The ISCOWA board has formal meetings every 3 years during the WASCON conferences, where the new board is also selected. In between, we organize regular online meetings in which we discuss, for example, practical issues related to WASCON conferences.
The ISCOWA Board is composed of:
Annika Sormunen, President
Environmental technology specialist with almost 20 years of experience in waste utilization as well as treatment of contaminated soils and bottom ash from waste incineration facilities. Ph.D. on the utilization of municipal solid waste bottom ash in civil engineering with a special focus on creating aggregate-like products from recovered MSWI BA.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/annikasormunen
John Heynen, Treasurer
37 years involvement in waste re-use, recycling and circular projects. Senior advisor EU funding at Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). National Contact Point (NCP) for HORIZON Europe, (DIS, Circular Industry), (www.rvo.nl/horizon-europe), and NCP for LIFE www.rvo.nl/life. Previously NCP for Horizon2020, SC5 and for CIP Eco-Innovation. From 2007 – 2013 working for the Dutch Environment and Technology programme, targeted at SMEs, and as the programme’s contact for the chemical and building industry. John holds an M.Sc. in chemical engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnheynen/
Marjo Koivulahti, Secretary
Marjo is environment, materials and geotechnical specialist and she has been graduated as M.Sc. in Tampere University of Technology. She is working at Ramboll Finland as a Head of Department in Environmental Geotechnics R&D laboratory. She has over 25 years experience in earth construction, utilization of alternative materials, deep mixing, soil stabilization and geotechnical laboratory tests.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjo-koivulahti/
Eva Cifrian Bemposta
PhD in “Sustainable production and consumption” in 2013. Assistant Professor in the chemical engineering area in the University of Cantabria, Spain, since 2015. The research field is related to the environmental analysis of processes related to circular economy: Characterization, environmental evaluation and sustainable management of industrial waste, through leaching test and Eco-toxicological studies; Design of recovery processes for different types of waste; Application of decision-making tools, such as LCA, MCA or CF, to select the best alternatives from the environmental point of view for waste recovery processes.
E-mail: eva.cifrian(at)unican.es
Colin Hills
Professor CD Hills is Professor of Environment and Materials Engineering at the University of Greenwich and Lead for Civil and Environmental Engineering. His extensive research on the treatment of waste and soil, and the valorisation of mineralised CO2-based products, has resulted in a significant number of publications. These include patents, books and national guidance for the Environment Agency (England and Wales).
Theodore Hanein, Vice President
Dr Theodore Hanein is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow on Green, Circular, and Smart Cement manufacture. His expertise is mainly in materials thermochemistry and waste valorisation. Theo is a member of the Transforming Foundation Industries Future Leaders Group and deputy chair of the RILEM technical committee on upcycling powder minerals into cement matrices.
Priyadharshini Perumal
Dr Priya Perumal is a Chief Science Officer at C2CA Technology B.V., (The Netherlands). She is also an Associate Professor, leading a team on mining and urban mining residues for sustainable concrete materials at the University of Oulu (Finland). Her research mainly focuses on treatment methods to transform industrial residues into raw materials such as cementitious binders, aggregates and filler materials for civil engineering applications.
Takayuki Shimaoka
He is a Professor of the Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering at Kyushu University. His research focuses on the stabilization of landfilled waste and mass transport in landfills. Research on the beneficial use of municipal solid waste incineration residues is also a major focus. He is a former vice president of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers and president of the Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management and has been a visiting professor at the University of New Hampshire (USA), Tongji University (China), and other universities.
Patricia Kio
Assistant Professor whose research focuses on Circular Economy, especially on the architectural reuse of industrial byproducts through industrial symbiosis, characterizing novel products and, quantifying their triple bottom impacts through life cycle analysis.
Nimisha Tripathi
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Engineering at the University of Greenwich, UK. She has a strong academic and research track record of working in India, Australia and the UK. Her innovative research involves both environmental engineering and environmental management. She has extensive experience in contaminated soil remediation, terrestrial carbon sequestration, bio-desulphurization and the valorisation of solid waste. Dr Tripathi has highly published Q1 journal papers, a book and patents. She is a contributor to the UNEP GEO6 (WEEE/chemicals and wastes), and invited reviewer for a number of peer reviewed journals and project funding organisations.
Amirhomayoun Saffarzadeh
Formerly an Associate Professor at Kyushu University’s Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, embarked on his entrepreneurial journey in 2020. Since 2023, he has devoted his efforts to mastering unmanned aerial vehicles for engineering applications at Flysense LLC. Amirhomayoun earned his BSc in Geology from Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran, in 1991, followed by an MSc in Sedimentary Geology from Tehran University in 1996. He completed his PhD in Earth Resources Engineering from Kyushu University’s Department of Earth Resources Engineering. With over two decades of experience, Amirhomayoun specializes in the mineralogical, geochemical, and environmental aspects of ash products resulting from municipal solid waste incineration.
Katrin Schollbach
Assistant Professor at the Department of the Built Environment at the Technical University of Eindhoven with a background in mineralogy. Extensive experience with the characterization, treatment and use of industrial by-products in cementitious building materials. Examples include municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash, steel slags and recycled concrete fines.
Carlo Vandecasteele has been assigned as honorary chairman and advisor of the Board in 2023
Hans Goumans remains honorary chairman and advisor of the Board.
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