Name

Education

Area of Expertise

Institution and contact address

Position

1   Prof

Wilfredo I Jose

PhD (Rutgers University, USA);

MS (University of the Philippines);

BSChE (Mapua Institute of Technology, Philippines).

1. Design and innovation;

2. Chemical and biochemical engineering;

3. Environmental biotechnology;

4. Integrating technical and social aspects of processes.

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of the Philippines, Diliman Quezon City, Philippines.

wilfredo.jose@up.edu.ph

wijose@nsspo.com

Referee

since April 10,

2006.

2     Prof

Alavi Moghaddam, Seyed Mohammad Reza

PhD (University of Tokyo, Japan); 

MSc (Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran);

BSc (Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran).

1. Wastewater treatment;

2. Solid waste management;

3. Hazardous waste management;

4. Water Quality.

Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

alavi@aut.ac.ir

alavim@yahoo.com

Referee

since June 1,

2006.

Bivin Verghese Thomas

PhD
MPhil
MSc
BSc

(Madras University, India).

1. Synergism of environmental biology and chemistry for multidiciplinary issues of marine, brackish water, aquaculture, arid, and selected public health environmental pollution;

2. Aquatic ecotoxicology;

3. Technology and business development for aquaculture and related industries.

Department of Chemistry, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait.

bivint@yahoo.com

Referee

since December 6,

2006.

4    Prof, PE

Wang Jing-Yuan

PhD, MCE (North Carolina State University, USA);

BS (National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan).

1. Solid waste resource management;

2. Contaminated site assessment and remediation,

3. Environmental management;

4. Development of appropriate technologies for developing countries.

jywang@ntu.edu.sg

Referee

since February 6,

2007. 

5   Prof

Pratyoosh Shukla

PhD (A.P.S, University Rewa, (S.S. Medical College,Rewa) India);

MSc (Dr. Hari Singh Gour Univ. Sagar, India);

BSc (A.P.S.U. Rewa);

AISSCE (C.B.S.E.).

1. Enzyme Technology;

2. Microbial Biotechnology;

3. Medical Mycology;

4. Environmental Biotechnology;

5. IPR, Patents, legal Issues in Biotechnology.

Department of Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology (Deemed University), Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.

pratyooshtech@yahoo.co.in

1. Referee

since April 24,

2007.

2. Special Editor-in-Chief for Environmental Biotechnology

since January 2,

2008 

6   Prof

Susan M Gallardo

Dr Eng (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan);

MS Env Eng (University of the Philippines-Diliman);

BS Chem Eng (University of Santo Tomas).

1. Air, water and solid waste pollution control;

2. Industrial waste treatment technology;
3. Environmental Engineering;
4. Chemical reaction engineering.

Project Director of Asian Regional Programme on Environmental Technology–De La Salle University.

Department of Chemical Engineering, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.

gallardos@dlsu.edu.ph

Referee

since August 23,

2007. 

7    Prof

Sahibin @ Sahibini Abd Rahim

PhD, MSc (University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK);

BS (University Kebangsaan Malaysia).

1. Environmental sciences: Environmental Issues and Assesment, Heavy metal waste.

2. Agricultural sciences: Soil and Water Sciences, Soil, land management and conservation.

3. Earth sciences: Geochemistry, Bio geochemistry.

School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.

haiyan@ukm.my

Referee

since August 27,

2007. 

8    Prof

Hojae Shim

PhD, MS (Ohio State University, USA);

BS (Seoul National University, Korea).

1. Environmental (Bio)Technology, Environmental (Micro)Biology, (Microbial) Ecology;

2. Biodegradation, Biofiltration, Biotransformation;

3. Biological Wastewater Treatment;

4. Bioremediation/Bioreclamation/Biorestoration.

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, China.

hjshim@umac.mo

Referee

since November 11,

2007. 

9    

Saif Ur Rehman Kashif

PhD, MSc(Hons), BSc(Hons) (University of Faisalabad, Pakistan and
USA as split programme)

1. Environmental protection on sustainable basis especially working on heavy metals;

2. Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition;

3. Heavy metals studies in Drainage and
City wastes, Ethylene in Agriculture.

Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, University  of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

sbkashif@yahoo.com 

Referee

since June 10,

2008. 

10  Prof

Tarun Kumar Banerjee

PhD, MSc, BSc (Banaras Hindu University, India)

1. Histopathology;

2. Histopathology;

3. Toxicology;

4. Fish biology.

Department of Zoology, Centre of Advanced Study, Banaras Hindu University, India.

tkbzoo50@yahoo.co.in

Referee

since July 28,

2008. 

11  

Neelima Arora

PhD (Osmania University, India);

MSc, BSc (Choudhary Charan Singh University, India)

1. Computational Biology and Bioinformatics;
2. Vector-Borne diseases;
3. Health informatics;
4. Epidemiology.

Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India.

aroraneelima123@yahoo.co.in

Referee

since August 15,

2008. 

12  

Bahadar Nawab

PhD, MSc (Norwegian
University of Life Sciences); MSc (University of Peshawar, Pakistan)

1. Environmental sciences;

2. Development studies;

3. Water supply and (ecological) sanitation;

4. Wastewater treatment through natural systems

Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Abbottabad, Pakistan.

bahadar@ciit.net.pk  

Referee

since September 16,

2008. 

13  

Yogesh Chandra Sharma

PhD (Institute of Technology, BHU, India); MSc, BSc (Rohilkhand University, UP, India)

1. Development of biodiesel by using potential plants and plant products;
2. Adsorption studies for uptake of pollutants from water and wastewater;
3. Phytotechnology for treatment of water and wastewater;
4. Use of economically viable and inexpensive materials for water and wastewater reclamation; .
5. Monitoring of rivers and other water resources;
6. Characterization of engineering materials;
7. Waste management in foundry industries.

Department of Applied Chemistry, Institute of Technology,
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

ysharma.apc@itbhu.ac.in   

Referee

since November 14,

2008.