Prof. Enedir Ghisi obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Leeds, in the UK, in 2002. He is currently a professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, located in Florianópolis, southern Brazil. So far, he has published 11 book chapters, 136 conference articles and 131 journal articles. He has concluded the supervision of 11 PhD and 30 master's students. Currently, he supervises 8 PhD and 8 master's students. In 2020 he was recognised as one of the 100,000 most influential scientists in the world for the whole career and also for 2019.

Dr. Steve Pueppke is currently a Faculty Member of the Center for Global Change and Earth Observations at Michigan State University, USA, and Associate Director of the Asia Hub at Nanjing Agricultural University, China. Trained as a plant biologist, he has conducted research for more than 40 years while serving in a number of administrative positions at universities in the USA, including Associate Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies at Michigan State University. He has longstanding interests in collaborative interdisciplinary approaches to science within an international context and has been Guest Professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and the University of Marburg, Germany. His most recent research interests focus on the relationships between water, energy, and food, especially in Central and Eastern Asia. He was awarded a PhD degree from Cornell University in 1975 and has published 150 referred papers and book chapters. Dr. Pueppke currently serves as Section Editor-in-Chief for Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture for the journal "Water.

Dr. Slobodan P. Simonovic is universally acknowledged as one of the world’s leading authorities on application of Systems Analysis to water and environmental management. He advanced the understanding of water and environmental systems, by providing decision-makers with tools to support their sustainable management. He provides unparalleled contributions to global and local management of water that have improved the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide. His work has a significant impact on our understanding of system linkages between humans, and build and natural environments that lead to sustainable water resources management and resilience as a new development paradigm.

Prof. Dr. Helena M. Ramos

Dr. Helena M. Ramos is Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), the engineering faculty of the University of Lisbon. She is Editor-in-chief of Water Journal and guest editor of several special issues. She has more than 400 publications, with 7 books published, 180 scientific international papers and more than 15 international scientific research projects.

Dr. Angela Lo Monaco

Dr. Lo Monaco is Associate Professor of Wood Technology at the Department of Agriculture and Forest Science at the University of Tuscia, Viterbo Italy, where she is also Head of the Wood Science and Technology laboratory. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Section Wood Science and Forest products. Her current research work deals with the performance of wood in outdoor conditions, wood modification, wood conservation in cultural heritage.

Prof. Dr. Veronica De Micco

Dr. Veronica De Micco is a researcher in Environmental and Applied Botany, she is interested in the adaptive strategies of plants in changing environmental conditions.
Investigations are made through the study of auto-ecology and plant-environment interactions with activities in the field and experiments in laboratory.
Light, fluorescence and electron microscopy are used together with digital image analysis systems for the quantification of anatomical and cytological characteristics.
Fields of application are ecology and forestry, extra-terrestrial environments, agronomy and food industry.