Consultant

Dr. Ted Mao is Chief Technology Officer, Evercloak, and Founder and Principal Consultant, MW Technologies to help start-up companies develop and commercialize new technologies in the CleanTech space. Ted was Vice President, Research and Chief Technology Officer for 14 years at Trojan Technologies, one of the largest UV water treatment companies in the world. He is an executive board member and President at the International UV Association (IUVA). He is also a member of Professional Engineering Ontario, and a Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineers.  

Dr. Shihong Lin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Vanderbilt University in the United States. His research primarily focuses on water-related separation processes, aiming to address the core technological challenges associated with water separation in support of sustainable development. His research is focused on three key areas: water treatment and desalination, selective solute separation for resource recovery or extraction, and the treatment of high-salinity wastewater. Dr. Shihong Lin has published over 100 articles in highly recognized journals within the field. He has received several honors and awards, including the Walter Huber Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2023, the Clarivate Highly Cited Scholar in 2022, the Paul L. Busch Award from the Water Research Foundation in 2020, and the Rising Star Researcher Award from the Chinese-American Professors in Environmental Engineering and Science (CAPEES) in 2020. He currently serves as the President of CAPEES and is an editor or editorial board member for several academic journals.

Dr. Zongsu Wei is a tenured Associate Professor at the Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering at Aarhus University, Denmark. He is the group leader for Water Engineering Innovation Lab and secure 31 million Danish kroner (4.5 million USD) funding from Danish and EU agencies. Professor Wei is currently serving as the Associate Editor for Water Research (Elsevier Publishing), Editor for Water Science and Technology (International Water Association Publishing). He published almost 100 peer-reviewed papers, among which 19 papers are recognized as the ESI 1% Highly Cited Paper and 5 as the ESI 0.1% Hot Paper. In 2022 and 2023, Prof. Wei was recognized the TOP 2% Scientists in Environmental Science and received the prestigious Sapere Aude Research Leader by the Independent Research Foundation Denmark in 2021.

Bai Zhishan, Doctor of Engineering, winner of National Outstanding Youth Science Fund, leading talent of science and technology innovation of "Ten Thousand People Plan", professor/doctoral supervisor of East China University of Science and Technology, Deputy Dean of School of Mechanical and Power Engineering. Serve as 《Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering》editorial board member and vice chairman of Chemical Machinery Committee of China Chemical Industry Society. Committed to the basic research and technology development of chemical separation process strengthening for a long time, and has systematically explored and expanded the green and efficient separation theory and corresponding technical system. Presided over more than 50 scientific research projects including the 973 Program and the National Natural Science Foundation, and participated in the preparation of a monograph of《C4 Alkylation Technology》. Published more than 50 SCI papers as the first/corresponding author; More than 50 Chinese and foreign invention patents were authorized. Selected as China Youth Science and Technology Award, Shanghai Youth Science and Technology Outstanding Contribution Award, Young Yangtze River, National Excellent Science and Technology Workers, Outstanding youth, and the first batch of 10,000 people Plan young top-notch talents. Won 2 second prizes of National Science and Technology Progress (ranked 2nd and 5th), and 2 first prizes of provincial and ministerial science and technology awards (ranked 1st). Pay attention to the close combination of basic research and engineering application, research results have been applied in more than 50 important projects.

Heng Liang is a tenured professor, Doctoral Supervisor and Director of Personnel in School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology. He is a National High-Level Talent, the Director of the Youth Committee of the China Urban Water Association, , the Winner of National Outstanding Youth Science Fund, and the Young and Middle-aged Leader in Science and Technology Innovation of the Ministry of Science and Technology.. He mainly engaged in the research of membrane water treatment technology and principles, presided over the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key Research and Development Program and other projects, and won the first prize of Heilongjiang Provincial Technology Invention Award, second prize of National Teaching Achievement, special prize of Provincial Teaching Achievement, China Water Industry Personality, China Membrane Industry Educational Master Teacher, China Membrane Science Outstanding Young Scientist and other awards.

Ngo, Huu Hao (Hao) is currently a Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering and being Deputy Director, Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, and Co-Director, Joint Research Centre for Environmental Green Bioprocess, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, FEIT, University of Technology Sydney (UTS, THE world ranking 133). Hao’s expertise and practical experience include advanced biological waste/wastewater treatment processes, circular economy based clean technologies, resource recovery, bioenergy, minimization of wastes and net zero emissions, membrane technologies, alternative water resources, and environmental impacts assessment. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Bioresource Technology, Chemical Engineering Journal, Associate Editor of Science of the Total Environment, Journal of Water Process Engineering, and Editorial Board Member/Guest editor of many internationally recognized journals.