Biographical note

Dr. Rama Rao Karri is a Professor (Sr. Asst) in the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Brunei Darussalam. He has a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Master’s from IIT Kanpur in Chemical Engineering. He has worked as a Post-Doctoral research fellow at NUS, Singapore for about six years and has over 18 years of working experience in Academics, Industry, and Research. He has experience of working in multidisciplinary fields and has expertise in various evolutionary optimization techniques and process modelling. He has published 150+ research articles in reputed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings with a combined Impact factor of 611.43 and has an h-index of 28 (Scopus - citations: 2600+) and 27 (Google Scholar -citations: 3000+). He is an editorial board member in 10 renowned journals and a peer-review member for more than 93 reputed journals and has peer-reviewed more than 410 articles. Also, he handled 112 articles as an editor. He also has the distinction of being listed in the top 2% of the world’s most influential scientists in the area of environmental sciences and chemicals for the Years 2021 & 2022. 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. He held a position as Editor-in-Chief (2019-2021) in the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering, IGI Global, USA. He is also an Associate editor in Scientific Reports, Springer Nature & International Journal of Energy and Water Resources (IJEWR), Springer Inc. He is also a Managing Guest editor for Spl. Issues: 1) “Magnetic nanocomposites and emerging applications", in Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (IF: 5.909), 2) “Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19) in Environmental Engineering Perspective", in Journal of Environmental Science and Pollution Research (IF: 4.223), Springer. 3) “Nanocomposites for the Sustainable Environment”, in Applied Sciences Journal (IF: 2.679), MDPI. He along with his mentor, Prof. Venkateswarlu is authoring an Elsevier book, “Optimal state estimation for process monitoring, diagnosis, and control”. He is also co-editor and managing editor for 8 Elsevier, 1 Springer and 1 CRC edited books. Elsevier: 1) Sustainable Nanotechnology for Environmental Remediation, 2) Soft computing techniques in solid waste and wastewater management, 3) Green technologies for the defluoridation of water, 4) Environmental and health management of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), 5) Pesticides remediation technologies from water and wastewater: Health effects and environmental remediation, 6) Hybrid Nanomaterials for Sustainable Applications, 7) Sustainable materials for sensing and remediation of noxious pollutants. Springer: 1) Industrial wastewater treatment using emerging technologies for sustainability. CRC: 1) Recent Trends in Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for micro-pollutant removal. Dr Janardhan Reddy Koduru is an Associate Professor, in the Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, South Korea. His research interests are as follows: Development of low-toxic nanomaterials or nanocomposites by synthetic chemistry and green routes and were utilized for energy and environmental applications. Synthesis of graphene oxide-based nanocomposites and nano-metal oxides impregnated bio-sorbents by advanced green ways for sustainable environmental remediation (water remediation). Management of waste biomaterials and re-use for environmental remediation. Dr Mubarak Mujawar is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Curtin University, Sarawak Campus, Malaysia. His main research areas are carbon nanotube/nanofiber synthesis using microwave heating, synthesis of magnetic biochar and activated carbon using microwave technology, synthesis of biofuel using microwave heating, advanced materials syntheses such as hydro char, and graphene using microwave technology, functionalization of carbon nanotube for sensor application, application of CNTs and CNFs for removal liquids and gases pollutant, protein purification using carbon nanomaterials, immobilization of enzyme on carbon nanotubes and advanced material and reaction engineering etc. Erick,R Bandala is an Assistant Research Professor in the Division of Hydrologic Sciences, at the Desert Research Institute. Las Vegas, USA. His research is in water quality, water treatment and site restoration. His major experience is in developing countries on the generation and adaptation of technology for the generation of safe drinking water and proper sanitation. Specific research interest includes solar driven advanced oxidation processes, assessing the effect of climate change on water quality, developing adaptive technologies for sustainable water quality management, water chemistry, stormwater quality and treatment.