EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER - JOURNALS Chemosphere, 2018-Present Water-Energy Nexus, 2017-Present Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring and Management (ENMM), 2014-Present. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering, 2008-Present SPECIAL ISSUES GUEST EDITORS - JOURNALS Guest Co-Editor – A special Journal issue on “SEGH 2017- Environmental health and Pollution Control” in the Ecotoxicity and Environmental Safety, 2018 Guest Co-Editor – A special journal issue on "Metals – Advanced Oxidation Processes in Honor of Professor Jun MA” in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2018 Guest Editor – A special journal issue in the ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering Honoring Rajender S. Varma, 2016. Guest Co-Editor – A special journal issue on "Emerging Electrochemical Water Remediation Technologies in Honor of Professors Eric Brillas and Mehmet Oturan” in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2016 Guest Co-Editor – A special journal issue on “Environmental Nanotechnology and Sustainability in Water Treatment in Honor of Professor Chin-Pao Huang” in the Separation and Purification Technology, 2015. Guest Co-Editor – A special journal issue “Photocatalytic Processes for Environmental Remediation in Honor of Professor Jincai Zhao” in the Catalysis Today, 224, 2013. Editor – A special journal issue “Advanced Oxidation Processes – Fundamentals and Applications Professor Xiang-Zhong Li” in the Separation and Purification Technology, 91(3), 2012. Guest Editor – A Special journal issue “Speciation and Kinetics in Natural Waters in Honor of Professor Frank J. Millero” in the “Aquatic Geochemistry”, 16(3), 2010. Guest Editor – A special journal issue “Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Natural Waters in Honor of Frank J. Millero”, Marine Chemistry, 70(1-3), 2000. ORGANIZER-CONFERENCES/SYMPOSIA: Co-Chair – Mediterranean Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (MECAME2016) in Honor of Professor Frank Berry, Zadar, Croatia, 2018.
“Ferrates: Emerging Advanced Materials in Biomedical, Environmental, Energy, and Industrial Applications” Invited Seminar, School of Public Health, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon (2018). “High-Valent Iron Species (Ferrates) in Sustainable Water Treatment: Underlying Reaction Mechanisms” Invited Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas (2017). “Ferrate Technology: Green and Sustainable in Water Treatment” Invited Seminar, College of Environmental Science, Baylor University, Waco, Texas (2017). “Activation of Ferrate in Treatment of Micropollutants: Current Knowledge and Future Outlook” Key Note Plenary Presentation, 2017 International Symposium on Environmental Science and Technology, Beijing, China (2017). “Ferrate Treatment Technology in Sustainable Water Environment” Invited Presentation, Seoul, South Korea (2017). “Collaboration in Environmental Science in Invited Presentation, 2017 International Symposium on Environmental Science and Technology, Beijing, China (2017). “Natural Inorganic Nanoparticles: Formation, Fate, and Toxicity in Environment” Key Note Lecture, 33rd International Conference of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (SEGH 2017), Guangzhou, (2017). “Advances Made in Ferrate Technology to Water and Wastewater” Invited Presentation, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China (2017). “Natural Nanoparticles: Formation, Fate, and Toxicity in Environment” Invited Seminar, Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Xian Jiaotong University, China (2017). “Ferrates: Emerging Advanced Materials for Energy, Environment, Biomedical and Industrial Organic Synthesis” Invited Seminar, College of Environmental Science and Technology, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xian, China (2017) “Natural Nanoparticles: Formation, Fate, and Toxicity in Environment”
“Pulse Radiolysis Studies of Ferrates” Invited Seminar, Tongji University, Shanghai, China (2016). “Advances Made in Ferrate Technology to Treat Water and Wastewater” Invited Seminar, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China (2016). “Iron-, Silver-, and Carbon-Based Nanomaterials in Environmental and Energy Applications” Invited Seminar, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing, China (2016). “Advances Made in Ferrate Technology to Water and Wastewater” Invited Seminar, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China (2016). “Iron- and Carbon-Based Materials in Energy and Environmental Applications” Invited Seminar, Xiamen Institute of Technology, Xiamen, China (2016). “Ferrate and Ferryl Species: Mossbauer Spectroscopy Investigations” Invited Speaker, MECAME 2015, Mediterranean Conference on the Applications of the Mossbauer Effect, Zadar, Croatia (2015). “Ferrate(VI)-Promoted Removal of Metals by Ferrate(VI): Mechanism Studies using Mössbauer Spectroscopy” Invited Speaker, The International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME), Hamburg, Germany (2015). “Multimodal Actions of Ferrate Treatment Technology in Removing Metals, Pharmaceuticals, and Cyanotoxins in Water” Plenary Presentation, 2015 International Symposium on Environmental Science and Technology, Chongqing, China (2015). “Iron Based Sustainable Greener Technologies to Treat Cyanobacteria and Microcystin- LR in Keynote Presentation, IWA, 2015 International Workshop on Occurrence and Control of Taste, Odours, and Algal Toxins in Waters, Xiamen, China (2015). “Ferrates(VI, V, and IV): Oxidants/Disinfectants/Coagulants in Treatment Technologies” Invited Seminar, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China (2015). “Ferrates(VI, V, and IV): Multimodal Action in Sustainable Treatment Technologies” Invited Seminar, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming, China (2015). “Natural Particles in Environment” Invited Seminar, Agricultural University, Kunming, China (2015).
Invited Seminar, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Dubendorf, Switzerland (2014). “Ferrites and Ferrates: Materials in Energy and Environmental Applications Invited Seminar, Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia (2014). “Ferrates and Ferrites: Decomposition and Application Studies using Mossbauer Spectroscopy” Invited Speaker, Conference on Mossbauer Spectroscopy in Materials Science (MSMS 2014), Hlohovec, Czech Republic (2014). “Mossbauer Spectroscopy: Applications in Biology, Chemistry, Nanotechnology, and Industry” Invited Seminar, Technical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (2014). “Reactive Intermediates in Treatment of and Wastewater” Invited Lecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China (2014). “Ferrates as Disinfectant and Green Chemical to Treatment Pollutants in Water” Invited Seminar, Northeast Dailin University, City, China (2014). “Conduct Scientific Research and Publish Results” Invited Lecture, Northeast Dailin University, City, China (2014). “Ferrates (VI, V, and IV): Fundamentals and Applications” Invited Seminar, Notre Dame Radiation Center, Notre dame, Indiana (2013). “Ferrate as Disinfectant and Chemical to Treat Pollutants in Water” Invited Seminar, Barry University, Miami, Florida (2013). “Ferrates(IV,V, and VI): Fundamental and Applications in Treatment of Water and Wastewater” Invited Seminar, State Key Laboratory of Pesticides & Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Hua Zhong Normal University, Wuhan, China (2013). “Ferrate Technology in Treatment of Water and Wastewater” Invited Seminar, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China (2013). “Ferrites and Ferrates as Environmental Friendly Materials in Photocatalytic Remediation And Energy Processes” Invited Seminar, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian, (2013). “Photocatalytic Oxidation of Amino Acids” Invited Presentation, 2013 International Symposium on Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian, China (2013). “Advances Made in Ferrate Technology To Treat Water and Wastewater” Plenary Presentation, 2013 International Symposium on Environmental Science and