The 11th International Conference on Water Resource and Environment (WRE 2025)

Biography: Prof. Ming-Chun Lu is a Chair Professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering at National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan. He has served as an editor for Desalination since 2024 and has been an associate editor for Sustainable Environment Research since 2015. His outstanding achievements have been widely recognized with numerous honors. These include the Platinum Award at the Taiwan Innotech Expo Invention Competition in 2023 and 2024, the prestigious Future Technology Award from the National Science and Technology Council in both years, and the Outstanding Advisor Award for College Student Research and Creativity in 2023. He also led his team to win the championship in the Net-Zero Carbon Technology International Competition hosted by the TECO Technology Foundation in 2023 and was honored with the Outstanding Engineering Professor Award by the Chinese Institute of Engineers the same year. Professor Lu's research interests encompass advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment, fluidized-bed crystallization technology for treating wastewater containing metallic and non-metallic salts, and carbon dioxide capture from flue gas. He is also an innovator in developing disinfection, deodorization, antimicrobial, and antifungal technologies, as well as oil emulsification and desulfurization techniques. His work not only addresses pressing environmental challenges but also provides sustainable solutions that drive technological advancements.

Biography: Prof. Zhongping Lai is currently a professor in Shantou University, and the head of luminescence dating laboratory and Quaternary geology & marine geology group. He obtained his PhD in 2005 from Oxford University as a Clarendon Scholar. He was then awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship and spent nearly two years in Marburg and Bayreuth Universities in Germany. He came back to China in late 2007 in Chinese Academy of Sciences (2007-2014), in China University of Geosciences (2014-2018), and in Shantou University since 2018. He has published more than 170 papers in international SCI journals, such as Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geophysical Research Letters, Catena, Quaternary Science Reviews, Geomorphology, Quaternary Geochronology, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Pollution, Frontiers in Marine Science. In ResearchGate, he has an h-index of 46 and a citation of >6200.
He is currently the Editor of “Catena” and and a member of editorial boards of “Geochronometria”. He has also served as associate editors for both "Quaternary Research (2010-2017)" and "Aeolian Research (2010-2017)", and as reviewers for British NERC, Switzerland NSF, and Norway NSF. He was selected in both lists, established by Stanford University, of the “World's Top 2% Scientists 2021: Career-long impact”, and of the “World's Top 2% Scientists: Single year impact” for both 2020 and 2021.
His main research interests include: (1) Quaternary geology, marine geology and geochronology; (2) Coupling of Sea level, delta, fluvial system and land surface processes; (3) Mechanism of arsenic pollution in underground water associated with global climate change and sedimentology; (4) Luminescence dating in both application and technique development.

Biography: Professor Yao-Tung Lin is a globally recognized expert in environmental engineering, with over three decades of academic and professional experience spanning carbon sequestration, high-value material innovation from agricultural and fishery waste, and advanced synchrotron-based characterization. As a principal investigator and lead scientist, Professor Lin has pioneered novel methods to transform waste into multifunctional materials with antimicrobial, antioxidant, and environmental applications. His research integrates nanotechnology, photocatalysis, and AI-driven material sensing, with special emphasis on chromatic pH-responsive indicators for wound diagnostics and food freshness.

In his national leadership role, Professor Lin serves as Director of the Taiwan National Science and Technology Office for Net-Zero Emission under the Executive Yuan (Taiwan’s Cabinet). He is responsible for developing national strategies, formulating R&D budgets, and steering technological innovation to meet Taiwan’s 2050 Net-Zero goals. He is also renowned for pioneering work using synchrotron X-ray imaging to visualize the 3D inactivation process of bacteria and intracellular stress responses under environmental stimuli. Professor Lin’s integrative leadership connects science, policy, and sustainability toward a circular, carbon-neutral future.

Biography: Dr. Hua Zhong is currently a senior researcher in the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China. His research is focused on transport and transformation of contaminants in porous media and novel technologies for in situ groundwater remediation and rainwater treatment. He was selected for the national high-level talent support program of China and had secured 20+ research projects from multiple sources including National Natural Science Foundation and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China. He also participated as a key member in 3 projects funded by the SUPERFUND program, Department of Defense, and Department of Energy of US. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed journal articles and authorized 20+ patents. He had a Web-of-Science core citation number over 6000 and H-index of 40, and was listed as Elsevier BV-Stanford University global 2% top scientist several times. He is the editorial member of several SCI journals such as International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and has been the program chair, session chair and technical committee members of 20+ international conferences. He supervised 4 research associates, 6 postdocs and 50+ phD and MS students. The specific research interests include (1) coupled processes of contaminant mass transfer, transport and transformation in porous media; (2) interfacial behaviors of surfactants and removal of nonaqueous phase liquid; (3) in situ chemical oxidation of recalcitrant organic compounds based on advanced oxidation processes; (4) colloid and nanoparticles transport for remediation; (5) processes of contaminant removal in low-impact development facilities.