Chunjiang An, PhD, Eng, Concordia University, Canada
Dr Chunjiang An is an Associate Professor in the Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering at Concordia University and Concordia University Research Chair in Spill Response and Remediation. His research interests include a broad range of topics related to pollution control, risk assessment, and systems analysis. Dr An is a licensed professional engineer, associate editor, editorial board member of 12 international journals, and guest editor for 11 special issues in some international journals. Dr An has published over 210 peer-reviewed journal articles. Significant research grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and Environment and Climate Change Canada have supported Dr An's interdisciplinary activities.
Simona M. Coman, PhD, University of Bucharest, Romania
Prof Simona M. Coman received her PhD in Chemistry from the University of Bucharest in 2001. In 2008, he became a Full Professor at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Catalysis at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest. She completed postdoctoral research in Belgium at UC Louvain-la-Neuve and in Germany at HU Berlin, where she was a research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She also conducted research at KU Leuven, Belgium. In 2018, she obtained a Habilitation Certificate in Chemistry from the University of Bucharest. She is a member of the Doctoral School in Chemistry and the Faculty of Chemistry. She has co-authored over 130 scientific papers, including 116 ISI-indexed publications, two books, ten book chapters, and 1 European patent. Additionally, she has contributed to over 180 international conferences. In 2012, she was awarded the prestigious “Gheorghe Spacu” award from the Romanian Academy for her significant contributions to developing solid catalysts for environmental protection.
Mario De bruyn, PhD, Eng, The University of York, UK
Dr Eng Mario De bruyn received his PhD from the Centre for Surface Science and Catalysis at the Catholic University of Leuven. From 2004 to 2007, he worked as an Aron Zandman postdoctoral fellow at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Moving more into the industrial direction, he engaged in cosmetic materials research work for LVMH and Merck KGaA in France. In 2010, he took on a research associate position at the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence in Prof James Clark's group at the University of York in the UK. In 2017, he received a Marie Curie Global Fellowship to research sustainable heterogeneous catalysis. In 2020, he took up a senior university assistant position in Prof Katalin Barta's group at the University of Graz, Austria. Since 2023, he has been the Deputy Director of the Circa Renewable Chemistry Institute at the University of York.
Patricia Vázquez, PhD, National University of La Plata, Argentina
Dr Patricia Vázquez obtained her PhD from the University of San Luis, Argentina. She is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Sciences Exacts, University of La Plata, and a Principal Researcher at CONICET (Argentina). Throughout her 30-year career in CONICET, she has published more than 130 journal articles, 12 book chapters, and 5 academic books, including IUPAC, a titular member of the Green Chemistry Commission. Currently, her Scopus h-index is 30. She secured and utilized over thirty research grants, both national and international, to support her team's research activities and received ten national awards for her research output. Additionally, she has supervised more than 15 graduate students and fellows from her home country and internationally. Her main research areas are nanoparticles, biomaterials, and advanced materials for catalysts, which is the topic of antimicrobial fabric. Recently, she has been busy working in the social technology area within the United Nations SDGs.
