MDPI's Journal Cluster of Ecosystem and Resource Management Healthy Biosphere, Healthy Humans Session 2

Biotehnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva, Ljubljana, Slovenia;Miha Humar is a Full Professor at the University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Wood Science and Technology, where he has also served in senior academic leadership positions. His research focuses on wood durability, wood protection and modification, fungal degradation, service-life prediction, and the performance of wood in buildings and cultural heritage. He leads the research programme Wood and Lignocellulosic Composites and has coordinated or participated in numerous national and European research projects. His work combines laboratory research with long-term field testing, non-destructive assessment, moisture monitoring, and advanced analytical techniques. A significant part of his recent research addresses climate-change impacts on wood performance, the valorisation of damaged timber, and sustainable preservation of wooden cultural heritage. He is actively involved in international research networks, particularly the International Research Group on Wood Protection (IRGWP), where he has held several leadership roles, and contributes extensively to scientific publishing, education, doctoral supervision, and knowledge transfer.

School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK ;The Green Institute, Ondo, Nigeria;Dr. Adenike A. Akinsemolu is an environmental sustainability scholar, educator, researcher and advocate whose work spans science, sustainability, education, policy and community development. She is the Founder and Global Director of The Green Institute and an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham. She is the pioneer of Green Microbiology and Founding President of the Society for Green Microbiology, advancing the field as an interdisciplinary framework for harnessing microbial systems to address sustainability challenges across climate change, food security, water systems, environmental restoration and human well-being. She is also co-editor of Green Microbiology: Sustainability, Climate Change, Food, and Water, published by Academic Press, Elsevier. Dr. Akinsemolu is a Lead Author of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7), a National Geographic Educator, and a member of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. She is the author of Principles of Green and Sustainability Science (Springer, 2020) and other works on sustainability and green education. Through her scholarship, institutional leadership and pioneering work in Green Microbiology, Dr. Akinsemolu advances interdisciplinary approaches to building a more sustainable, resilient and regenerative future.

Department of Biological Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, USA;Dr. Dafeng Hui is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. His research spans plant ecology, global change ecology, ecosystem ecology, agroecology, and ecological modeling. He has authored one book, several book chapters, and more than 300 scientific journal publications, including articles in Nature, PNAS, Global Change Biology, Ecology, and New Phytologist. Dr. Hui serves as an associate or academic editor for Plant Ecology, Journal of Plant Ecology, and The Crop Journal and as an editorial board member for several journals, including Geoderma and Global Change Biology. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).