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Dr Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Brunei Darussalam. He is a scientific reviewer in numerous Chemical Engineering and Nano Technology journals. In research, Dr. Mubarak has published more than 400 journal papers and 40 conference proceedings, authored 80 book chapters, and has a 77 H-index. His areas of interest are carbon nanomaterial synthesis, magnetic biochar production using microwaves, and wastewater treatment using advanced materials. He receives the Curtin Malaysia Most Productive Research award, Outstanding Faculty of Chemical Engineering award, Best Scientific Research Award London, and Exceptional Scientist in publication and citation by i- Proclaim, Malaysia. Since 2020, he has also been listed in the top two percent of the world's most influential scientists in chemicals and energy. The
List of the Top 2% of Scientists in the World compiled and published by Stanford University is based on their international scientific publications, the number of scientific citations for research, and participation in the review and editing of scientific research. Dr. Mubarak is a Fellow Member of the Institution of Engineers Australia, a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) of The Institution of Engineers Australia, and a Chartered Chemical Engineer of the Institute of Chemical Engineering (IChemE), UK. He has published 11 books and is co-editor for ongoing Elsevier-edited books: 1) Nanomaterials for Carbon Capture and Conversion Technique, 2)
Advanced Nanomaterials and nanocomposites for Bioelectrochemical Systems, 3) Water Treatment Using Engineered Carbon Nanotubes,4) Hybrid Nanomaterials for Sustainable Applications: Case Studies and Applications, 5), Sustainable Nanotechnology for Environmental Remediation, 6) Nanotechnology for Biomedical Applications,7) Nanotechnology for Electronic Applications, 8) Application of Bio-Additives for the Food Industry, 9) Contemporary Nanomaterials in Material Engineering Applications, 10)Fundamentals of Biomaterials: A Supplementary Textbook, 11) Emerging Water Pollutants: Concerns and Remediation Technologies.
Dr. Nadeem A Khan is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Mewat Engineering College, in India. Previously he was Head of Department from 2014 to 2017. He completed his Ph.D. from Jamia Millia Islamia University in 2022. He received his M.Tech. (Civil Engineering) with honours in Environmental Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, India in 2011. He has acted as an editorial board member for Nature on Scientific Reports and worked with Springer on a special issue in the Discover Water Journal. He was awarded the Best Young Scientist Award (Male) by LWT India and GECL for his Scientific contribution to Environmental Engineering. He has published four books with international publishers, 64 papers in SCI journals, and has also published more than 10 PATENTS in civil Engineering and water treatment.
Eduardo López-Maldonado has a BSc. in Chemical Engineering (2009) and a PhD. In Chemical Sciences (2012) from the National Technological Institute of Mexico-Tijuana, Center for Graduates and Research in Chemistry. His doctoral thesis consisted of an applied scientific research project linked to a semiconductor company located in the industrial zone of Tijuana, with which he won the award for Best Doctoral Thesis by the Mexican Society of Electrochemistry in 2013. Dr. López Maldonado, in 2013, received the opportunity to join the staff of researchers at the Center for Research and Technological Development in Electrochemistry (CIDETEQ) S.C., Tijuana Branch. There, he began his career as a researcher and was responsible for projects focused on obtaining natural biopolymers and their properties as coagulating, flocculating and chelating agents. He has specialized in carrying out basic and applied science research projects with industries in the region and at the national level. He is a member of the National System of Level I Researchers. He has extensive experience as a facilitator of the Environmental Leadership Program for Competitiveness (PLAC) by SEMARNAT and PROFEPA. Dr. López has participated in national and international conferences through oral presentations and posters in polymer chemistry and the development of innovative processes, the environment, and nanotechnology. To date, Dr. Eduardo is working as a full-time professor-researcher at the Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Engineering of the Autonomous University of Baja California on the Biopolyelectrolyte Engineering Research line.
Arshad Hussain has been working as an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering section, University Polytechnic, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh having 16 years teaching experience at various levels in B.Tech (Civil Engineering) and M.Tech (Environmental Engineering) at Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Techonology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.), India, Diploma in Engineering (Civil), Advance Diploma in Environmental Engr., Advance Diploma in Food Technology, B.E.(Evening) and B. Sc. Hons.(Industrial chemistry). He had supervised many projects for the award of B.E. in Environmental Engr and B.Sc. Hons. (Industrial chemistry) course. He had supervised a few M.Tech. Environmental Engineering dissertations. He had been an editor of Proceedings, All India Seminar on Advances in Environmental Science and Technology, Aligarh, India, February 15-16th,2008. He had organized an All India Seminar on Advances in Environmental Science and Technology, Aligarh, India, February 15-16th,2008 and International conference on Emerging technologies in Environmental Science and Engineering held from 26-28th October 2009 organized by Department of Civil Engineering, ZHCET, AMU, Aligarh in collaboration with University of Toledo, Ohio, USA.
