Prof. Vincenzo Belgiorno
University of Salerno, Italy
Biogrpahy: Professor of environmental engineering, Vincenzo Belgiorno carries out scientific research in the areas of wastewater and solid waste treatment. He is head of the SEED, Laboratory of Environmental Engineering of University of Salerno in Southern Italy where on-field experiences are combined with scientific research. Vincenzo Belgiorno published more than 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has been often involved in international research projects and conferences organization. He has a professional experience on the design of wastewater treatment plants, solid waste treatment facilities and restoration of contaminated sites and he has been responsible for several consultancies of the University of Salerno to Institutions and private companies. He served as a consultant for Italian Parliament in the waste emergency and its connections with criminality and as commissioner for Regione Campania for the construction of an anaerobic digestion plant for organic waste treatment. Vincenzo Belgiorno is currently the coordinator of the Doctorate School in Environmental Engineering at the University of Salerno and associate editor of Desalination and water treatment and Global Nest Journal.
Prof. Aysegul Tanik
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Biogrpahy: Prof. Aysegul Tanik has
been a Full Professor at the Istanbul
Technical University (ITU) (Turkey),
since 2002.
In 1991, she earned her PhD in
Environmental Engineering and got her
degree from ITU, Faculty of Civil
Engineering, Department of Environmental
Engineering, where she has been a member
of teaching staff since 1992. From 1984
to 1992, she was a Project and Research
Engineer in various Contracting Firms
dealing with treatment of water and
wastewater. From 1983 to 1984, she
worked as a Research Assistant at
Bogazici University and as a Chemical
Engineer in the Industrial Development
Bank of Turkey, from 1981 to 1983. In
1984, she obtained her M.Sc. Degree in
Environmental Engineering and got her
B.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering
from Bogazici University, Istanbul, in
1981.
Her current fields of interest are in
determination and management of diffuse
sources of pollutants, water quality
management, water quality modeling, and
integrated watershed management. She has
more than 90 papers appearing in
international SCI journals, and more
than 70 papers in the selected
international proceedings besides many
national conference papers.
For more information please visit:
http://www.faculty.itu.edu.tr/tanika/
Previous Speakers |
Prof. Roberto San
Jose
Technical University of Madrid (UPM),
Madrid, Spain
Prof. Roberto San Jose is a Professor of the Technical University of Madrid (UPM). He studied Physics in the University of Valladolid (Spain) and made the Ph. D. in 1983 on relation to Atmospheric Boundary Layer. He became associated professor in University of Valladolid in 1986. He was on leave in the Max-Planck Institute of Meteorology in Hamburg (Germany) in 1989-1990 and He was a guest senior scientist in the IBM-Bergen Environmental Sciences and Solutions Center in Bergen (Norway) in 1990-1992. In 1992 he moved to the Computer Science School of the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) in Madrid (Spain). In 2001 he became head professor of the UPM. In 1992 He started a laboratory in UPM called Environmental Software and Modelling Group. Up to now, Prof. San Jose has been principal investigator in more than 200 projects related with Air Quality and Climate issues. The projects were down with private and public companies and also with European Union. More than 20 EU projects on the environmental area and Information Technology have been carried out.
Prof.
R. J. (Dick) Haynes
Soil and Environmental Science, School
of Land Crop and Food Sciences/CRC CARE,
The University of Queensland, St Lucia,
Queensland
Professor Haynes works in the areas of soil and environmental
science. His present research interests are in the use and recycling
of industrial, agricultural and municipal wastes and minimising
their effects on the environment. He has extensive experience having
worked as both an applied research scientist and as a university
professor and has worked in New Zealand, South Africa and Australia.
He has published over 170 original research papers in international
journals, over 20 review papers in international volumes as well as
many conference and extension papers and contract reports. He has
been an invited keynote speaker at 7 international conferences and
has served on the editorial board of 4 international research
journals. He has acted as principal supervisor and co-supervisor of
PhD, MSc and honours students in both South Africa and Australia.
Professor Haynes has carried out research in commercial
horticultural, pastoral, arable and forestry production as well as
in small-holder semi subsistence agriculture. He has also worked on
bioremediation of soils contaminated with organic pollutants,
rehabilitation of mined sites, application of organic and inorganic
wastes to soils and the effects of heavy metal contaminants on soil
processes. His research has been mainly in the areas of applied soil
chemistry and soil microbiology/biology with links to soil physical
properties and to pollution of air and water. He has specialised in
working on applied problems and maintains strong links with
industry. Major areas of research have included the role of grazing
animals in the fertility of pastoral soils, N cycling and gaseous
and leaching losses from arable and pastoral systems, soil quality
and soil degradation under agricultural land use, effects of soil
contaminants on soil processes, rehabilitation and remediation of
contaminated, degraded and mined sites and use of wastes as soil
amendments.
Prof.
Eng. PhD Marco Casini
SAPIENZA University of Rome, Italy
Prof. Marco Casini is a
leading academic in the Green and Smart
Building sector with over 20 years
experience in Building Sciences.
He is an environmental engineer, PhD in
Environmental Engineering and Research
Fellow in Architecture Technology at
Sapienza University of Rome, Department
of Urban Planning, Design and
Architecture Technology. Since 2002 he
has been Professor of Architecture
Technology and of Environmental
Certification of Buildings at the
Faculty of Architecture of Sapienza
University where he also teaches in
several Master's, PhD and Graduate
schools on subjects pertaining to Energy
and Environmental Sustainability for
Buildings. Dr. Casini's research
activities cover a wide spectrum of
topics within sustainable architectural
design and energy efficiency of
buildings, focusing on advanced
materials and nanotechnologies for smart
building envelopes as well as integrated
renewable energy systems. He worked as
scientific coordinator on major projects
including the development of "Italian
regional system for the certification of
environmental sustainability of
buildings - Protocollo ITACA Lazio"
(2014) and the preparation of the
"Sustainable Energy Action Plan of Rome"
within the European Covenant of Mayors
for Climate and Energy (2012). Dr.
Casini's professional activity has
included scientific and technical
consultancy on technological,
environmental and energy aspects related
to the design and construction of
complex building structures worldwide,
as well as training on Green Building
and Smart Cities strategies and policy
making for Italian public authorities
(Prime Minister's Cabinet, Ministry of
Internal affairs, Regione Lazio).
Assoc. Prof. Yubao
Wang
Deputy Director of Shaanxi Economic
Research Center,
Xi 'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi,
China
Biography
l Doctor, PostDoctor and Associate Professor (Grade 5), Doctoral supervisor and MBA supervisor
l Deputy Director of Shaanxi Economic Research Center (CTTI Think Tank) in Xi'an Jiaotong University
l Deputy Director of Enterprise Committee of Shaanxi Provincial Committee of Chinese Democratic League
l Visiting scholar in the University of Saskatchewan sponsored by China Scholarship Council
l Mayor‘s Assistant of Wujiang People's Government, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province
l Deputy Director of Management Committee of FOHO High-tech Zone in Jiangsu Province
l Chief expert of Grant fund of China Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project
l Training professor of the training project on building the capacity to address climate change for China and German(GIZ and NDRC)
l Member of the Special review committee of the National Key Scientific Research Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology
l Experts in concluding assessment of major projects funded by the National Social Science Foundation
l Director of China Regional Economic Association
l Director of China Soft Science Research Association
l Member of Shaanxi Think Tank Alliance
l Member of Shaanxi Convention and Exhibition Technical Standards Committee
l Expert in the Greenhouse Gas Inventory Compilation and Carbon Emission Verifications of Shaanxi province
l Advisor of Suzhou Talent Science and Technology
Activities and Achievements
l Main engagement in the teaching, research and consulting of Regional (Industrial) Economy, International Economy, Resource Environment Economy and Climate Change Economics
l More than 40 various projects(funds)are completed as a host, including the National Social Science Foundation, Grant Project of China Clean Development Mechanism Fund (National Fund), Philosophy and Social Science planning project of the Ministry of Education, the key project of Shaanxi Soft Science Foundation major, the planning project of philosophy and social science in Shaanxi Province. There are 15 projects (funds) of provincial-level or above and 1 project of international cooperation.
l More than 80 academic papers published (including international conference papers) in Statistical Research, China Soft Science, China's Population, Resources and Environment, Resource Science, Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports and so on.
l Four monographs published in Economic Science Press, China Financial and Economic Press and the Xi’an Jiaotong University Press.
l The research results have been adopted for many times by Central Committee of China Democratic League, the China Communist Party Committee and People's Government of Shaanxi Province , the Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of Shaanxi Province , National Bureau of Statistics, and grassroots departments
l Third prize of Philosophy and Social Science Excellent Achievement of Shaanxi Provincial People's Government once
l Third prize of Science and Technology Award of Xi 'an Municipal People's Government for 3 times
l Second prize of Xi 'an Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China Excellent research results once
l First and second prizes of the outstanding Humanities and Social Sciences Achievements of Colleges and Universities of Shaanxi Province in five times
l More than 10 times in other awards.