Professor Ajay Kumar Mishra MSc, MPhil, PhD, CSci, FRSC working as Professor at Durban University of Technology, South Africa. Besides Prof Mishra is also working as Director: Academy of Nanotechnology and Waste Water Innovations (ANWWI), South Africa and Visiting Professor at Robert Gordon University, UK, Bashir State University, Russia. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Hebei University of Science & Technology, Jiangsu University, China and Vaal University of Technology, South Africa. He has been actively serving as Chair of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council, South Africa Chapter since 2016. Prof Mishra has published more than 400 papers in international journals/conferences, books/book chapters and others. He graduated 19 PhD, 23 Master students and hosted more than 12 postdoctoral fellows/scientists globally. He was awarded a number of international awards including Top 2% most cited scientist in the world for year 2019-2022 and Chancellor prize, UNISA, South Africa (2020) & many more. He is Editor and Editorial Board member of many peer reviewed journals, Scientific Societies and workshops.Dr. Pankaj Raizada is working as Professor in the School of Advanced Chemical Sciences, Shoolini University, Solan (H.P) India. Her interest areas are focused on metal-free photocatalysis, adsorption, heteroatom doping, defect engineering of metal oxides, metal sulphides and understanding the designing of new advanced photocatalytic materials employing different strategies for wastewater treatment with emphasis on environmental problems. She has published more than 240 articles in peer-reviewed journals, published 47 patents with 15 granted,11 book chapters, edited 2 books on Advanced Oxidation Process and Photocatalysis with H index of 70. She is recipient of the Young Scientist award by DST, New Delhi, India and features among Top 2 % Most Influential Scientist & long career award (2020-2023) by Stanford University Ranking system. She is serving as an active reviewer of ACS, RSC, Elsevier, Wiley & MDPI scientific journals.Dr. Elsayed T Helmy BSc, MPhil, PhD working as Researcher at National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt. Besides Dr Helmy is also working as Postdoctoral Researcher: Second Institute of Oceanography (SIO), Hangzhou, China. He is also a former Postdoctoral Researcher at North China Electric Power University (NCEPU), Beijing, China. Dr Helmy has published more than 30 papers in international journals/conferences, books/book chapters and others. He graduated PhD and Master students. He is an Editorial Board member of many peer reviewed journals, Scientific Societies and workshops.Professor Santhiagu Arockiasamy M Tech, PhD is currently working as Professor at National Institute of Technology Calicut, India. Prof. Santhiagu is actively engaged in research work in the area of Bioprocess Engineering & Technology and genetic manipulation of industrially important strains. Prof Santhiagu has published more than 100 research articles in international journals/conference proceedings and has received grants from Govt of India for the implementation of research projects. He is a peer reviewer of many leading international journals.Dr. Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian, currently working as Head and Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Sciences, SRM University-AP, India. Previously worked in the Department of Biotechnology, School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, India. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from National Institute of Technology Calicut, India. He was awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship by Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, 2015, Germany. He was further awarded the National-Post Doctoral Fellowship from SERB-DST, 2016-2018, India. Dr Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian was awarded as Young Scientist by DST, India for the BRICS Conclave held in Durban, 2018, South Africa and was the recipient of Hiyoshi Young Leaf Award from Hiyoshi Ecological Services, Hiyoshi Corporation, 2018, Japan. His major research interests are waste valorization and wastewater treatment. He is Editorial Board Member in Separation & Purification Reviews (T&F); Inorganic Chemistry Communications (Elsevier); Current Pollution Reports (Springer); Scientific Reports (Nature); Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (Springer); Environmental Management (Springer). He is also serving as Associate Editor in South African Journal of Chemical Engineering (Elsevier); Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry; International Journal of Environmental Science & Technology (Springer); IET Nanobiotechnology (Wiley) and as an Academic Editor for Adsorption Science and Technology. He has published more than 130 peer reviewed articles and contributed several book chapters. He is editing books from prestigious publishers such as Elsevier, Wiley, CRC, and Springer. Dr Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian was listed in Top 2% (2021, 2022 and 2023) most cited research scientists in the world as per data published by Stanford University USA.
