Contaminated Land and Water

Dr. Hassan Alshemmari is a renowned environmental scientist. He has vast experience in the environmental analysis and assessments. He has been involved in various analytical methodology developments and instrumentation over the last 25 years on trace metals and organic pollutants in different environmental matrices. He is currently serving as Director for the Stockholm Convention Regional Center for Capacity-Building and the Transfer of Technology for West Asia. Alshemmari is the key person who will be responsible for the elaboration of the NIP for Kuwait. Alshemmari has published numerous ISI publications in his field and he has been involved in the plentiful international technical reports. He is serving as a member of various scientific societies. He was actively involved in the various organization meetings (Stockholm, Basel, Minamata, Rotterdam, etc.) and he is an invited special fellow and consultant in various international projects as well.

Dr. Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi is an Associate Professor of Environmental Science at Health Services Academy Islamabad, Pakistan. Dr. Hashmi works on multiple water, soil, air and health related issues, and has expertise in developing environmentally sustainable and feasible technologies.

Dr. Yasar N Kavil is a young scientist in the field of environmental chemistry and marine chemistry. He received his Ph.D. in Marine Environmental Chemistry from the prestigious university, King Abdulaziz University (QS-2021 World ranking 109), Saudi Arabia. He has a good experience in the environmental analysis and the impact assessment studies. He has published a good numbers papers in the international reputed journals. He has actively involved in the various assessment project includes, 'Establishment of west Asia regional center for persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Kuwait', 'Kuwait's NIP for SC', 'EIA of Jeddah Coastal Zone', etc. Currently he is involving in the various projects at SCRC-Kuwait, serving as the Consultant for Sultanate of Oman and State of Palestine for updating and implementation of their NIP under the obligations of SC and Consultation work at King Abdulaziz University and REC, Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Shuhong Wang is Professor of Environmental Geotechnical Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering, College of Resource and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University (NEU), China. He has published 1 book with Elsevier and several SCI papers.