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Editor-in-Chief (1)

Chengcheng Tian
Prof. Dr. Chengcheng Tian
School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
Interests: CO2 Capture and Utilization; Pollutant Absorption; Environmental Catalysis; Energy Materials; Energy Conversion; Energy Efficiency; Resource Efficiency; Sustainable Resources Management
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Associate Editor (1)

Harry D. Kambezidis
Dr. Harry D. Kambezidis
1. Researcher Emeritus, Atmospheric Research Team, Institute of Environmental Research & Sustainable Development, National Observaqtory of Athens, Athens, Greece
2. Research Associate, Laboratory of Soft Energies & Environmenmtal Protection, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of West Attica, Egaleo, Greece
Interests: Solar Radiation/Solar Energy; Daylight; Atmospheric Turbidity; Atmospheric Aerosols; Atmospheric Pollution; Meteorology; Climatology; Climate Change
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Scientific Advisory Board (1)

Hualin Wang
Prof. Dr. Hualin Wang
School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
Interests: Carbon and Pollutant Synergistic Reduction; Pollution Source Control and Resource Utilization; Environmental Physics Principles; Cyclone Rotation Engineering 
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Editorial Board Members (64)

Maurizio Acciarri
Prof. Maurizio Acciarri
Department of Materials Science and Milan-Bicocca Solar Energy Research Center, University of Milan Bicocca, 3-20125 Milano, Italy
Interests: Materials for Photovoltaics and Energy; Energy Storage; Power to Fuel; Circular Economy and Sustainability
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Hamid Arastoopour
Prof. Hamid Arastoopour
Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
Interests: Transport Phenomena of Multiphase Systems and Fluidization; Sustainability-related Research; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Applications to Energy Conversion and Carbon Capture Processes; Wind Energy; Production of Natural Gas from Unconventional Gas Reserves and Hydrates; Energy Storage; Energy/ Water/Food Nexus
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Charalampos Baniotopoulos
Prof. Charalampos Baniotopoulos
Sustainable Energy Systems, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, UK
Interests: Wind Engineering; Wind Loading; Wind Energy Structures; Structural Aspects Related to Wind Energy Structures; Wind Sensitive Structures
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Riccardo Basosi
Prof. Riccardo Basosi
Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
Interests: Renewable Energy Sources; Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Processes; Novel Photo Voltaics ( DSSC, Perowskite) Solar Cells; Geothermal; Biomass; Energy Efficiency; Sustainable Energy; Storage
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Attila Bai
Prof. Attila Bai
Department of Business Economics, Institute of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Interests: Economic Evaluation of Biomass for Energy Use and of Solar Energy; Complex Energy Systems; Energy Plants and Plantations; Investment Analysis
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Davide Biadene
Dr. Davide Biadene
Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padova, Vicenza, Italy
Interests: Power Electronics; Renewable Energy Systems; Microgrids
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Nídia Caetano
Prof. Nídia Caetano
Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering (ISEP), Polytechnic of Porto (P.PORTO), R. Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida 431, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal; LEPABE – Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy & ALiCE – Associate Laboratory in Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Interests: Biodiesel; Bioethanol; Biorefinery; Energy Storage Systems; Microalgae Biorefineries; Sustainable Energy Systems; Waste Valorization; Wastewater Treatment; Waste-to-energy
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Yongsheng Chen
Prof. Yongsheng Chen
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332-0355, GA, USA
Interests: Environmental Engineering; Food-energy-water Nexus; Membrane Separations; Environmental Nanotechnology; Resource Recovery; Water/Energy Efficiency; Sustainable Biofuels
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Ramon Costa-Castelló
Prof. Ramon Costa-Castelló
Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona (ETSEIB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: Automatic Control; Energy Management
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Daniel Tudor Cotfas
Dr. Daniel Tudor Cotfas
Transilvania University of Brasov, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty, Brasov, 500036, Romania
Interests: Renewable Energy; Photovoltaic Systems; Wind Energy; Measurements Systems for Photovoltaics Cells and Panels; Optoelectronics; Smart Sensors; Mathematics; Physics
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Luigi Costanzo
Dr. Luigi Costanzo
Department of Engineering, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Aversa, CE, Italy
Interests: Vibration Energy Harvesting; Photovoltaic Systems; Maximum Power Point Tracking; Power Electronics; Renewable Energy Sources
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Neal Tai-Shung Chung
Prof. Neal Tai-Shung Chung
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore
Interests: Chemical Engineer Specializing in Membrane Materials; Science and Engineering for Clean Water; Clean Energy; Osmotic Energy; Biofuel; CO2 Capture and Pharmaceutical Separation
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Trong-On Do
Prof. Trong-On Do
Department of Chemical Engineering, Laval University, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
Interests: Solar Energy Conversion; Photocatalytic Water Splitting; CO2 to Fuels Conversion; Environmental Remediation
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I. M. Dharmadasa
Prof. I. M. Dharmadasa
Materials and Engineering Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK
Interests: Electrodeposition of Electronic Materials; Semiconductors; Solar Energy Materials; Thin Film Solar Cells; Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion; Graded Bandgap Solar Cells; Use of Clean Energy for Social Development and Reduction of Poverty; Solar Villages
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Animesh Dutta
Prof. Animesh Dutta
School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
Interests: Biomass and Agri-residue Processing and Conversion; Renewable and Cleaner Energy Technologies; Boiler Design; Design and Assessment of Advanced Energy Systems; Life Cycle Analysis and Thermodynamic Optimization
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Mostafa H. Elsharqawy
Prof. Dr. Mostafa H. Elsharqawy
School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1 Canada
Interests: Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, and Fluid Mechanics; Geothermal Energy, Salinity Gradient Energy, Refrigeration Systems, and Sustainable Energy Systems;  Seawater Desalination, and Water Thermophysical Properties;  Energy Conversion Devices, Heat Exchangers, and Waste Energy Recovery
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Maria Dolores Esteban Perez
Dr. Maria Dolores Esteban Perez
Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain; Universidad Politécncia de Madrid, Spain
Interests: Coastal engineering; Maritime Engineering; Renewable Energy
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Vincenzo Franzitta
Prof. Vincenzo Franzitta
Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Interests: Ocean Energy; Renewable Energy; Energy Policy
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Nouredine Fenineche
Prof. Nouredine Fenineche
Mechanical Engineering and Design Department, Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, Sevenans, France
Interests: Materials for Energy; Additive Manufacturing; Hydrogen Storage; Magnetic Materials
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Giorgio Graditi
Prof. Giorgio Graditi
Department of Energy Technologies and Renewable Energy Sources, ENEA, Rome, 00123, Italy
Interests: Power Systems Design and Control; Power System Conversion; PV; CPV Electrical Design; Characterization and Testing; Microgrids and Smart Grids Modelling and Analysis; Multi-objective Optimization Applications
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Sergey Grigoriev
Prof. Dr. Sergey Grigoriev
National Research University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute", Moscow, 111250, Russian Federation
Interests: Hydrogen Energy; Renewables; Electrochemical System; Polymer Electrolyte Membrane
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Justin Hinshelwood
Prof. Justin Hinshelwood
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK
Interests: Renewable Energy
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Yuhan Huang
Dr. Yuhan Huang
Centre for Green Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
Interests: Computational fluid dynamics; Thermofluids; Urban heat island; Air quality; Urban planning; Vehicle emissions; Renewable fuels; Spray combustion
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Haris Ishaq
Dr. Haris Ishaq
Institute for Integrated Energy Systems at University of Victoria (IESVic), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada
Interests: Sustainable Energy Systems; Clean Energy and Sustainable Development; Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage; Renewable Energy Analysis and Design; Process Modeling and Design; Thermodynamic and Second Law Efficiency Analysis; Carbon-free Fuels (Hydrogen and Ammonia) and Synthetic Fuels
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Xia Jiang
Prof. Dr. Xia Jiang
Carbon Neutral Future Technology College, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 
Interests: Energy Utilization of Waste Biomass Resources; Preparation and Application of Biochar-based Functional Materials; Atmospheric Sulfur Pollutant Control Technology and Application
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Marek Jaszczur
Prof. Dr. Marek Jaszczur
Faculty of Energy and Fuels, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
Interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics; Numerical Modeling; Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems; Heat and Mass Transfer; Large Eddy Simulation; Direct Numerical Simulation; Particle Image Velocimetry; Laser-induced Fluorescence
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Nikolaos Koukouzas
Prof. Nikolaos Koukouzas
Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH), Chemical Process & Energy Resources Institute, Athens, 151 25, Greece
Interests: Carbon Capture and Storage; Energy Policy; Biomass; Power Production; Oil and Gas Policy
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Noriyuki Kobayashi
Prof. Noriyuki Kobayashi
Department of Chemical Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Aichi, Nagoya-shi, 464-8603, Japan
Interests: Energy Conversion; Vital Sensing Air Conditioning; Energy System Design; Oxygen Enriched Combustion; Energy Saving; Adsorption; Heat transfer; Hydrogen; Heat Pump; Thermai Chemistry; Heat Storage
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Styliani Ioanna Kampezidou
Dr. Styliani Ioanna Kampezidou
Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA
Interests: Modern Modelling Techniques (AI, machine learning) 
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Dimitrios Karamanis
Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Karamanis
Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Patras, 2 Georgiou Seferi St., 30100 Agrinio, Greece
Interests: Carbon-neutral Cities; Integrated Photovoltaics and Nature Based Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation;  Photovoltaics and Solar Energy;  Wind Potential and Wind Energy;  Μaterials and Methods of Passive Cooling; Environmental Impact of Energy Production and Use; Applications of Renewable Energy Sources
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P. Amparo López-Jiménez
Prof. P. Amparo López-Jiménez
Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, Valencia, Spain
Interests: Sustainability; Renewable Energies; Water Systems; Sustainable Development Goals; Water Modelling; Computational Fluid Dynamics
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Zhongliang Liu
Prof. Zhongliang Liu
Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, Ministry of Education, Department of Energy Science and Power Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Interests: Heat Transfer; Numerical Modelling in Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer; Microbial Fuel Cells; Energy Analysis
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Dawei Liang
Prof. Dr. Dawei Liang
Physics Department, New University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
Interests: Solar-pumped Laser; Solar Concentrators
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Hai-Wen Li
Prof. Dr. Hai-Wen Li
Hefei General Machinery Research Institute, Hefei, Anhui, China
Interests: Hydrogen Energy; Hydride; Hydrogen Storage; Energy Storage; Battery Materials
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Zhang-Hui Lu
Prof. Dr. Zhang-Hui Lu
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
Interests: Heterogeneous Catalysis; Electrocatalysis; Clean Energy; Environmental Clean-up
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Efstathios Michaelides
Prof. Efstathios Michaelides
Department of Engineering, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, 76129, TX, USA
Interests: Advanced Energy Systems; Energy Conversion and Cconservation; Geothermal Energy; Multiphase Flow; Particulate Flow; HVAC; Nuclear Waste Materials Handling
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Rocio Maceiras
Prof. Rocio Maceiras
Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Escuela Naval Militar, Plaza de España 2, 36920 Marín, Spain
Interests: Renewable Energies; Biodiesel; Bioethanol Hydrogen; Algae; Carbon Dioxide Capture
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Thomas Olofsson
Prof. Dr. Thomas Olofsson
Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, Umeå University, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden
Interests: Energy Efficiency; Energy End-use; Indoor Comfort; Energy Performance; Thermal Comfort; HVAC; Indoor Climate; Building Technology; Renewable Energy; District Heating
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Constantinos S. Psomopoulos
Prof. Constantinos S. Psomopoulos
High Voltage and Energy Systems Research Lab, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of West Attica, GR-122 44 Egaleo, Greece
Interests: High Voltage Engineering; Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection; Energy Efficiency; Resource Efficiency; RES and Sustainability; Eco-design; Environmental and Energy Policies; Energy Systems Asset Management; Energy Recovery from Wastes; Sustainable Resources Management
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Maurizi Peruzzini
Dr. Maurizi Peruzzini
Institute for the Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (CNR-ICCOM), Via Madonna del Piano, 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI) Italy
Interests: Inorganic Chemistry; Organometallic Chemistry; Homogeneous Catalysis; Carbon Capture and Sequestration 
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Eugen Rusu
Prof. Eugen Rusu
Department of Applied Mechanics, University Dunarea de Jos of Galati, Strada Domnească 47, Galați, Romania
Interests: Ocean Energy; Marine Engineering; Coastal Hazards; Wave and Currents Modeling; Wind Energy
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Helena M. Ramos
Prof. Helena M. Ramos
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Lisbon, IST –Tecnico Lisboa /CERIS, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1649-004 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: Hydropower; Hydraulic Transients; Pumped-storage; Water and Energy Eenus and Hydrodynamic
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Christopher A. Simon
Prof. Christopher A. Simon
Department of Political Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9155, USA
Interests: Alternative Energy and Policy; Sustainability
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Eugenia Rossi di Schio
Prof. Dr. Eugenia Rossi di Schio
Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Interests: Heat Transfer;  Fluid Dynamics
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George Tsatsaronis
Prof. George Tsatsaronis
Energy Engineering and Environmental Protection, Technische Universität Berlin, Marchstraße 18, Berlin, 10587, Germany
Interests: Simulation, Evaluation and Optimization of the Design and Operation of Energy Systems; Energetic, Energoeconomic and Energoenvironmental Analyses of Energy Conversion Plants; Advanced Energy-based Methods; Decarbonisation; Hydrogen Economy; Cogeneration Plants; Demand Response Management
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Theocharis D. Tsoutsos
Prof. Theocharis D. Tsoutsos
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems Lab, School of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, 73100, Greece
Interests: Sustainable Energy Systems; Design of Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Systems; Biofuels; Integration and applications of RES and Sustainable Buildings
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Cristina Ventura
Dr. Cristina Ventura
Department of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
Interests: Photovoltaic Systems; Thermal/Photovoltaic Systems
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Paolo Valdiserri
Prof. Dr. Paolo Valdiserri
Alma Mater Studiorum - Bologna University, Department of Industrial Engineering, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Interests: HVAC; Heat Pumps; Building Envelop; Renewable Energy Sources; Geothermal; Solar Energy; Energy Efficiency; Sustainable Energy; Dynamic Simulations
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Lidong Wang
Prof. Lidong Wang
MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China
Interests: Flue Gas; CO2 Capture; Desulfurization; Catalysis; Absorption
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Xiaolin Wang
Prof. Xiaolin Wang
School of Engineering, College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
Interests: Energy Conversion and Storage; Thermodynamics of Power and Cooling Systems; Desalination; Heat Pump; Refrigeration Systems
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Junye Wang
Prof. Junye Wang
Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University, Athabasca, T9S 3A3, AB, Canada
Interests: Wastewater Treatment; Energy Engineering; Environment; Environmental Remediation; Fuel Cells; Turbulence Modeling; Watershed Hydrology; Watershed Management; Computational Fluid Dynamics
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Jiwei Wu
Dr. Jiwei Wu
College of Carbon Neutrality Future Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Interests: Pollutant Management and Recycling; CO2 Capture and Utilization
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Jun Wang
Prof. Dr. Jun Wang
School of Art Design and Media, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
Interests: Green and Low Carbon Design; Urban Sustainable Planning; Smart Low-carbon City
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Ming Xu
Prof. Ming Xu
School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Interests: Sustainable Systems; Structural Decomposition Analysis; Carbon Emissions; Material Flow Analysis
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Siyu Ye
Prof. Siyu Ye
SinoHykey / Huangpu Hydrogen Energy Innovation Centre, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China 
Interests: Fuel Cells; Clean Energy; Nanomaterials; Electrochemistry; Catalysis
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Talal Yusaf
Prof. Talal Yusaf
Executive Dean - Higher Education and Emerging Technologies, Aviation Australia, Queensland Government, Australia, and Adjunct Professor at Central Queensland University, Norman Gardens QLD 4701, Australia
Interests: Renewable Energy; Energy Generation; Conversion and Storage; Alternative Fuels for Internal Combustion Engine; Microalgae Fuel; Mechanical Method for Water Treatment
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Shouliang Yi
Prof. Dr. Shouliang Yi
National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Interests: Membrane Separations for Advanced Water Purification; Carbon Capture and Utilization; Clean Energy Production; Development of Novel Functional Materials for Water Desalination; CO2 Capture, Utilization, and Storage
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Xiuping Zhu
Prof. Xiuping Zhu
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Interests: Water Quality and Treatment; Renewable Energy; Hydrogen and Power Generation; CO2 Utilization
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Sohrab Zendehboudi
Prof. Sohrab Zendehboudi
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada
Interests: Energy and Environment; Process Systems Engineering; Transport Phenomena; Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration
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Shihan Zhang
Prof. Shihan Zhang
Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology for Industrial Pollution Control of Zhejiang Province, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
Interests: CO2 Capture and Utilization; Microbial Fuel Cell; Catalyst Development
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Xiang Zhu
Prof. Xiang Zhu
State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Suzhou Research Institute of Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
Interests: Porous Materials; Membrane-based Separation; Catalysis

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Theodoros C. Zannis
Dr. Theodoros C. Zannis
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Section, Hellenic Naval Academy, End of Hatzikiriakou Avenue, P.O. 18539, Piraeus, Greece 
Interests: Internal Combustion Engines; Naval Propulsion Systems; low Carbon and Zero Carbon Fuels; Marine Energy Systems; Waste Heat Recovery Systems; Marine Exhaust Gas Treatment Systems; HVAC Technology
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Mingming Zhu
Dr. Mingming Zhu
Energy and Power Theme, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK
Interests: Biomass and Waste; Carbon Capture and Storage; Conventional & Advanced Fuels; Renewable Energy
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Justyna Żywiołek
Dr. Justyna Żywiołek
Faculty of Management, Czestochowa University of Technology, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland
Interests: Technologies for the Environment; Innovations; Society's Knowledge about Renewable Energy Sources
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