engineer and Researcher focusing on water engineering, specifically on nature-based solutions and ecological engineering. He studies the content and realization of circular economy across different sectors. He has designed, managed, and built constructed wetlands facilities for wastewater management across Europe, Middle East, Africa, USA and South America. His publication record includes 45 articles in scientific journals, more than 50papers in scientific conferences, 5 books and several book chapters.

Dr. Hasan Volkan Oral is a full-time Faculty Member at the Faculty of Engineering, Istanbul Aydın University. He has significant experience in Environmental Management and Carbon Market Projects as Coordinator and Supervisor. He has carried our research in Turkey, Greece, Israel and Japan. He is also a Management Committee member and WG Leader in several COST projects and research projects.

Dr. Cristina Calheiros is an Environmental Engineer and holds a PhD in Biotechnology. She is a Scientific Researcher at CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto (UP), an Adjunct Professor at the University of Saint Joseph Macau SAR/China and an Invited Professor at the Faculty of Sciences-UP. She is also the Technical-Scientific Coordinator of the Centre for Monitoring and Environmental Interpretation (CMIA) Vila do Conde and the Vice-President of the Portuguese National Association of Green Roofs (ANCV). Her activity focuses on water management and treatment solutions (e.g., green roofs and walls, constructed and floating wetlands), phytoremediation, phytotechnologies, circular economy, climate change adaptation and mitigation through nature-based solutions and education for sustainability.

Dr. Pedro N. Carvalho, PhD., is an Associate Professor at Aarhus University. He holds BSc, MSc and PhD in chemistry. His research spans the fields of environmental chemistry, monitoring, remediation and technology development studies, and water management. His work extends over topics such as eco-technologies and nature-based solutions, water quality and reuse. He is the author of more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications and aided with extensive revision and editorial activity. He is also the Co-chair of the IWA Specialist Group on Wetland systems for Water Pollution Control.