Speakers

Prof. El-Sayed Salama

Lanzhou University, China

Speech Title: Current Status of Microplastics (MPs) Pollution in the Different Environment

El-Sayed Salama (Top 2% Scientists Worldwide by Stanford University, USA) is currently a full Professor and the head of the Green Environmental & Energy Laboratory (GEEL) at Public Health School, Lanzhou University (China). He was previously hired as a High-level Foreign Talent Fellow (Category A) at Lanzhou University (China). He was appointed as a Distinguished Expert in Science and Technology in the Ecological Industry of Gansu Province (China). He was previously an assistant Professor and Post-Doctoral at Hanyang University (HYU). He was a Brain Korea (BK21) fellow for his MSc and PhD degrees at HYU (South Korea). He holds his BSc degree from the Faculty of Science, Benha University (Egypt).

Prof. Salama and his research team have potential contributions to the scientific society (>130 SCI papers, 7 patents, 3 books, 4 book chapters, 1 technology transfer, and 50 invited talks). His publications (with an H-index of 43 and >5000 citations) appeared in top-tier journals such as Progress in Energy & Combustion Science (IF= 32, Q1), Trends in Plant Science (IF= 17.3, Q1), Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (IF= 16.3, Q1), Trends in Microbiology (IF=14, Q1), Chemical Engineering Journal (IF= 13.3, Q1), Resources, Conservation and Recycling (IF= 11.2, Q1), Journal of Energy Chemistry (IF= 14, Q1), and Water Research (IF= 1.41, Q1). He graduated 15 students (8 Ph.D. and 9 masters) till now.

He is a member of the “Gansu Society of Microbiology” (China). He is acting as an editor, associate editor, and editorial board member of several international journals. He is also appointed as general chair, session chair, and international committee member of international conferences. His research at LZU focuses on bioenvironmental sciences and bioenergy.

Prof.  Mohamed A. Ismail

NCUT - Brunel London University, Beijing, China

Prof. Ismail is currently working as a full professor at NCUT - Brunel London University, Beijing. He is also an adjunct professor at School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, Bentley, Australia. Before joining NCUT - Brunel London University, Beijing, Prof. Ismail was working as an Associate Professor at Civil and Construction Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University Malaysia, Sarawak, Malaysia. He received his B. Sc. and M. Sc. Degrees from Alexandria University, Egypt in 1991 and 1996, respectively and his PhD from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore in 2003.

Prof. Ismail teaches undergraduate courses in Civil Engineering Materials, Concrete Technology, Engineering Mechanics, Reinforced Concrete Structural Design, Engineering and Environmental Principles and Theories, Construction Management, Concrete Laboratory, Mechanics of Solids, Structural Analysis and Fluid mechanics. For graduate students, he teaches courses in Advanced Concrete Technology and Advanced Structural Analysis. His research work includes Concrete Technology, Smart Materials in Construction, High Performance Concrete, Durability of Concrete, NDT, Arc Thermal Metal Spray Technology, Sustainable Building Materials and Protection Methods of Reinforced Concrete Structures. 

Prof. Ismail has extensive teaching and research experiences over 25 years in Canada, South Korea, Malaysia, Egypt, Japan and China. He also had broad experience at Engineering Consultancies and Oil & Gas Firms. Prof. Ismail has published more than 120 papers in referred Journals and International Conferences and 6 Books. He served as a reviewer for many International Journals, Editorial Board Member of few journals and Editor-in-chief of Challenge Journal of Concrete Research Letters (CJCRL). He is a member of ASCE and EES and a Professional Engineer of APEGA-Canada.