Committees
Honorary Chairs
Dr. Howard Alper, O.C., F.RSC
Companion, Order of Canada
Fellow and former President, Royal Society of Canada (RSC)
Distinguished University Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
University of Ottawa, Canada
Honorary Chairs
Dr. Gordon Huang, F.CAE, F.EIC, F.CSCE
Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE)
President, International Society for Environmental Information Sciences (ISEIS)
Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier I)
Executive Director, Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability Communities
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Regina, Canada
Conference Chair
Dr. Bing Chen, F.CAE, F.EIC, F.CSCE
Director, PEOPLE Network
Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE)
Professor and UArctic Research Chair, Department of Civil Engineering
Interim Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Memorial University, Canada
President, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering
Conference Co-Chair
Dr. Baiyu (Helen) Zhang, F.EIC, F.CSCE
Professor & Canada Research Chair
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Memorial University, Canada
Member, Royal Society of Canada (College)
President, Canadian Association on Water Quality (CAWQ)
Organizing Committee
* Alphabetical order by last name below
Dr. Carlos Bazan, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University, Canada
Dr. Pierre Bérubé, Professor and Associate Head, Faculty Affairs and Development, University of British Columbia, Canada
Dale Booth, Innovation Seven, Canada
Dr. Pascale Champagne, Director General, Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, Canada
Dr. Bing Chen, Professor & UArctic Chair, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University, Canada
Dr. Faisal Khan, Professor & Department Head, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA
Dr. Pu Li, Associate Professor, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Dr. Manuel Rodriguez, Professor & NSERC Industrial Research Chair, Faculty of Planning, Architecture, Art and Design, Université Laval, Canada
Dr. Peter Ross, Senior Scientist and Director of the New Raincoast Healthy Waters program, Canada
Dr. Atanu Sarkar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, Canada
Dr. Paul Snelgrove, Professor, Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University, Canada
Dr. Feiyue Wang, Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Department of Environment and Geography and Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba, Canada
Dr. Viviane Yargeau, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Canada
Dr. Xudong Ye, Associate Professor, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan Tropic Ocean University, China
Dr. Baiyu (Helen) Zhang, Professor & Canada Research Chair, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University, Canada
To be updated…
Scientific Committee
* Alphabetical order by last name below
Dr. Chunjiang An, Associate Professor & Concordia Research Chair, Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Canada
Dr. Ibrahim M. Banat, Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, University of Ulster, UK
Dr. Xiujuan Chen, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Dr. Zhen (Jason) He, Professor, Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Dr. Wendy Huang, Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
Dr. Roland Kallenborn, Professor and UArctic Chair, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences (KBM), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
Dr. Kenneth Lee, Scientist Emeritus and Former Senior Science Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada
Dr. Jianbing Li, Professor, School of Engineering, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Zoe Li, Associate Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Canada
Dr. Bo Liu, Research Scientist, Center for Freshwater Research and Education, Lake Superior State University, USA
Dr. Yong Liu, Professor & Dean, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, China
Dr. Catherine Mulligan, Professor & Concordia Research Chair (Tier I), Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Canada
Dr. Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen, Professor & Endowed Brace Professor Chair, Director of Brace Centre for Water Resources Management, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, Canada
Dr. Banu Örmeci, Professor and Jarislowsky Chair in Water and Health, Director of Carleton Global Water Institute, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University
Dr. Olívia Maria Cordeiro de Oliveira, Professor, Pro Rectory of Research and Postgraduate Studies, Department of Geophysics, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Dr. Vijaya Raghavan, James McGill Professor, Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Canada
Dr. Rehan Sadiq, Professor, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering; Provost and Vice-President Academic, University of British Columbia (Okanagan), Canada
Dr. Rune Storesund, Executive Director, Center for Catastrophic Risk Management, University of Califronia, Berkeley, USA
Dr. Stanislav Stoyanov, Research Scientist, CanmetENERGY-Devon, Natural Resources Canada, Canada
Dr. Shuguang Wang, Professor, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, China
Dr. Qin Xin, Research Scientist, CanmetENERGY Devon, Natural Resources Canada, Canada
Dr. Xiaying Xin, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Smith Engineering, Queen’s University, Canada
To be updated…
Conference Secretariat
Dr. Guihua Dong, Program Manager, PEOPLE Network, Canada
Ms. Yuanmei Zhang, Conference Coordinator, PEOPLE Network, Memorial University, Canada
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