Renewable Energy and Climate Change

Joanna Piotrowska-Woroniak was born on February 8, 1973, in Bialystok, Poland. She is a distinguished academic with a Ph.D. in Engineering from the Military University of Technology in Warsaw, earned in 2007 under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Hab. Eng. Janusz Terpiłowski. Her doctoral research focused on “Comparative studies of thermal diffusivity using the classic and modified impulse method on the example of iron,” showcasing her expertise in the field of thermal analysis.

Joanna also holds a Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering, which she received from the Bialystok University of Technology in 1997. Her master's thesis, titled “Technical and Economic Analysis of Water Boiler Rooms Fired with Various Fuels,” reflects her deep interest in energy efficiency and environmental sustainability.

Her academic journey began at the Bialystok University of Technology, where she studied Environmental Engineering at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering from 1992 to 1997. Following her graduation, Joanna began her long-standing career at the same institution, where she has been a faculty member since 1997. Throughout her tenure, she has contributed significantly to the fields of environmental and civil engineering, sharing her knowledge with students and colleagues alike.

Joanna Piotrowska-Woroniak currently resides in Bialystok, Poland, at ul. Wiejska 45E.

Anahita Rabii is 4th year PhD candidate in civil engineering at Ryerson University. Anahita has her proficiency in water and wastewater sectors including water and wastewater treatment technologies, pollution control and monitoring, and resource recovery through working in both industry and academia. Anahita is currently conducting her research on developing a model for anaerobic co-digestion of multi feedstocks. A range of waste materials can be utilized as feedstocks for digesters. Anaerobic digestion is able to convert waste to biogas comprised mostly of biomethane which delivers a 100 % renewable source of energy for heat and power generation.

Marc A. Rosen is a Professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Canada, where he served as founding Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Dr. Rosen was President of the Engineering Institute of Canada. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of several journals and as a Director of Oshawa Power and Utilities Corporation. With over 60 research grants and contracts and 800 publications, Dr. Rosen is an active teacher and researcher in sustainable energy, environmental impact, and energy technology (including renewable energy and efficiency improvement). Much of his research has been carried out for industry, and he has written numerous books. Dr. Rosen has worked for such organizations as Imatra Power Company in Finland, Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, and the Institute for Hydrogen Systems near Toronto. Dr. Rosen has received numerous awards and honors, and is a fellow of several societies and organizations.

Wojciech Szulc is research worker and Deputy Financial and Operational Director. Specialist in the field of plastic deformation of metal, business consultancy for steel sector in that in the area of environmental protection. An expert in the field of best available BAT techniques for further metal processing (FMP) – member of TWG for FMP BREF review - JRC EIPPCB in Seville. V-ce President of European Steel Technology Platform ESTEP. Co-author of industry guide on the application of BAT techniques for the metallurgical industry ordered of the Ministry of the Environment.

Othman. A. Fallatah. Assistance Professor, Faculty of Nuclear Engineering, and Radiation Protection & Training Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, Jeddah. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Rhode Island, USA. His  research interested in ( Environmental Radioactivity, GIS, Remote Sensing, hydrology, modeling). As part of his current research activities, he builds upon the chemistry background he acquired during his B.Sc., which involved monitoring and analyzing water quality problems in KSA and natural radioactive pollution, as well as understanding geology, hydrology, and geochemistry.

Stanley-Raja Vethamonickam is currently working as Senior Research Fellow in a DST-SERB project and perusing Ph.D in Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. He has seven years of research experience working with various agricultural crop diseases and pest management. He is currently involving research in sustainable agricultural strategies to manage the rice diseases and pests. In this research elicitor compound which promotes plant growth as well as induce defense mechanism was extracted from fungus Aspergillus niger which was cultivated in the post-harvest paddy wastes thus providing an eco-friendly strategy to manage and utilize the agricultural wastes efficiently.

Christopher Paul Littlejohn is a farmer residing in Uganda. Previous to this he was researching energy grass use for the Green Elephant Company, whose mission was to bring sustainable energy use to Uganda. He completed his PhD research in New Zealand on the ecosystem benefits of incorporating energy grass production into dairy agricultural systems and has worked closely with MiscanthusNZ to further promote this work. At present he is helping to establish Proton carbon and renewable diesel plants in New Zealand and Uganda. Previous to his PhD Chris was farming in the UK before becoming a teacher in 2010 and teaching in both the UK and NZ at school, tertiary and University level.

Shiva Amirkhani is a registered architect from Iran with a master’s degree from Bartlett, UCL, focusing on the impact of built environment on human health, comfort and wellbeing. Her research interests include energy analysis of the buildings and building simulation, the impact of built environment on human health and comfort and sustainable design. She started her PhD in January 2019 at UWL and her project is about the UK Government’s MEES legislation and its impact on hotel buildings. In her PhD she is focusing on energy efficiency, cost-effectiveness and occupant thermal comfort in hotel building.

Assistant Professor Mateo Gašparović, Ph.D. is the Head of the Chair of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing of the Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb. As a scientist, Prof. Gašparović actively works on the development and application of advanced remote sensing and photogrammetry methods in environmental science, geoinformation system, documentation of cultural heritage and the development of UAVs. He is giving lectures on Geoinformation Systems and Advanced Remote Sensing at the Faculty of Geodesy. Prof. Gašparović is currently the Vice-Dean for Business and Finance at the Faculty of Geodesy. He is a project manager on project “Advanced photogrammetry and remote sensing methods for environmental change monitoring – RS4ENVIRO” funded by the University of Zagreb and researcher on projects “Geospatial Monitoring of Green Infrastructure by Means of Terrestrial, Airborne and Satellite Imagery – GEMINI” and “Retrieval of Information from Different Optical 3D Remote Sensing Sources for Use in Forest Inventory – 3D-FORINVENT” funded by Croatian Science Foundation

Dr. Francisco Javier Forcadell is an associate professor of management in the Rey Juan Carlos University, and professor in ESIC Business and Marketing School. He has held visiting professorship at some universities around the world. His research and teaching revolve primarily around Strategic Management and Corporate Social Responsibility. He was a consultant at Spanish’ Economy Ministry. He is the author of 17 international publications, focusing on diverse aspects of CSR, innovation, and corporate strategy. He has published in several top journals (six of them listed in the top 10th percentile of JCR categories), including Research Policy, Long Range Planning, Journal of World Business, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics: A European Review, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Business Research, Scientometrics, and Global Policy.

Elisa Aracil is a Professor of Economics at Universidad Pontificia-ICADE in Madrid. She has built her career in a variety of roles related to investment banking and the academic world. Her research focuses on sustainable finance, sustainable banks, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental related innovations, digitalization and the progress towards teh Sustainable Development Goals . She has published in top scientific journals such as Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Business Ethics: A European Review, International Journal of Emerging markets and Global Policy. She has presented her work in peer-reviewed academic conferences such as the Academy of International Business (AIB), the European International Business Academy (EIBA) and the Academy of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Knowledge Conference (ACIEK), formerly GIKA and INEKA. She is a researcher at several competitive research projects, and a member of CETIS-PhD program at Universidad Pontifica Comillas.

Igor Nikolaevich Burmistrov is a PhD professor in material and works with department of chemistry and chemical technology of Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov and department of functional nanosystems and high-temperature materials of NUST “MISiS”. PhD habilitation was defended in 2015. The subject of PhD theses "development of scientific bases of synthesis and modification of potassium titanate and technology of polymer composites based on them". Experience in managing research staff: State assignment of the Ministry of Education and Science, design part, project "development of new technologies for thermoelectric conversion of low potential heat into electricity"; RFBR project “The influence of architecture and modification of carbon nanomaterials with halogens on the transport of charge carriers in polymer chains”.

Jianlong Bai received the B.S. degree in metallurgy engineering from Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, in 1999 and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Shenyang University of Technology, in 2006. Now, he is an interdisciplinary researcher, researches what he can touch though mainly in electrical - renewable energy generation, electric propulsions, South Australia blackouts, distinctive Hyperloop, etc. And as  an engineer, he always engages in R&D of electric machine.

Mohammed Hussain Alanbari is a industrial engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, master in control and instrumentation and energy from the University of Brighton in London, specialist in industrial automation. Projects: SPRIT PAORAMA (perception and navigation organization for autonomous mobile applications), BRITE PSYCHO (powerful tools for identification and control of highly non-linear process) MAVIR, SINAMED, ISIS, TEFILA2. He is currently working in the fields of applying nanotechnologies in renewable energy.