Committee Members

Biography

Dr. Giovanni Pagano have over one hundred-fifty articles in peer-reviewed journals, mostly as first or corresponding author; 22 book chapters, 11 contract reports, over 40 meeting presentations, and multi-decade long experience in international lecturing. Editor of a recently published book. Established experience both in environmental research and, in the recent decade, studies focusing on the adverse effects of rare earth elements (REEs) and on the present and prospect use of REEs in agronomy and zootechny. Coordinator or participant in EC- and a NATO-supported projects, including study design, project management, and writing reports. Experience in interacting with national and international scientists by interfacing the respective science expertise. An over 25 year-long experience in peer-review for journals and as referee for research funding agencies has contributed to enhance GP’s skills both in critical judgement and in editorial work. Current activity in maintaining and extending international contacts, in publication, university lecturing and in lab work.

Biography

Pedro is an environmental economist, director of the NGO “Conservation Strategy Fund” in Brazil. He works with environmental valuation, choice experiments, and has been developing online tools to assess costs and benefits across various policy areas. Pedro created the “Mining Impacts Calculator”, an awarded tool that has been used by governments to assess damages of artisanal gold mining in several different countries in the Amazon.

Biography

Dr. Chunxing Fan is a Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management and serves as Chair of the Department of Business Administration, Tennessee State University. He received his Doctoral degree in Supply Chain Management and MBA from Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University, NJ, USA. His research focuses on supply chain and operations management, integrated production and distribution optimization, logistics and transportation network design, and resource/project management. He has published articles in various refereed journals such as Annals of Operations Research, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Transportation Research, Journal of Cleaner Production etc.

Biography

Dr. Marco Trifuoggi Currently Associate Professor in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Naples Federico II. Nearly two hundred articles in peer-reviewed journals, mostly as first or last author; 2 book chapters, many contract reports and meeting presentations. Established experience both in environmental research and, in the recent decade, studies focusing on the adverse effects of rare earth elements (REEs), on the present and prospect use of REEs in agronomy and zootechny, on the relationship between biological liquids and heavy metal pollution. or participant in EC- and a NATO-supported projects, including study design, project management, and writing reports. Experience in interacting with national and international scientists by interfacing the respective science expertise. Head of ACE Lab (Analytical Chemistry for the Environment Laboratory, ISO 9001 certified and ISO 17025 accredited) of Federico II University of Naples since 2001 http://www.ace.unina.it Participant or proponent of some national and international research projects (PRIN, PON, FARO, H2020, etc.). Lecturer of 65 academic courses or modules since 1994. Lecturer in advanced training courses (Masters of I and II level and PhD) since 1994. Supervisor of more than 150 university theses (three-year, specialist and master’s); guiding teacher and supervisor of 10 doctoral theses. Scientific manager and coordinator of more than 150 industrial research contracts since 1994.

Biography

Professor Harvinder Singh has been an academic for nearly two decades with strong teaching and research expertise in applied informatics, traditional and molecular plant breeding approaches for the improvement and management of cereal crops, and medicinal plants. He has IPs for novel inventions in agriculture and has published over 50 research articles in peer reviewed journals, books and conference proceedings. He has also presented his research at national and international conferences.

Prof. Hippolite is a medical engineering and technology at the Bioengineering Department of Imperial College London, United Kingdom, where he chairs the Centre of frugal medical technology to low-middle income countries. His career spans over 35 years across engineering, orthopaedics and neonatal medicine, and their mutual impacts on the environment and climate. His practice draws from a Nigeria-wide coverage of his research group, allowing him unprecedented evidence-based data in a national representative scale. Hippolite is the 2023 winner of the prestigious Nigeria Prize for Science—the highest prize for science on the continent of Africa for his work on neonatal respiratory therapies.

Dr. Raul B. Rebak is a corrosion research scientist at General Electric Research in Schenectady, New York since 2007. Previously he was the lead for materials corrosion testing in the Yucca Mountain Project at the University of California Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Raul has more than 30 years’ experience in environmental degradation processes of materials in many fields including nuclear power, oil & gas, energy storage, healthcare, transportation, and aerospace. Raul is a Fellow of both NACE International and ASM International.