https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1419-0592

Mario J. Muñoz-Batista is a Professor at the University of Granada. He obtained his PhD in Applied Chemistry from the Autonomous University of Madrid – Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry (CSIC). His research expertise lies in the development of innovative methods for material preparation and the mathematical modelling of energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable chemical processes. His work spans a broad range of applications, from effluent treatment to novel pathways for chemical production, fuel generation, and the development of emerging energy vectors, with a strong emphasis on catalytic processes and waste valorization. He has authored more than 110 SCI-indexed articles (h-index = 37), holds two patents, and has contributed to several books and book chapters. He also serves in editorial roles for various leading journals in his field.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8337-219X

Dr. Bo Weng is currently a professor at the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Fuzhou University, China, in 2018. Following his doctorate, he pursued postdoctoral research at Xiamen University and KU Leuven, supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 under Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (Individual Fellowships) and the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO) Postdoctoral Fellowships. His research primarily focuses on photocatalysis and photo-assisted AOPs for environmental remediation. He has published 84 papers, achieving an h-index of 38 and 5556 citation (Google Scholar). As the first author or corresponding author, I have published 46 papers including Nature Review Clean Technology, Nature Communications, Angewandte Chemie – International Edition (x3), Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Chem et al. I am invited to serve as the Editorial Board Member of NPJ Clean Water (JCR Q1 IF 10.4), Scientific Reports (JCR Q1 IF3.8), Carbon Energy (JCR Q1 IF 19.5), Next-generation advisors of Chem (JCR Q1 IF 19.1), Youth Editorial Board Member of Chinese Chemical Letters (JCR Q1 IF 9.4), EcoMat (JCR Q1 IF 10.4), EcoEnergy, and Guest editor of Chem, Advanced Functional Materials, Carbon Energy, ChemSusChem, RSC Materials Advances et al.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3921-778X

Choe Earn Choong is a Research Professor in the Environmental Engineering Department Kwangwoon University, South Korea. In 2018, she received the Ph.D in Environmental Engineering from the University Malaya, Malaysia. Her research interests in developing nanomaterials include advanced oxidation catalysts, plasma catalysts, and adsorbents for water and wastewater treatment. She has published more than 50 scientific papers and was granted 10 patents in the nanomaterial’s development for water treatment. In addition, she is one of the editors for Separation and Purification Technology and Journal of Water Process Engineering.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4907-7418

Prof. Asim Bhaumik received his PhD in Chemistry in 1997 from National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India. Then he was JSPS Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Tokyo during 1997-1999. After that he moved to Toyota Central R & D Labs Nagoya, Japan during 1999-2001 as Associate Researcher. Then he joined Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India where he is currently a Senior Professor. His area of research interest includes designing novel microporous and mesoporous materials for several frontline applications like gas storage (H₂/CO₂), adsorptive removal of heavy metal ions and other pollutants from contaminated water, heterogeneous catalysis for the synthesis of fine chemicals, CO₂ utilization reactions for the synthesis of fuels and chemicals, CO₂ reduction, synthesis of biofuels, electrochemical water splitting and CO₂ photoreduction. He has published over 530 original research articles with citations over 28500. He is in the Associate Editor of Green Chemistry and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6500-2996

Damien Debecker and his team develop innovative catalytic materials for sustainable chemistry applications. They target three main objectives: (i) the upgrading of biomass and bio-based platform chemicals (glycerol, lignocellulose and lignin-derived monomers, ethanol, short carboxylic acids, triglycerides, sugars, etc.) to valuable molecules, (ii) the capture of CO2 and its conversion, and (iii) greener organic synthesis processes using enzymes, hybrid catalysis approaches and process integration. To do so, they implement ad-hoc strategies to immobilize enzymes into/onto catalytically active solid materials. Another important line of research of the Debecker lab is the utilization of (reactive) spray drying techniques to manufacture original catalytic materials.