Control of Heavy Metals in the Environment: Advanced Methods and Strategies for Heavy Metal Remediation and Environmental Protection

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Lawrence K. Wang has served the society as a professor inventor chief engineer chief editor and public servant (UN USEPA New York State) for 50+ years with experience in the entire field of environmental science technology engineering and mathematics (STEM). He is a licensed professional engineer in New York-Massachusetts-New Jersey-Pennsylvania-Ohio a certified laboratory director in New York-Massachusetts-Rhode Island a licensed water operator in Massachusetts-New York and an Occupational Safety and Health Administration hazardous waste management instructor. He has special passion and expertise in developing various innovative technologies educational programs licensing courses international projects academic publications and humanitarian organizations all for his dream goal of promoting world peace. He is a retired acting president/professor of the Lenox Institute of Water Technology USA; a senior advisor of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Vienna Austria; and a former professor/visiting professor of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Stevens Institute of Technology University of Illinois National Cheng Kung University Zhejiang University and Tongji University. He is the author of 750+ papers and 50+ books and is credited with 29 invention patents. He holds a BSCE degree from National Cheng Kung University Taiwan ROC; an MSCE degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla; an MS degree from the University of Rhode Island; and a PhD degree from Rutgers University USA. Currently he is the book series editor of CRC Press Springer Nature Switzerland Lenox Institute Press World Scientific Singapore and John Wiley. He has been a delegate of the People to People International Foundation; a diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers; a member of American Society of Civil Engineers American Institute of Chemical Engineers American Society of Plumbing Engineers Water Environment Federation American Water Works Association Chinese Institute of Engineers and Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association; and a recipient of many US and international engineering and science awards.Mu-Hao Sung Wang has been an engineer of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; an editor of CRC Press Springer Nature Switzerland and Lenox Institute Press; and a university professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology National Cheng Kung University and the Lenox Institute of Water Technology. Totally she has been a government official and an educator in the USA and Taiwan for over 50 years. She is a licensed professional engineer and a diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE). Her publications have been in the areas of water quality modeling environmental sustainability solid and hazardous waste management National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System flotation technology industrial waste treatment and analytical methods. She is the author of over 50 publications and an inventor of 14 US and foreign patents. She holds a BSCE degree from National Cheng Kung University Taiwan ROC; an MS degree from the University of Rhode Island RI USA; and a PhD degree from Rutgers University NJ USA. She is the co-series editor of the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series (Springer Nature Switzerland) coeditor of the Advances in Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment series (CRC Press of Taylor & Francis Group) and the coeditor of the Environmental Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics series (Lenox Institute Press). She is a member of American Water Works Association New England Water Works Association New England Water Environment Association Water Environment Federation Chinese Institute of Engineers and Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association.Yung-Tse Hung has been a professor of civil engineering at Cleveland State University Cleveland Ohio USA since 1981. He is a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers a licensed professional engineer in Ohio and North Dakota and a diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. He has taught at 16 universities in eight countries. His research interests and publications have been involved with biological treatment processes solid wastes hazardous waste management and industrial waste treatment. He is credited with over 470 publications and presentations 28 books and 159 book chapters in water and wastewater treatment. He received his BSCE and MSCE degrees from National Cheng Kung University Taiwan ROC and his PhD degree from the University of Texas at Austin USA. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Environmental Pollution Control and Management the International Journal of Environmental Engineering and the International Journal of Environmental Engineering Science and the coeditor of the Advances in Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment series (CRC Press of Taylor & Francis Group) and the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series (Springer). He is also the chief editor of the Handbook of Environment and Waste Management series (World Scientific Singapore) and the permanent executive director and the ex-president of OCEESA (Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association).J. Paul Chen has been a professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS) since 1998. He has worked in R&D education and consultancy across separation water treatment safety carbon capture and biomedical engineering areas with more than 100 projects leading to great impacts (>200 papers and books/book chapters with citation > 20000 H-index = 74 8 patents 2 NUS spin-off). Through working internationally on industrial projects (e.g. UK US China Norway and Malaysia) he has established strong networks with industries universities and governments. Since 2023 he has served as Chair of the Management Committee IWA Nano and Water Specialist Group. Additionally he has served as a member of several IWA committees as well as vice chair of IChemE Singapore. He is a recipient of the IChemE Sustainable Technology Award. He is an elected fellow of IWA RSC IChemE IET and IMarEST.