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Dr. Mohamed Gamal El-Din is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta. His research focuses on innovative treatment approaches for municipal and industrial wastewater, including oil and gas. Since 2011, he has held an NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair in Oil Sands Tailings Water Treatment and is also a Theme Lead for the Future Energy Systems (FES) theme on Resilient Reclaimed Land and Water Systems. In 2017, Dr. Gamal El-Din was awarded the Alberta Science and Technology Leadership (ASTech) Foundation Award for Innovation in Oil Sands Research. He is a Jinshan Distinguished Professor at Jiangsu University and was awarded the Research Chair in Environmental Engineering at Tongji University in China in 2020. In 2023, he was appointed the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Sustainable and Resilient Wastewater Treatment for Reuse. Additionally, he was named the UofA Engineering Research Chair in Community-Based Wastewater Management with a focus on advancing a circular economy. Dr. Gamal El-Din also serves as the Director of the Water Research Centre (WRC) since May 2023. In 2024, Dr. Gamal El-Din was awarded the Albert E. Berry Medal by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) for outstanding contributions to the field of environmental engineering in Canada and the Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring. Dr. Gamal El-Din's commitment to education and research is unparalleled. Over the course of two decades, he has supervised a diverse group of 210 graduate students, research assistants, postdoctoral fellows and research associates. Under his mentorship, these individuals have grown into accomplished professionals who are making significant contributions to their respective fields. Dr. Gamal El-Din is also a prolific researcher, with an extensive body of work that includes 340 peer-reviewed journal papers and 420 conference and workshop presentations, among other publications.
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Dr. Bin Xu is a professor of college of Environmental Science and Engineering at Tongji University, a Distinguished University Professor and the President of Key Laboratory of Urban Water Supply, Water Saving and Water Environment Governance in the Yangtze River Delta, Ministry of Water Resources, China. He received his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Tongji university in 2003. His research interests in water quality and sustainable management including water treatment and reuse, emerging disinfection technology and disinfection by-products control, intelligent water services and so on. He is now a standing member of the Science and Technology Committee of China Urban Water Supply and Drainage Association, a member of the Water Supply Expert Committee of Water Industry Branch of China Civil Engineering Society and the editor of Water Reuse. He published more than 230 peer-reviewed papers and authorized more than 20 patents. He has been awarded the Second Prize of National Science and Technology Progress, the First Prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Progress, and the Second Prize of Technical Inventions for Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Research of Higher Education Institutions.
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Dr. Gopal Achari is a Professor and the Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at the Schulich School of Engineering in the University of Calgary. Dr. Achari is internationally renowned for his research on water and wastewater treatment and soil remediation. His research on advanced oxidative methods and photochemical treatment using low energy LEDs have received wide acclaim. Having published over 220 papers and supervised over 50 PhD and master students, Dr. Achari has received numerous awards both for excellence in research and in teaching. He was the past president of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE). In the recent past, he was the Senior VP and the VP of CSCE and has served as the Chair of CSCE's Environmental Engineering Division. For his innovation on PCB treatment technology, Dr. Achari received the APEGA Environment and Sustainability Award as well as an AsTechHonoree. His teaching and research excellence is noted in being acknowledged by the students for a “professor of the year”award, 3 best paper awards, two teaching excellence awards, graduate research award, graduate educator award and an Immigrant of Distinction award.
