**About the Editor**

#### **Hai Nguyen Tran**

Dr. Hai Nguyen Tran is currently the director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Materials at Duy Tan University, Vietnam. He earned a Master's degree (Soil Science) from Can Tho University, Vietnam, and a Ph.D. degree (Environmental Engineering) from Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan. His interesting research includes adsorption science and technology, physical and chemical materials, catalysis, advanced oxidation processes, and waste management.

Dr Tran (ORCID: 0000-0001-8361-2616) has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and some book chapters. He is a reviewer for many reputable journals (>100) in different publishers. His Scopus author identifier is 57052152100 (current H-index: 43). Based on the Scopus database, Stanford University annually published a ranking of the World's Top 2% Scientists. Dr. Tran was ranked in this list in 2022 (ranking: 13,713 and self-citation: 6.24%), 2021 (14,704 and 8.85%), and 2020 (25,844 and 13.56%). Moreover, he was ranked #2 in Vietnam and #4687 in the World among Best Scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences for 2023 (according to Research.com that is a leading academic platform for researchers).

He has served as an editor (*Water Science and Technology*), associate editor (*Environment, Development, and Sustainability*; *Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry*; *Vietnam Journal of Science, Technology, and Engineering*), academic editor (*Adsorption Science & Technology*), advisory editorial board member (*Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology*), and editorial board member (*Chemosphere*; *Science of the Total Environment*; *Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances*; *Biochar*; *Carbon Research*; *Separation & Purification Reviews*; *Green Processing and Synthesis*; *Nanotechnology for Environmental*; *Current Pollution Reports*; *Experimental Results*; *Air, Soil, and Water Research*) of several prestigious journals.
