Editors

Editor-in-Chief
Dr Charis M. Galanakis, PhD, Galanakis Laboratories, Greece

Publisher
Jing Wang, MSc, Springer Nature, China

Section Editors
Apostolos Giannis, PhD, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Mika Erik Tapio Sillanpää, PhD, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Jenny Zhou, PhD, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia

Senior Editorial Board Members
Wil de Jong, PhD, School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, China
Zhenzhong Zeng, PhD, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
John Zhou, PhD, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Editorial Board Members
Mohamed Abouleish, PhD, Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Forat Yasir AlJaberi, PhD, Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Al Muthanna University, Iraq
Sartaj Ahmad Bhat, PhD, Gifu University, Japan
Jayanta Kumar Biswas, PhD, University of Kalyani, India
Debajyoti Bose, BTech, MTech, PhD, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, India
Xinde Cao, PhD, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Doongar R. Chaudhary, PhD, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, India
Wei Chen, PhD, China University of Geoscience (CUG), China
Li-Chi Chiang, PhD, Dept. of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, National Taiwan University, China
Dan Cudjoe, PhD, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
Yanshan Cui, Dr.Sci., Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Hongliang Dai, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, China
Yingchao Dong, PhD, School of Environmental Science & Technology (SEST), Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China
Venkatesh Dutta, PhD, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, India
Mark Fitzsimons, BSc, PhD, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
Bin Gao, PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Mostafa Hadei, PhD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Phoumin Han, PhD, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Indonesia
Kevin Harding, PhD, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Syed Tauseef Hassan, PhD, Anhui Polytechnic University, China
Francis Hassard, PhD, CBiol, FRSB, FHEA, Cranfield University, United Kingdom
Ming-Che Hu, PhD, Dept. of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, National Taiwan University, China
Yan Jiao, PhD, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Sokhee Jung, PhD, Chonnam National University, Korea (South)
Noel Kaleekkal, PhD, MTech (Chemical Engineering), BTech (Chemical Engineering), National Institute of Technology Calicut, India
Nadeem A Khan, PhD, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Noah Kittner, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States of America
P. Senthil Kumar, PhD, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, India
Vinod Kumar, PhD, Government Degree College, India
Peiyue Li, PhD, Chang'an University, China
Yongxin Lin, PhD, Fujian Normal Univerisity, China
Jinling Liu, PhD, China University of Geosciences, China
Meilin Liu, PhD, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Xiao-San Luo, PhD, International Center for Ecology, Meteorology, and Environment, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China
Anzhou Ma, PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Mark Maboeta, PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), BSc, North-West University, South Africa
Kiran Ramesh Mahale, PhD, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Alaa El Din Mahmoud, Dr. rer. nat, Alexandria University, Egypt
Eltayeb Mohamedelhassan, PhD, Lakehead University, Canada
Trivess Moore, PhD, RMIT University, Australia
Salman Raza Naqvi, PhD, School of Chemical & Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology, Pakistan
Nnamdi Nwulu, PhD, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Ilhan Ozturk, PhD, College of Business Administration, University of Sharjah, UAE
Jieshan Qiu, PhD, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
Barbara Ruffino, PhD, Dr.-Ing, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Enrico Saggioro, PhD, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil
Tawfik A Saleh, PhD, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Fatin Samara, PhD, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie, PhD, Nord University Business School, Norway
Harikaranahalli Puttaiah Shivaraju, M.Sc, M.Tech, PhD, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, India
Pau-Loke Show, PhD, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Selçuk Şimşek, Dr. (Chemistry), Cumhuriyet University, Türkiye
Dipak Sinha, PhD, Nagaland University, India
Alexandros Stefanakis, PhD, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Amy Tan, PhD, Dept. of Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Wangwang Tang, PhD, Hunan University, China
Fayuan Wang, PhD, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, China
Jianhua Wu, PhD, School of Water and Environment, Chang'an University, China
Ke Yin, PhD, NanjingForestry University, China
Kuo-Pin Yu, PhD, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Sheikh Ahmad Zaki, PhD, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia