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Dr. Ali Kharrazi

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Center for the Development of Global Leadership Education, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
Interests: environmental sustainability; energy policy; PlosOne

Dr. Dilip Khatiwada

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Division of Energy Systems, Department of Energy Technology, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Interests: energy systems analysis; nexus and sustainability assessment; techno-economic optimation of energy systems; decarbonization strategies; circular economy and bio-based economy; decision support systems and life cycle assessment
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Dr. Mehdi Khiadani

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School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup 6027, Australia
Interests: solar energy applications; low-grade waste heat recovery and applications; artificial intelligence in energy systems; multi-phase flows; environmental fluid mechanics
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Dr. Jonghyeong Kim

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1. School of Community Resources and Development, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, Arizona State University, 411 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
2. Department of Tourism Development and Management, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570004, China
Interests: tourist experience; memorable experiences; authentic experiences; destination management
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Prof. Dr. Peter B Kim

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School of Hospitality and Tourism, Auckland University of Technology, 432 WH Building, 49 Wellesley St East, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Interests: service management and marketing; hospitality and tourism

Prof. Dr. Sunkuk Kim

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Department of Architectural Engineering, Kyung Hee University, 1732, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si 17104, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Interests: sustainable construction project management; energy use and CO₂ reduction in construction project; performance evaluation of buildings and infrastructures; simulation and optimization; risk management; free-form building technology; sustainable facility management
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Prof. Dr. Yong Se Kim

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College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Interests: product-service systems design; customer experience design and management; design for a circular economy; design for affordance; design for innovation; service design; design for service considerations; design methods and processes; design cognition and informatics; design learning
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Dr. David A. King

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School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 875302, Lattie F. Coor Hall, Tempe, AZ 85287-5302, USA
Interests: transport and land use planning; transport finance; parking; taxi cabs; ridesharing; informal transport; urban goods movement; automated vehicles

Prof. Dr. Andrew Kirby

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School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University – West, PO Box 37100, Phoenix, AZ 85069-7100, USA
Interests: sustainability and urban development; climate change adaptation in urban areas; sustainable cities and communities
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Dr. Andrei P. Kirilenko

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Department of Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Interests: climate changes impacts on people and environment; sustainability; resilience; adaptation to climate change impacts; social networks and mass media data mining

Prof. Dr. Richard J. Klimoski

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Fairfax Campus, George Mason University, Fairfax, CV, USA
Interests: organizational resilience; business continuity; business sustainability; leadership

Prof. Dr. Linas Kliucininkas

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Department of Environmental Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, LT-50254 Kaunas, Lithuania
Interests: air quality and climate; mobility; energy
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Dr. Tanja M. Kneiske

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Fraunhofer Institut for Windenergy and Energysystemtechnology (IWES), Königstor 59, 34119 Kassel, Germany
Interests: concepts of expansion grid planning (power, heat, gas grids); central and decentral grid control (power, heat, gas grids); energy management systems; hybrid-energy networks; meta-heuristics; model-predictive control; agent-based operation; economic optimization; grid integration of flexibilities and storage systems; robust optimization; bi-level optimization; distributed optimizations; hybrid energy systems (e.g. PV, CHP, battery, thermal storage); generation and analysis of load profiles and other time series; open source energy data; data analysis of energy grids
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Prof. Dr. Chun-Han Ko

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School of Forestry and Resources Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Interests: biomaterial conversion and utilization; processing pollutant abatement and waste reuse for biomaterial processing; environmental values of biomaterial utilization

Dr. Yasukazu Kobayashi

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Renewable Energy Research Centre, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 2-2-9 Machiikedai, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-0298, Japan
Interests: heterogeneous catalysis; reaction engineering; material chemistry; nano-structured alloys (intermetallic compounds, high-entropy alloys)
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Dr. Elif Kongar

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Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, School of Engineering, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 06824, USA
Interests: supply chain management; logistics; operations research; decision theory; forecasting techniques
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Prof. Dr. Chulmo Koo

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Smart Tourism Education Platform, College of Hotel and Tourism Management, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Interests: smart tourism
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Dr. Helen Kopnina

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1. International Business, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Johanna Westerdijkplein 75, 2521 EN Den Haag, The Netherlands
2. Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, CCE1, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
Interests: sustainability; sustainable business; environmental education
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Prof. Dr. Jouni Korhonen

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Department of Sustainable Production Development and CE@KTH Initiative, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Interests: industrial ecology; cleaner production; ecological economics
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Prof. Dr. Christopher Koroneos

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Research Associate, Soft Energy Applications and Environmental Protection Laboratory, University of Western Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece
Interests: renewable energy systems; sustainability; exergy analysis; LCA; circular economy
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Dr. Georgios Koubouris

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Olive Cultivation Lab, Institute of Olive Tree, Subtropical Crops and Viticulture, Hellenic Agricultural Organization DEMETER, (NAGREF), 73134 Chania, Greece
Interests: climate change; agricultural sustainability; circular economy; soil, water and biodiversity conservation; remote sensing; plant breeding; ecosystem services; olive growing
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Dr. Sotirios Koukoulas

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Department of Urban-Regional Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, Pedion Areos, 38334 Volos, Greece
Interests: geographic information science; remote sensing; spatial statistics; land change science; environmental monitoring and modelling; spatial and environmental planning; climate change impacts
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Prof. Dr. Phoebe Koundouri

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Department of International & European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
Interests: resource and energy economics and econometrics; sustainable development and innovation; interdisciplinary approaches for sustainable development; climate change modeling and policy
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Prof. Dr. Georges Kouroussis

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Department of Theoretical Mechanics, Dynamics and Vibrations, 31 Boulevard Dolez, B-7000 Mons, Belgium
Interests: railway ground vibration; railroad ground-borne noise; environmental impact assessment; railtrack vibration mitigation; human exposure-annoyance

Prof. Dr. Ingo Kowarik

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Technical University of Berlin, Department of Ecology, Berlin, Germany
Interests: urban ecology; biodiversity conservation; biological invasions
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Dr. Janusz Kozinski

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Department of Engineering, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada
Interests: sustainable energy solutions; bioenergy; high-pressure combustion; hydrothermal flames; renewable energy; biomass/biowaste utilization; hydrothermal processing

Prof. Dr. Jan Kratzer

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, School for Business and Economy, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, Germany
Interests: social networks; start-up teams; user innovation; sustainable technology
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Prof. Dr. Fridolin Krausmann

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Institute of Social Ecology Vienna (SEC), Alpen-Adria Universitaet Klagenfurt, Wien, Graz, Schottenfeldgasse 29/5, 1070 Vienna, Austria
Interests: biomass metabolism; land use; long-term socio-ecological research

Prof. Dr. Paul Henning Krogh

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Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, C.F. Møllers Allé 4, Building 1120, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Interests: assessement of soil health using soil invertebrates and their functionining as indicators; metabaroding; barcoding; soil ecotoxicology; arctic soil biodiversity; agroecology; sustainable agriculture

Prof. Dr. Robert Krzysztofik

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Institute of Social and Economic Geography and Spatial Management, University of Silesia in Katowice, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
Interests: urban geography; spatial management; economic geography; geography of settlement
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