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## **About the Editors**

**Mohd Azlan Hussain** received his PhD from Imperial College of Technology, University of London. He has been a Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, for the last 30 years. His activities and expertise have resulted in various outputs, which include the graduation of 24 PhD and 24 Masters students and 7 postdoc researchers; authoring 1 book, 9 book chapters, and over 210 journal papers and 250 conference proceedings papers; being an external examiner for 50 PhD and 38 Masters students locally and abroad; as well as being a paper reviewer for over 120 journals and various books/book chapters. He is also on the editorial board of five international journals related to chemical engineering. The culmination of these achievements resulted in him being awarded the University's Excellent Service Awards in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2014, as well as being appointed the Head of Department in 2003, the Deputy Dean of the faculty in 2007, and again the Head of Department in 2014. He was also included as a MARQUIS "Who's Who in the World" personality in 2006 and in the Who's Who in the 21st Century by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, in 2001. He won the IChemE Global Award under the Water Category and the Highly Commended Award under the Industry Project in 2018. He was also awarded the Top Research Scientist award by the the Academy of Science, Malaysia, and recently listed in the top 2% of scientists in the world in Chemical Engineering by a study done at Stanford University.

**Wan Ramli Wan Daud** FASc has been the Professor of Chemical Engineering at Department of Chemical & Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, since 1996. He was formerly the Founding Director of the Fuel Cell Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, in 2007–2014 and a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia. He was awarded the BEng degree (First Class Hon.) from the University of Monash in 1978 and the PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1984 in Chemical Engineering. He was Head of the same Department in 1985–1988 and the Deputy Dean of Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, in 1990–1993 and 1995–1998. He is an expert on zero-emission fuel cell technology, hydrogen energy, and sustainable drying technology. He was invited to present 17 international keynote papers, 10 invited international papers and 9 national keynote papers in recognition of his expertise in these three key areas. He has published 839 articles including 275 articles in international journals, 339 articles in the proceedings of international conferences, and 225 articles in the proceedings of national conferences. He has published two international research books and two national books, and contributed five chapters in international research books and five chapters in national books. He was awarded the ASEAN Energy Award 2007, ASEAN Energy Award 2005, the IChemE Highly Commended Shell Energy Award 2008, the Outstanding Contribution to the Drying Community 2009 Award, and the Award for Excellence in Research in Drying of Agricultural Products and Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Drying Technology 2011.
