Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for the Assessment of Human Exposure to Environmental Pollutants

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hadi Dehghani is a full professor at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. His scientific research interests include environmental science. He is the author of various research studies published in national and international journals and conference proceedings and head of several research projects at the TUMS. He has authored 20 books, 26 book chapters and more than 270 full papers published in peer-reviewed journals. He is an editorial board member, guest editor, and reviewer in many internal and international journals and a member of several international science committees worldwide. He also has the distinction of being listed in the top 2% of the world’s most influential scientists in the area of environmental sciences. He is a supervisor and advisor for many PhD and MSc theses at the TUMS. He is currently also a member of the Iranian Association of Environmental Health (IAEH) and member of the Institute for Environmental Research (IER) at the TUMS. He is an editor for 14 edited books (English): (1) Soft Computing Techniques in Solid Waste and Wastewater Management, (2) Environmental and Health Management of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), (3) Green Technologies for the Defluoridation of Water, (4) Pesticide Remediation Technologies From Water and Wastewater, (5) COVID-19 and Sustainable Development Goals, (6) Industrial Wastewater Treatment: Emerging Technologies for Sustainability, (7) Sustainable Materials for Sensing and Remediation of Noxious Pollutants, (8) Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for the Assessment of Human Exposure to Environmental Pollutants, (9) Water Treatment Using Engineered Carbon Nanotubes, (10) Water, the Environment and the Sustainable Development Goals, (11) Sustainable Remediation Technologies for Emerging Pollutants in Aqueous Environment, (12) Health and Environmental Effects of Ambient Air Pollution, (13) Health Effects of Indoor Air Pollution, (14) Diseases Attributed to Air Pollution.

Dr. Rama Rao Karri is a Professor (Sr. Asst) in the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Brunei Darussalam. He has PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and a Masters from IIT Kanpur in Chemical Engineering. He has worked as a Post-Doctoral research fellow at NUS, Singapore, for about six years and has over 20 years of working experience in Academics, Industry, and Research. He has experience working in multidisciplinary fields and has expertise in various evolutionary optimization techniques and process modelling. As of 01 Nov 2024, he has published 260 research articles in reputed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings with a combined Impact factor of 981.48 and has an h-index of 48 (Scopus-citations: 6600+) and 50 (Google Scholar-citations: 7700+). Among 145 journal publications, 123 articles (85%) published are in Q1 with an average impact factor of 9. He is an editorial board member in 10 renowned journals and a peer-review member for more than 100 reputed journals and has peer-reviewed more than 478 articles. Also, he handled 200 articles as an editor. He also has the distinction of being listed in the top 2% of the world’s most influential scientists in the area of environmental sciences and chemicals for the Years 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024. The List of the Top 2% of Scientists in the World compiled and published by Stanford University is based on their international scientific publications, the number of scientific citations for research, and participation in the review and editing of scientific research. He held a position as Editor-in-Chief (2019-2021) in the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering, IGI Global, USA. He is also an Associate editor in Scientific Reports, Springer Nature (IF:4.996) & International Journal of Energy and Water Resources (IJEWR), Springer Inc. He is also a Managing Guest editor for Spl. Issues: 1) “Magnetic nanocomposites and emerging applications", in Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (IF: 7.968), 2) “Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19) in Environmental Engineering Perspective", in Journal of Environmental Science and Pollution Research (IF: 5.19), Springer. 3) “Nanocomposites for the Sustainable Environment, in Applied Sciences Journal (IF: 2.679), MDPI. He along with his mentor, Prof. Venkateswarlu is authoring an Elsevier book, “Optimal state estimation for process monitoring, diagnosis, and control. He is also co-editor and managing editor for 16 Elsevier, 1 Springer and 1 CRC-edited books. Elsevier: 1) Soft computing techniques in solid waste and wastewater management, 2) Green technologies for the defluoridation of water, 3) Environmental and health management of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), 4) Sustainable Nanotechnology for Environmental Remediation, 5) Pesticides remediation technologies from water and wastewater, 6) COVID-19 and the Sustainable Development Goals, 7) Sustainable materials for sensing and remediation of noxious pollutants, 8) Hybrid Nanomaterials for Sustainable Applications, 9) Wastewater -based epidemiology for the assessment of human exposure to environmental pollutants, (11) Sustainable Remediation Technologies for Emerging Pollutants in Aqueous Environment, 12) Water, The Environment and The Sustainable Development Goals, 13) Environmental Metagenomics, Water Quality and Possible Remediation Measures of Polluted Waters, (14) Health and Environmental Effects of Ambient Air Pollution, (15) Health Effects of Indoor Air Pollution, and (16) Diseases Attributed to Air Pollution. Springer: 1) Industrial wastewater treatment using emerging technologies for sustainability. CRC: 1) Recent Trends in Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for micro-pollutant removal.

Dr. Nikolaos Rousis is a Chemist and works as a Researcher at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS), University of Queensland, Australia. He was awarded his PhD at the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Milan, Italy. His scientific research interests mainly focus on analytical and environmental chemistry and wastewater-based epidemiology. He has published numerous peer-reviewed papers in international journals and book chapters. He is also a reviewer for many international scientific journals.

Prof. Emma Gracia-Lor is a Professor in the Department of Analytical Chemistry and part of the Faculty of Chemistry at Complutense University in Madrid, Spain. She received her PhD in Chemistry from the University Jaume I of Castellón (Spain), where she received the Extraordinary Doctorate Award. Her research is focused on analytical and environmental chemistry and wastewater-based epidemiology. She has published numerous peer-reviewed papers in international journals and book chapters.