Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Universite Concordia, Canada;Dr. Mulligan is a full professor in the Dept. of Bldg., Civil and Environmental Engineering and Distinguished Research Professor at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. She is the founder and director of the Concordia Institute of Water, Energy and Sustainable Systems. She has authored more than 160 refereed papers in various journals, co-authored or edited 11 books, and has supervised to completion more than 80 graduate students. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and was a winner of the John B Sterling Medal of the EIC and the Miroslaw Romanowski Medal of the RSC for environmental contributions.

“Coriolan Drăgulescu” Institute of Chemistry, Romanian Academy, Romania;Dr. Ildiko Bută is a Scientific Researcher III at the "Coriolan Drăgulescu" Institute of Chemistry in Timișoara, Romania. Her research combines coordination chemistry, organic synthesis and functional materials science. She has extensive expertise in the synthesis and characterization of homo- and heteropolynuclear metal complexes, coordination polymers and liquid-crystalline metal complexes, as well as organic synthesis of functional ligands and photochromic compounds. She designs Schiff-base ligands and transition-metal complexes and applies them to environmental protection, sensing and sustainable materials. Since 2025 she has led the Institute's research project on d-block metal coordination compounds with Schiff-base ligands for environmental protection. She also sits on the executive board of the Timișoara branch of the Romanian Chemical Society.

Faculty of Chemical Technology, Poznan University of Technology, Poland;Prof. Łukasz Chrzanowski is a Full Professor at Poznan University of Technology, Poland, conducting interdisciplinary research at the interface of environmental chemistry, microbiology, and biotechnology. His work integrates chemical, microbiological and biotechnological approaches to investigate the environmental fate, biodegradation and ecological effects of emerging contaminants, particularly ionic liquids, herbicides and microplastics. He has authored approximately 100 scientific publications. His international research collaborations include the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Germany), Charles University (Czech Republic), BOKU University (Austria), and the University of Alabama (USA). Professor is actively involved in scientific publishing as an editor and reviewer for international journals, having completed approximately 1,600 manuscript reviews. He has also supervised seven PhD dissertations and numerous undergraduate and graduate research projects.

Faculty of Chemical Technology, Poznan University of Technology, Poland;Natalia Lisiecka is a PhD candidate and researcher at Poznan University of Technology, Poland, specializing in environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology. Her research focuses on microplastics, ionic liquids, and emerging contaminants. She has published in international scientific journals and successfully secured competitive funding for research and international mobility. She has undertaken multiple international research stays in Germany, Czechia, and Italy. An active peer reviewer, she has completed nearly 100 review reports for seven international scientific journals. Her work is distinguished by a critical evaluation of established scientific assumptions and experimental approaches in environmental research.