Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Environmental Sensing

Mohsen Asadnia is a Professor and group lader in Mechatronics-biomechanics and at Macquarie University, Australia. He received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Prior to joining Macquarie University, Mohsen had several teaching and research roles with the University of Western Australia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Nanyang Technological University. His research interest lies in environmental/ biomedical sensors, Artificial Intelligence, and bio-inspired sensing. Amir Razmjou is an Associate Professor at Edith Cowan University and the Leader of the Mineral Recovery Research Centre (MRRC).

Associate Professor Amir Razmjou (PhD from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia, 2012) is an experienced academic and industry professional with over 20 years of expertise in desalination, water treatment, membrane technology, and mineral processing. As a Board Director of the Membrane Society of Australasia (MSA) and Founder of the Mineral Recovery Research Centre (MRRC) at Edith Cowan

University (ECU), Western Australia, Associate Professor Razmjou has made significant contributions to the fields of mining and resource extraction, particularly in lithium processing.

He has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and secured research funding

exceeding $9.2 million AUD. Dr. Razmjou has received awards such as the 2024 WA FHRI

Fund Innovation Fellow, the 2023 MSA Industry Innovation Award, and the 2021 UTS Chancellor Research Fellow. He has supervised more than 40 master's and Ph.D. candidates and serves in editorial roles for journals such as Desalination, DWT, and JWPE. At MRRC, he has established a DLE line, including various processes such as membranes, ion exchange, and adsorption at laboratory and pilot scales. His research also includes developing and implementing advanced technologies for DLE's pretreatment and posttreatment to enhance the Li/TDS ratio and purify the final product to battery-grade

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Amin Beheshti is a Full Professor of Data Science and the Director of AI-enabled Processes (AIP) Research Centre, School of Computing, Macquarie University. Amin is also the head of the Data Analytics Research Lab and Adjunct Academic in Computer Science at UNSW Sydney. Amin completed his Ph.D. and Postdoc in Computer Science and Engineering at UNSW Sydney and holds a Master and Bachelor in Computer Science both with First Class Honours. He is the leading author of several authored books in data, social, and process analytics, co-authored with other high-profile researchers.