Moonis Ali Khan is currently working as a Professor of Chemistry at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. He did his Bachelor's and Master's in Industrial Chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University, India. Thereafter, he did an M.Phil and Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University, India. Before Joining King Saud University, he worked at Yonsei University as a Post-Doctoral Researcher and at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, as a Senior Research Scientist. His current research is focused on the development of carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous composite materials for water treatment and desalination applications. He is also working on Waste Management with the Utilization of Agricultural, Municipal, and Domestic Wastes for Energy Production and Water Remediation Applications. Presently, he is serving as an editorial board member of several journals.
Teresa Neuparth is an Environmental Toxicologist dedicated to aquatic environments, and she has a scientific background in the areas of ecology, ecotoxicology, molecular biology, and biochemistry. From 2008 to 2017, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), and since 2018, she has been Assistant Researcher at CIIMAR. She has been conducting research on environmental risk assessment with several classes of toxicants, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals and emerging contaminants using crustaceans and fishes as model organisms. Her research has been focused on studies involving multiple and multi-level markers that combine ecologically relevant endpoints (e.g., chronic, full life-cycle, and transgenerational tests; embryonic development bioassays), biochemical tools, modeling, and molecular biology. This has been her chief approach to investigating the long-term impact of contaminants, single and in mixtures, in aquatic ecosystems. She has also worked in genotoxicity and population genetics, and she was involved in the preparedness and response to Hazardous and Noxious Substances (HNS) spills. In the present day, she is also doing research on epigenetic toxicology (DNA methylation and histone modifications).
Miguel Machado Santos is a professor at the Department of Biology of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Porto and a Researcher and former member of the board of Directors at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) of the University of Porto where he coordinates the group of “Endocrine Disruptors and Emergent Contaminants. He received his PhD in 2002 in Biology from FCUP-University of Porto with joint supervision at the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ). His main focus of research has been the hazard assessment of endocrine-disrupting chemicals and other priority and emerging contaminants. He has been deeply involved in the CIIMAR Outreach program, coordinating the “Centro de Monitorização e Interpretação Ambiental de Vila do Conde - CMIA” between April 2010 and March 2013, and working towards the implementation of the WFD and MSFD.
Marta Otero received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of León (Spain) in 2000, then occupying several lecturer and researcher positions, including a Marie Curie fellowship at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP, Portugal), a Researcher position at CESAM (Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (Portuguese Associated Laboratory), University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal) and a Ramón y Cajal contract at University of León (Spain). In 2017, she gained an IF contract from the FCT as principal researcher, which allowed her to re-incorporate at CESAM (UA, Portugal). Since 2022, Marta Otero is Associate Professor at the University of León (Spain), where she belongs to the Applied Chemistry and Physics Department.Furthermore, she is Ambassador of the Portuguese Associated Laboratory CESAM. Her research is mainly focused on two fields: (i) sustainable treatments and materials for water decontamination; and (ii) bio-waste management and valorization. She maintains active collaborations with researchers and groups from several institutions. Among them, it is to highlight the Analytical Sensors & Applied Eco-Chemistry (ASAEC) group at CESAM.
