School of Sustainability Engineering and Environmental Engineering, Purdue Unviersity, West Lafayette, IN, USA, Professor and Director, Purdue University Northwest Water Institute, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN, USA;
Dr. Veera Gnaneswar Gude is Professor of Civil Engineering and NiSource-Meyer Charitable Foundation Professor of Energy and the Environment in the department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at Purdue University Northwest (Hammond, IN) and Professor of Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN). Dr. Gude is also the director of Purdue University Northwest Water Institute (PWI). His current research interests include anaerobic digestion, agrivoltaics, cybersecurity of bioenergy systems, desalination, energy-water- -environment nexus, hydroponics, resource recovery for sustainable agriculture and sustainable energy systems development. His research efforts received funding from NSF, USEPA, USGS, DOI and USDA and other industry and international agencies. He patented and implemented thermal desalination and algal biofuel technologies with industry partners. Prof. Gude published over 150 scientific research articles and 9 books on bioenergy, desalination, and wastewater treatment research. Dr.Gude’s contributions to the fields of desalination (low temperature desalination and microbial desalination), wastewater treatment (energy and nutrient recovery), and bioenergy research (biomass and biofuels) are well recognized by the scientific community across the world. He serves on several editorial boards, leadership and advisory boards for various scientific agencies and professional societies around the world. He was elevated to the rank of Fellow by the American Society of Civil Engineers and Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE for his contributions to the environmental engineering and science research and education.

Analytical Chemistry and Pesticides Laboratory, Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece;
Dr. Nikoletta Ntalli (Scopus ID: 26029980300) is an Assistant Professor of Pesticides at the Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly in Greece. Previously she has been employed as a Researcher at the Department of Pesticides Control & Phytopharmacy, Benaki Phytopathological Institute in Greece. She has also worked for the development and registration of pesticides at Bayer CropScience and Expedia Srl. She is specialized in the development of ecofriendly-low input pesticides of natural origin. Her research interest includes pest management with eco-friendly tools; bioactivity of botanical secondary metabolites, chemistry of bioactive extracts of natural origin; organic soil amendments with plant protection properties; biostimulants; mode of action and synergism of bioactive molecules; formulation of bioactive compounds; side effects on non-target organisms and soil communities. She has published more than 6 book chapters and 60 scientific papers in SCI journals. https://agr.uth.gr/en/person/ntalli-nikoletta/

Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre, Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands;
Rick van de Zedde is the Program Manager of the new phenotyping facility NPEC at WUR. He has worked at WUR since 2004. His background is in Artificial Intelligence with a focus on imaging and robotics. In 2002, he graduated with an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Groningen. Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre (NPEC) - www.npec.nl - provides a versatile modular platform that will enable Dutch and international scientists, both academic and R&D, to carry out accurate high-throughput phenotyping: studies of plant performance in relation to relevant biotic and abiotic factors across a range of scales, from molecule to crop, from nm to km. NPEC is an integrated, national research facility housed by Wageningen University & Research and Utrecht University and is co-funded by The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands;
Prof. Dr. Leo Marcelis is a leading researcher in horticultural science at Wageningen University & Research, combining deep physiological insight with modelling and applied experimentation to realise sustainable, efficient and high-quality crop production in greenhouses and vertical farms. His work on plant physiological fluxes, source/sink relationships, LED lighting and controlled environments places him at the forefront of modern horticultural science—making his research and collaborations highly relevant for anyone working in crop physiology, monitoring and modelling in controlled systems.