Thanh-Tin Nguyen Editor

Dr. Xuan-Thanh BUI obtained the degree of engineer in chemical engineering from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh (VNU-HCM), Viet Nam and received his M.Eng and Ph.D. degrees in environmental engineering at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. Currently, he is an associate professor at the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, HCMUT, VNU-HCM. He serves as chairman of Dept. of Water Science & Technology and head of VNU-HCM Key Laboratory of Advanced Waste Treatment Technology. His research focuses on membrane separation processes, water and wastewater treatment technologies, biological treatment processes and green technologies. He has published more than 100 SCIE journal papers, 25 books/book chapters and 02 patents. Additionally, he has played a role of project investigator of more than 50 international/national research projects in the field and organized three international conferences. Since 2017, he became members of the scientific committee in the field of earth sciences and environment of National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Ministry of Science and Technology, Viet Nam. In addition, he is editor board members of some journals such as Bioresource Technology, Environmental Technology and Innovation, Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, Vietnam Journal of Engineering Science and Technology. Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India and Executive Director (Honorary) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability – India. Formerly, he was Eminent Scientist at the Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali and Chief Scientist & Head of Biotechnology Division and Centre for Biofuels at CSIR’s National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels & chemicals, waste to wealth & energy, industrial enzymes, etc. Professor Pandey is Adjunct/Visiting Professor/Scientist in universities in France, Brazil, Canada, China, Korea, South Africa, and Switzerland and also in several universities several in India. He has ~1425 publications/communications, which include 16 patents, 90 books, >700 papers and book chapters, etc with h index of 105 and ~48,800 citations (Goggle scholar). He has transferred several technologies to industries and has done industrial consultancy for about a dozen projects for Indian/international industries. Professor Pandey is the recipient of many national and international awards and honours, which include Highest Cited Researcher (Top 1% in the world), Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science (2020, 2019 & 2018); Top scientist in Biotechnology (#1 in India and #8 in the world), Stanford University world ranking (2020); Fellow, World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies?(2020); Fellow, Indian Chemical Society (2020); Distinguished Scientist, VDGOOD Professional Association, India (2020); Distinguished Professor of Eminence with global impact in the area of Biotechnology, Precious Cornerstone University, Nigeria (2020); IconSWM Life-time Achievement Award 2019, International Society for Solid Waste Management, KIIT, Bhubaneshwar, India (2019); Yonsei Outstanding Scholar, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (2019); Life-Time Achievement Award from the Biotech Research Society, India (2018); Life-Time Achievement Award from Venus International Research Awards (2018), Most Outstanding Researcher Award from Career360 (2018), Life-Time Achievement Award from the International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (2017); Fellow, Royal Society of Biology, UK (2016); Felow, International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (2016); Academician of European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Austria (2015); Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India (2012); Fellow, Association of Microbiologists of India (2008); Honorary Doctorate degree from Univesite Blaise Pascal, France (2007); Fellow, International Organization of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2007); Thomson Scientific India Citation Laureate Award, USA (2006); Fellow, the Biotech Research Society, India (2005); UNESCO Professor (2000); Raman Research Fellowship Award, CSIR (1995); GBF, Germany and CNRS, France Fellowships (1992) and Young Scientist Award (1989), etc. Professor Pandey is Founder President of the Biotech Research Society, India (www.brsi.in); Founder & International Coordinator of International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses, France (www.ifibiop.org), Chairman of the International Society for Energy, Environment & Sustainability (www.isees.in), Editor-in-chief of Bioresource Technology (http://ees.elsevier.com/bite/), Honorary Executive Advisor of Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability (www.jees.in), Journal of Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing (https://www.springer.com/journal/43393), Journal of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (http://neerijese.org/editorial-board/), Subject Editor, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, India (https://www.springer.com/life+sciences/journal/40011) and Associate Editor, Biologia – Section Cellular and Molecular Biology (https://www.springer.com/journal/11756/editors) and editorial board member of several international and Indian journals. Dr. Thanh-Tin Nguyen currently works at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He obtained Ph. D degree of engineer environmental engineering Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea. His research focuses on topics such as COF/MOF-based membrane for liquid separation and water treatment; nanomaterial-based Membranes for water Treatment and Desalination; Membrane separation processes (MF, UF, NF, RO, MD, and FO); Membrane fabrication for water treatment/desalination, liquid separation, and biomedical Engineering; Porous material for micropollutant removal; Microalgae-based resource recovery and wastewater treatment; Biological processes for wastewater treatment; Novel desalination and wastewater reuse technologies and processes; Economic assessment in desalination/water/wastewater treatment process; Membrane fouling (characterization, mass transport, and modelling). He worked as postdoctoral researcher at GIST with focusing on developing a novel membrane for biomedical engineering application. He has served as a guest editor for two special issues of Membranes, as well as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as the Journal of Hazardous Materials, Bioresource Technology, Desalination, Journal of Membrane Science, Separation and Purification Technology, Science of Total Environment, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Water Process Engineering. He gained an award of GIST young scientist for providing a part of funding on his research. He was also the recipient of the best presenter award at several international conferences: the best poster award (at the 10th International Desalination Workshop, Busan, Korea, 2017) and the best orientation award (at the 6th IWA Regional Membrane Technology Conference, Vadodara, Gujarat, India, 2018). He has published 47 SCIE journal papers, 5 book chapters and 1 techincal solution and applied 3 patents (under pending). Dr. Shu-Yuan Pan is currently an Assistant Professor at Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, National Taiwan University. Professor Shu-Yuan Pan received his Ph.D. from the National Taiwan University (2016) in environmental engineering. He served as a visiting researcher at Argonne National Laboratory, and conducted postdoctoral research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In 2019, Dr. Pan joined National Taiwan University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. His research interests focus on the development of energy-efficient technologies for wastewater valorization as reclaimed water and value-added products. Professor Pan leads the “Green Technology Lab” at National Taiwan University. Green Technology Lab is dedicating to provide “green water service” in accordance with international movements and local demands, such as circular economy and net-zero transformation. Pan has published more than 80 SCI articles (Google citation >4700 with an h-index of 36) and has received 8 patents. Pan is also the author or co-author of 1 book (entitled “CO2 Mineralization and Utilization”), 5 book chapters, 20+ journal articles (including Chinese Journals) and technical reports, and 130+ papers in conference proceedings and symposium volumes. He is a Professional Engineer (PE) in environmental engineering licensed in Taiwan (ROC).