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Professor Davide Dionisi is Personal Chair in Chemical Engineering at University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Prof Dionisi obtained his MEng in Chemical Engineering and PhD in Industrial Chemical Processes from the School of Engineering, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. Between 2001-2003 Prof Dionisi worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant for the School of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences at Sapienza University, before entering the same School as Lecturer in 2004. In 2007 Prof Dionisi joined Syngenta’s Process Studies Group in the UK, as Process Engineer and then Principal Process Engineer. Prof Dionisi joined University of Aberdeen as a Lecturer in Chemical Engineering in 2012. Prof Dionisi’s research interests are focused on the application of chemical engineering principles to the development of improved, more sustainable and environmentally friendly processes, with particular focus on biological processes with open mixed cultures. At University of Aberdeen, Prof Dionisi teaches biochemical engineering, wastewater treatment and energy from biomass in the undergraduate programme in Chemical Engineering and in the postgraduate programme in Renewable Energy Engineering, which he also co-ordinates.

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Dr Federico Battista is Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology of the University of Verona. Dr Battista gain the PhD in Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino (Italy) in 2015. He went in Lyon (France) in 2016 for a Postdoc position at IFP Energies Nouvelles. Dr. Battista’s research field is represented by the implementation and optimization of biorefinery's unit operations for the valorization of the organic substrates (wastes, residues and byproducts from agricultural and food industries) for the productions of biofuels, the extraction of high added value molecules and the synthesis of innovative bio-based products. He is also interested in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC).

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Dr. A.Gangagni Rao, FIE, FRSC (London), FAPASc, FBRS, FTASc is currently Chief Scientist, Professor of Engineering sciences and Chair, Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering (DEEE) in CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad. Dr. Rao is an expert in the area of biological waste management and developed Anaerobic Gas lift Reactor (AGR), Biofilter and Accelerated Anaerobic Composting (AAC) technologies which are implemented at commercial scale across India. He is in several important committees constituted by Government of India and state governments. In recognition of his outstanding contributions in this field, he is bestowed with IEI-BHARAT RATNA SIR M VISVESVARYA AWARD-2019, IIChE-ICI Award-2017, CSIR-IICT Platinum Jubilee Innovation and Creativity Award-2016, SKOCH order of merit award-2016, BRSI Industrial Medal Award-2015, IIChE-Hindustan Dorr-Oliver Award-2014. He has five patents and sixty five publications to his credit.