**About the Editors**

**Azizur Rahman**, Ph.D., is currently serving as one of the Research Heads/Directors of the Center for Climate Change Research (CCCR) and President of Environmental Solutions under the entrepreneurship program of ICUBE, University of Toronto. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Ryukyus, Japan, and conducted his postdoctoral studies at the Department of Chemistry, University of Ryukyus, funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS). He also served as a Humboldt Fellow (funded by Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation) at the University of Munich, Germany, for two years. After the completion of his Humboldt fellowship, he joined at the University of Toronto in 2013. He pursues a broad range of research interests, including freshwater/marine biology, drug discovery, environment and climate change, biomineralization, inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry, biotechnology, and protein biochemistry. His interdisciplinary research has been recognized by over 20 major national and international awards, including several best paper awards and a gold medal. He is a recipient of the Presidential Honorary Award for Scientists, the highest honor given by the University of Ryukyus in Japan for outstanding novel research findings. Dr. Rahman also received the Top Peer-Reviewers Award (2017–2019) recognized by Web of Science Group (powered by Publons). Dr. Rahman is passionate about science and its promotion in communities through innovation and entrepreneurship and by applying his diverse background. He is also a serial entrepreneur who has founded a number of companies and non-profit organizations strapped to social innovation and the science community.

**Tiago H. Silva** has a PhD in chemistry (Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal, 2006) and is currently a Principal Researcher in the 3B's Research Group, I3Bs Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, at the University of Minho (Portugal), a member of the ICVS/3B's Associate Laboratory. He has been working on the valorization of marine resources and by-products and the cross-talk between blue and red biotechnologies via the development of marine inspired biomaterials based on biopolymers such as marine collagens, chitosan, and fucoidan as well as on ceramics such as calcium phosphates and biosilica for regenerative medicine strategies and other advanced therapies, namely for cancer and diabetes. He also studies the use of marine invertebrates, particularly marine sponges, as inspiration for the development of biomedical applications.
