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Acciaresi, Gustavo
Consultor
Universidad Nacional
de La Plata
Cantilo 2927 B1896ACD City Bell Argentina
Phone:
54 221 4722848
Email: gaccia@netverk.com.ar
Experience: Forestry
Current Interest: Phytoremediation with
trees
de Cabo, Laura
Researcher
Museo Argentino de
Ciencias Naturales B. Rivadavia
Av. Angel Gallardo
470
Phone: +541149829410 (int. 217)
Fax
541149825243
Email: ldecabo@macn.gov.ar
Experience:
Phytoextaction of Zinc and Lead using Schoenoplectus californicus
(bullrush.
Current interest: My current interesis to allow
worldwide communication with others scientists who work on problems
related with phytoremediation.
Flocco, Cecilia
Càtedra de
Microbiologìa Industrial y Biotecnologìa
Faculdad de Farmacia y Bioquimica
University of Buenos Aires
Junin 956 6th Floor
C1113AAD Buenos Aires
Phone: (54 11) 4964 8269/70
FAX (54 11) 4964 8200 ext. 8377
Email:
flocco@ffyb.uba.ar
Experience: Phytoremediation of organic compounds
Current interest: Bioremediation, phytoremediation, microbial ecology, rhizosphere, plant-bacteria interactions, microorganisms of extreme environments
Wassner, Diego
Càtedra de
Cultivos Industriales, Fac. Agronomia
University of Buenos Aires
Av San Martin 4453
CP1417 Capital Federal
Phone: (54 11) 45248075
FAX (54 11) 45148739
Email:
wassner@agro.uba.ar
Experience: Evaluation of the feasibility to use industrial crops
and non-food crops in phytoremediation
Current interest: Use of castor and jarotha crops in phytoremediation
Aral, Hal
principal research scientist
CSIRO
Minerals
Bayview Ave
Clayton
South Victoria Australia
Phone: +61-3-9545 8823
Email: hal.aral@minerals.csiro.au
Experience: mineral processing
Current interest: desalination
Dr Nanjappa Ashwath
Primary IndustryiesResearch Centre
School of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Science Engineering and Health
Central Queensland University
Room G04, Thozet Building (Blg 7) Rockhampton Q 4702
AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 7 49309595
Fax: +61 7 49309255
Email: n.ashwath@cqu.edu.au
Web: http://fseh.cqu.edu.au/FCWViewer/staff.do?site=2&sid=ASHWATHN
Field of experience: Plant physiology/biochemistry
Current Interests: elucidation of detoxification of metals by ligands in metal-hyperaccumulating plants, metal localisation in metallophytes using microanalytical techniques, arbuscular mycorrhiza
Baker, Alan JM
Professor
School of Botany
The University of Melbourne
Parkville
VIC 3010
Phone:
+61 3 8344 5055 / 5067
Fax: +61 3 8344 7049
Email:
a.baker@botany.unimelb.edu.au
Barr, David
0811, Australia
1 Research Av,
Melbourne
Phone: +61 3 9242 3149
Fax: +61 3 9242 3222
Email:
David.Barr@riotinto.com
Field of experience: Metal-microbe interactions, leaching and/or
oxidation and its control
Dr Naveen P Bhatia
Australian Synchrotron Research Fellow
Environment Division
Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
PMB 1, Lucas Heights
Menai 2234, New South Wales
AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 2 9717 3122
Fax: +61 2 9717 3038
Email: Naveen.Bhatia@ANSTO.Gov.Au
Web: http://www.ansto.gov.au/natfac/asrp_fellows2003.html
Field of experience: Plant physiology/biochemistry
Current Interests: elucidation of detoxification of metals by ligands in metal-hyperaccumulating plants, metal localisation in metallophytes using microanalytical techniques, arbuscular mycorrhiza
Chaudhry, Tariq
Faculty of Informatics, Science and
Technology
University of Western Sydney, Australia
Phone:
02 46203194
Fax: 02 46203025
Email: t.chaudhry@uws.edu.au
Field of experience: Phytoremediation, Plant Physiology,
Plant Biology Microbiology
Current interest:
Phytoremediation, Microbiology
Collins, Richard
c/o The University of Adelaide, South
Australia
Email: rcollins@waite.adelaide.edu.au
Gremigni, Patrizia
PostDoctoral Fellow
CSIRO Plant
Industry
Centre for Environment and Life Sciences (CELS)
Private
Bag 5
WEMBLEY WA 6913
Ph
+61 8 9333 6752
Fax
+61 8 9387 8991
Mobile +61
408 264 020
Email
patrizia.gremigni@csiro.au
Web www.pi.csiro.au
Field of experience: Plant physiology/Plant biochemistry /Plant
Molecular Biology
Current interest: Heavy metal hyperaccumulators
and excluders / plant response and
adaptation to abiotic and
biotic stresses
Harrison, Peter
Principal Scientist
Above Capricorn
Technologies
PO Box 736 Nightcliff NT 0814 Australia
Phone: 61 8 8948 1894
Fax: 61 8 8948 3894
Email:
pgharr@mpx.com.au
Field
of experience: bioremediation; soil and water bioengineering;
tropical
phytoremediation in mining reclamation esp heavy metals;
hydrocarbon
phytoremediation in the tropics
Hayes, Warwick
Director
Hayes Environmental
Consulting
PO Box 253
Bexley
NSW 2207
Phone:
0011 61 2 95920074
Fax: 0018 61 2 95920074
Email:
hayesenviro@optushome.com.au
Field of experience: Aquatic and soil chemistry;
environmental monitoring; assessment and remediation of contaminated
land and water; contaminated site management; heavy metal
phytoextraction
Current interest: Phytoremediation of
contaminated soils and waters; identification of Australian native
hyperaccumulators and excluders; bioremediation; site
revegetation/rehabilitation; use of chelates and fertilisers to
assist phytoremediation
Ha, Suk-Bong
Department of Genetics, University of
Melbourne
Victoria, Australia
Phone: 61 3 9344 6273
Email: S.Ha@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Field of experience: Plant Molecular Genetics.
Current
interest: Metal detoxification in plants.
Hussain, Dawar
Prof Pogson Laboratory
ARC Centre of
Excellence in Plant Energy Biology
School of Biochemistry &
Molecular Biology (BaMBi)
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
Phone: +61-2-6125-2663
Fax:
+61-2-6125-0313
Email: Dawar.Hussain@anu.edu.au
Field of experience: Plant Molecular Physiology and
Genetics
Current interests: Stress signalling and
carotenoid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis
Dr. Khan, Abdul G.
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Western Sydney - Macarthur
P.O. Box 555
Campbelltown
NSW 2560
Phone: 246 - 203237
Fax:
246 - 203025
Email: a.khan@uws.edu.au
Field of experience: Mycorrhiza and their role in
remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils;
Plant tissue
culture and secondary metabolite production by medicinal plants
Current interest: Phytoremediation
Contaminated soils
Secondary metabolites
Arbuscular Mycorrhizae
Keeling, Scott M.
James Cook University
Department
of Science and Engineering
PO Box 6811
Cairns 4870,
Queensland
Phone: (07)40421466
FAX: (07)40421284
Email:
Scott.Keeling@icu.edu.au
Field of experience: Resource geology, hyperaccumulators,
heavy metal phytoextraction, induced phytoextraction
Current
interest: Induced polymetallic phytoextraction
Maddocks, Greg
Southern Cross University
1/7/Nature
Court, Lismore NSW 2480, Australia
Phone: 0266248400
Email:
Gmaddo10@scu.edu.au
Field
of experience: Geochemical Engineering.
Current interest:
Remediation of degraded and contaminaterd land and water in
particular problems associated with mine sites.
McLaughlin, Mike
CSIRO Land and Water
Phone:
+61(0)883038433
Fax: +61(0)883038565
Email:
Mike.McLaughlin@adl.clw.csiro.au
Position: Research Group Leader.
Field of
experience: Metal chemistry in soils, metal bioavailability,
metal speciation, metal hyperaccumulators, chelate-assisted
phytoremediation
Current interest: Chelate-assisted
phytoremediation, Cd phytoremediation.
Rao, Ch V Srinivas
A 03 Ross St Building
University
Of Sydney
Sydney
Phone: +612-93512379
Fax:
+61293515108
Email: r.chvs@acss.usyd.edu.au
Experience: Bioremediation : Bacterial, Fungal. Phytoremediation;
Biofertilizers; Immunology
Interest: Phytoremediation;
Bioremediation; Bioinformatics
Shinners, Steve
ERA Environmental Services Pty Ltd, PO
Box 41836, Casuarina, NT, 0811, Australia
Phone: +61 8
8984 3255
Fax: +61 8 8984 4161
Email:
shinners@octa4.net.au
Experience: Aquatic chemistry, water management, wetland
treatment systems.
Interest: Applications of wetland vegetation
in the remediation of mine waste streams.
Van Vaerenbergh, Willy
Senior Hydrogeologist
URS
Australia
GPO Box 302 Brisbane QLD 4001
Email:
willy_van_vaerenbergh@urscorp.com
Waters, John
On Site Technology Pty Ltd
PO Box 5143
ALBERTON
SA 5014
Phone: +61 0417 846 826
Fax:
+61 8 8447 4833
Email: ost@dingoblue.net.au
Experience: Analytical chemistry related to environmental
contamination. Monitoring remediation progress
Interest:
Phytoremediation of soils contaminated with complex organics eg PAHs
Wood, John
Principal
Grounds Management Services
18
Bottle Forest Road
Heathcote
NSW 2233 Australia
Phone:
+612 9530 5445
Email:
jamwood@bigpond.net.au
Experience:
Horticulture, sediment and erosion control, bioremediation,
irigation.
Interest: Phytoremediation, its application and
developing its use in Australia
Wood, Ronald
Research Associate
University of
Technology, Sydney
PO Box 123 Broadway,
NSW 2007 Australia
Phone: +612 9514 4062
Fax: +612 9654 1264
Email: Ronald.Wood@uts.edu.au
Experience: Indoor plant physiology. Interior plantscaping.
Development and use of Australian rainforest plants indoors.
Horticultural lighting. Indoor air quality monitoring and
assessment. Plant responses to pollution.
Interest: Indoor air
pollution abatement (VOCs) using indoor plants. Biochemical
indicators in plants of environmental stress and exposure to
pollutants
Dr. Rojas Parrado, Alex Fernando
Apogee Minerals
Bolivia
2455, Melchor Perez de Holguin St.
Phone: 591-72003903
Fax: 591-22414548
E- mail: arojas@apogee.com.bo
Field of experience: Agronomist Engineer, Environmental
and Natural Resources Engineer, Experience on Pb-Zn-Ag mining field.
Reclamation and restoration programs.
Current interest: Master
Degree Project on Identification of plants that can be used on
phytoremediation programs
Dr. Pletsch, Marcia
Universidade Federal de Alagoas,
CCEN - Departamento de Química
Campus Universitario, Tabuleiro
dos Martins, 57072-970, Maceio, AL, Brazil
Phone: +55 82 2141386
Fax: +55 82 2141615
E- mail: mpletsch@qui.ufal.br
Field of interest: The use of hairy root systems to study
tolerance and metabolism of organic compounds by plants
Claudio Simonini Isotta
Remediation Project Engineer
ENSR International Brasil Ltda.
Rua Pedro de Toledo, 130,
sala 73/74 , Vila Clementino. CEP:
04039-000-São Paulo-SP-Brazil
Phone: (55) 11 5081-5021
Fax: (55) 11 5081-5023
Email:
cisotta@ensrbr.com.br
Field of experience: Remediation Technologies involving
pump and treat, MPE, Biosparging,
bioventing, SVE and AS systems.
Current interest: Phytoremediation in general
de Araujo, Brancilene Santos
University of Alagoas
(Universidade Federal de Alagoas)
Rua Pau D'arco, 110 - Feitosa -
Maceió - AL - Brazil
Phone: 00 55 82 93317713
Email:
bsa@qui.ufal.br
Field of experience: Phytoremediation of organic compounds
Current interest: phytoremediation of organic compounds
elucidation of degradative pathway enzymology.
de Souza, Sérgio Luiz
Federal University of Paranà
Santana Str. 56
Jaboticabau
Laranjeiras do Sul
Paranà
Phone: (42)6354076
Email: souzasl@usa.net
Field of experience: test of plants to recovery
bioremediation areas contaminated with oily residues of refinery
Current interest: bioremediation, phytoremediation,
wasteland reclamation, oily residues, reforestation
Arturo Nascimento Junior
Universidad Federal Fluminense
Instituto de Quimica - Outeiro Sao Joao Batista s/n sala 104.
Centro Niteroi RJ CEP 24020-150
Phone: (55) 2126292126
Email: arthur.n.junior@gmail.com
Field of experience: chemical analysis.
Current interest: Phytoremediation, Municipal Wastes Treatment, Leachate Treatment
Eduardo Pujol Junior
Remediation Manager
SGW Services Engenharia Ambiental Ltda.
Rua Felipe Gadelha, 125 – São Paulo/SP – Brazil
Phone: 55 11 2089-6300
Email: epujol@sgws.com.br
Field of experience: Remediation Technologies like P&T, MPE, BioSlurping,
Bioventing, SVE, AS systems and Chemical Oxidation.
Current interest: Phytoremediation in general
Humberto Tavera Quiroz
Teacher
IPH-Porto Alegre
street Jaime da Costa Pereira, #440, Partenón
Email: hctq27@yahoo.com
Field of experience: phytoremediation of saline soils irrigated with wastewater effluents
Current interest: hyperaccumulation of sodium or potassium
Dr. Zuniga, Gustavo E.
Universidad de Santiago de
Chile, Casilla40, correo 33, Santiago, Chile
Facultad de Quimica
y Biologia
Casilla 40, Correo 33
Phone: (562) 6811644
Fax:
(562) 6812108
Email: gzuniga@lauca.usach.cl
Field of experience and current interests: Plant
Stress-Physiologiy/Biotechnology. Plant Tissue culture of native
species.
Use of native plants in contaminated soils. Selection of
tolerant plants.
Chen, Tongbin
Inst of Geographical Science &
Natural Resource Reasech, CAS,
Beijing 100101, PR China
Phone:
+86-10-64856519
Fax: +86-10-64889684
Email:
chentb@igsnrr.ac.cn
Experience: phytoremediation and soil heavy metal contamination
Interest: phytoremediation, soil environmental chemistry,
composting
Yahua Chen
College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
Phone:( (86) 25-84396391
Fax: (86) 25-84396542
Email: yahuachen@njau.edu.cn
Experience: plant physiology, phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated sites
Interest: plant uptake of metals, phytoextraction
Ke, Lin
City University of Hong Kong
Phone:
+852-27844660
Fax: +852-27844447
Email:
linke999@yahoo.com
Experience: Phytoremediation of PAHs
Current Interest:
Phytoremediation
Qiu, Rongliang
Department of Environmental Science
Zhongshan University
Guangzhou 510275
Phone:
+86-20-84037791
Fax: +86-20-84035624
Email:
eesqrl@zsu.edu.cn OR
qrl@glue.umd.edu
Experience:
Soil Chemistry and Soil Pollution
Current Interest: Heavy metal
phytoremediation;
Acid deposition and ecological effect;
THMS
in drinking water.
Song, Jing
phD Student
Institute of Soil Science,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
N0.71,Beijing East Road,
Nanjing,210008
Phone: +86-025-3614043-224
Email:
songj@bigfoot.com
Current
Interest: Bioavailability of Zn and Cd and bioremediation
Wang, Qingren
Research Center for
Eco-environmental Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
18
Shuangqing Road, Haidian District
Beijing
Phone:
+86-10-62923538
Fax: +86-10-62923538 or +86-10-62923563
Email: wangqr@mail.rcees.ac.cn
Experience: Soil science and plant nutrition, especially on plant
genotypes for nutrient efficiency, nutrient cycling in agroecosystems
and soil environment improvement.
Current Interest:
Phytoremediation of polluted soil by heavy metals, screening for
hyperaccumulator of hazardous elements and integrated strategies on
remediation of polluted soils by organic and inorganic wastes.
Wang, Xiaochang
Institute Soil Sciences, Academia
Sinica. Nanjing, China
Email: xcwang@163.net
Current interest: Phytoremediation of heavy metals.
Wei, Chaoyang
Associate professor
Institute of
Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dilisuo, 3 Datun Road,
Anwai, Beijing,100101, China
Phone: 86-10-64889684
Fax:
86-10-64911844
Field of experience:
Perology/mineralogy/geochemistry, Geothermal geophysics,
Environmental geochemistry, Chemical geography, Mining environment
management, Environmental planning of pilot towns in China,
Phytoremdiation of heavy metals in soils.
Current interest:
Mining environment management, Environmental planning of pilot towns,
Phytoremediation of arsenic contaminants in soils.
Wong, Jonathan
Dept. of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist
University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR
Phone: 852 2339
7056
Fax: 852 2336 1400
Email:
jwcwong@hkbu.edu.hk
Experience: land application of industrial and agricultural
wastes, soil heavy metal contamination, stabilization of sewage
sludge, mine waste revegetation.
Interest: Phytoremediation of
heavy metal contaminated soil, effect of DOC on the chemistry of
heavy metals in soil, composting sewage sludge and
livestock wastes.
Prof. Xiang, Chengbin
University of Science and technology of China,
Hefei, Anhui Province 230026, China
Phone: 86-551-3607332
Fax 86-551-3601443
E-Mail: xiangcb@ustc.edu.cn
Field of experience: S nutrient and heavy metal stresses
Current interest: Genetic determinants of sulfate utilization efficiency; Sulfur nutrition and abiotic stresses
Yu, Shen
Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of
Sciences
71 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China
Phone:
+86-25-3365204
Fax: +86-25-3353590
Email: yu_shen@263.net
Experience:
1.Interaction of plant and
microorganisms in its rhizosphere
2.Biological
nitrification and denitrification in the rice rhizosphere and
nitrogen loss
3.Soil microbial diversity and
biological indicators of soil quality
Current interest:
Relationship between hyperaccumulators and rhizospheric
microorganisms on uptake of soil heavy metals.
Yang, Xiao
Professor Dr.
Zhejiang University
Dept.Natural Resources Sci.
Hanghzou 310029
Phone:
+86-571-6971907
Fax: +86-571-697-1907
Email: xyang@zju.edu.cn
Experience: *Plant stress physiology, *Environmental ecology of
plant nutrition
Current interest: *Phytoremediation of heavy
metal pollution and water eutrification
* Physiology and genetics
of heavy metal hyperaccumulation in plants
* Theory and
technology for physical-ecological engineering of polluted water
body.
* Phytoremediation of agricultural contaminated soils for
securing food safety
Zheng, Shao Jian
Professor
Zhejiang University
Hanghzou 310029
Phone: +86-571-88206438
Fax:
+86-571-88206438
Email: sjzheng@zju.edu.cn
Experience: Plant stress physiology
Current interest:
Phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated sites
Elkassas, Hesham
Associate prof. in Institute of
Environmental Studies and Research
Ain Shams University, Cairo,
Egypt.
Email: helkassas@hotmail.com
Current interest: phytoremediation.
Kamel, Abdel-Salam
Researcher Asisstant in
FingerPrinting Lab. Plant Pathology Institute
Lab. Plant
Pathology Research Institute(PpathRI) Agricultural
Research
Center (A.R.C)9-Gamaa St., Giza, Egypt
Phone: 002025734463
FAX: 002025723146
Email: kamelelsalam@hotmail.com
Field of experience: The Field experience of my work is
use the molecular tools in
controlling plant diseases at the
level of the DNA. Developing resistant plants
Developing super
biocontrol agents. Diagnostic One step PCR-based method for the
detection of economically
important plant pathogens. Development
of DNA- or RNA-based methods for pathogen diagnosis
Current
interest: PHYTOREMEDIATION.
Kamel, Kamel Abdalla
BOTANY DEPT, FACULTY OF SCIENCE
,SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY
ISMAILIA P.C.41522, EGYPT
Phone:
2023534307
Email: KAMMEL@ARAMAIL.COM
Field of experience: WET LAND ECOLOGY.
Current
interest: USING MACROPHYTES IN PHYTOREMEDIATION.
Kapiel, Tarek
BOTANY DEPT, FACULTY OF SCIENCE ,Cairo
UNIVERSITY
Phone: 5676644
Email: kapiel@hotmail.com
Field
of experience: Plant biotechnology, Plant tissue culture
Maher E. Saleh
Alexandria University, Dept. Soil &
Water Sci., Faculty of Agriculture
21545 Shatby, Alexandria
Phone: 0020124370251
Fax: 002035371548
Email:
maher133@yahoo.com
Field
of experience: soil chemistry and fertility, water quality
Current interest: using of root exudate producing plants
for enhancing the hyperaccumulation of heavy metals from polluted
calcareous soils.
Niazy, Magdy Mohamed
Ain Shams University, Institute of
Environmental Studies
12 Mansour Street, Cairo, EGYPT
Phone:
20-55-346888
Email: magdy124@hotmail.com
Field of experience: Environmental Agriculture
Current
interest: Phytoremediation, Phytovolatilization, Rhizosphere
biodegradition.
REDA A. I. Abou-Shanab
Mubarak City for Scientific
Research and Technological Applications
Genetic Engeneering
Institute Alexandria, Egypt
current address: University of MD
College Park Soil Microbiology Lab.
2113 Guilford road
Hyattsville 20783 Maryland USA
Phone: 2034594168 Current phone No
at USA 301 445-4158
Email: rabu_shanab@hotmail.com
Field of experience: Microbial Ecology
Molecular Biology
Plant microbe interaction
Current interest: Phytoremediation
of inorganic compounds
Sabet, Kamel K.
Cairo University, Faculty of
Agriculture, Plant Pathology Dept.
37 Baghdad Street
Heliopolis,
Cairo 11341
Phone: 202-2915663
Email: kamelsabet@netscape.net
Field of experience: Soil fungi
Current interest:
The role of rhizosphere microorganisms in phytoremediation
M. Anjan
D.G.Vaishnav College, University of Madras
#1 , RR Street, kilpauk, Chennai,India
Phone: 0919884436497
E-Mail: anjan.m@sify.com
Field of experience: Biochemistry
Dr.Archana Sharma
Laboratory of Geobotany and Biogeochemistry,
College of Science,
ML Sukhadia University,
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India-313001
Phone: +919828421803
E-mail: kucchusharma@yahoo.com
Field of experience: Phytoremediation of metalliferous wastes, Revegetation Studies.
Current interest: Phytoextraction of heavy metals, Rhizofilteration.
Asirvatham, Shaleesha
M.S.Swaminathan Research
Foundation, Third Cross Street, Taramani, Chennai. 600 113. India
Phone: +91-44-2351229 / 2351698
Fax: +91-44-2351319
Email:
MDSAAA51@giasmd01.vsnl.net.in
& shaleesha@hotmail.com
Field of experience: Aquaculture waste water treatment using sea
weeds particularly gracilaria and also with plant seeds. Drinking
water purification using plant seeds particularly traditional plants
Current interest: Low cost water treatment methods using plant
products for the removal of heavy metals to be implemented
particularly in the rural raeas
Atimanav Gaur
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI),
Habitat Place,
New Delhi, 110003, INDIA
Phone: 91 11 24682100
Fax 91 11 24682145
E-Mail: atimanav@yahoo.com
Field of experience: Environmental Microbiology
Current interest: Phytoremediation, Rhizosphere microbiology, stress physiology
Bedekar, Hemant S.
3, Shri Sai samarth
Yashawant nagar Talegaon Dabhade, Pune
INDIA 410507
Phone: 091.9767200905
Email: hsbede@gmail.com
or hsbede@yahoo.com
Field of
experience: horticulture, use of effluent treated water for crops,
worked in vegetable research, tree plantation and fruit tree
plantation on large scale, bamboo plantation
Current interest:
phytoremediation techniques for petrolium based industries and city
sewage, phytoremediation of organic effluents of fibre industry with
the help of tree sps. Use of bamboo and grasses for phytoremediation
Bhamidi, Suresh
Senior Resarch Fellow
Central Food
Technological Research Institute
Plant cell biotechnology Dept,
CFTRI, Mysore, India
Phone: +91-0821-516501
Fax:
+91-0821-517233
Email: bhamidi_suresh@yahoo.com
Field of experience: Plant Biotechnology especilally on
transgenic roots (hairy roots),
scale-up, down stream processing
and phytoremediation.
Current interest: Xenobiotic degradation by
cultured plant cell cultures and elucidation
of metabolic
pathways such as enzymatic actions and molecular mechanism
of
degradation pathways.
Bharat Bhushan Nagar
Research Scholar
Waste
Management Laboratory
School of Energy & Environmental
studies
Devi Ahilya university,Khandwa Road
Indore- 452017
India
Tel(O)0091731-460309,
Fax(O)0091731-467378
Email:
bharat_nagar@rediffmail.com
Bhowmik, Niladri
University of Calcutta
Address: 47
D PALM AVENUE, Calcutta, INDIA
Phone: 91-33-2478759
Email:
ari@cal2.vsnl.net.in
Experience: plant genetics and breeding, Metal toxicity in plants
Current interest: Phytoremediation of heavy metals and toxicity
of abiotic stress factors including metals.
Dr. Chandrasekhar
Scientist
Indian Institute of
Chemical Technology, India
Email: kavi@iict.ap.nic.in
Experience: Analytical chemistry, Metallurgical chemistry,
Environmental sciences
Current interest: Phytoremediation
of heavy metal contaminated soils. Pollution pathways of heavy
metals. Bioavailability of metals
Da Dange, Devendra
Manshya Marketing Pvt LTD,
204
Ashoka arch, Opp.Darpan Hotel
Gultekdi Market yard
PUNE
411037
Phone: 0091-020-6689172
Email: devendrad@yahoo.com
Current interest: Heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Zn, Pb, Hg,
Ni).Contaminated soil and Phytoremediation.
Dr.K.Gajalakshmi
DEPT. OF PLANT BIOLOGY AND PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
PSGR KRISHNAMMAL COLLEGE
PEELAMEDU
COIMBATORE- 641 004
TAMIL NADU
Ph: 091-422- 2412358
Fax: 091-422- 2422387
email: gajalak@gmail.com, gajapopp@yahoo.co.in
Field of experience: Genotoxicity, Plant breeding,Heavy metals in soils and plants, recombinant DNA technology Bioremediation of metal contaminated soils Monitoring and Impact Assessment of soil quality parameters in metal contaminated soils
Current interest: Identification of indigenous hyperaccumulators in metal contaminated soils Identification of transgenic genes for heavy metal resistance
Leela Kaur
Indian Institute of Technology
Ed-10 Kailash
Hostel, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India
Phone: 26596489
Email:
leela.kaur@gmail.com
Field
of experience: water chemistry and phytoremediation
Current interest: phytoremediation
Jayesh Panchal,
Senior Research Fellow (SRF-UGC)
Laboratory of Geo-botany and Bio-geochemistry
University Department of Botany
Mohan Lal Sukhadia University,
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India-313001
Phone: mobile +91-94143-47963
+91-94132-15677
E-mail: jayvarti@yahoo.com or vartikapanchal@gmail.com or j.panchal2@gmail.com
Field of experience: Phytoremediation, Bioremediation, Phytostabilization, Stress-Physiology, Environmental Biolgy.
Current interest: Soil health, eco-toxicology.
Manoj Kumar Mani Chaturvedi
Post-Research fellow and
Ph.D. student
Center for Environmental Science and Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Powai, Mumbai-400 076.
Reserch area- Phytoremediation of Contaminated soils and
aquifers in general and blastofiltration in particular, waste
stabilisation
ponds and constructed wetlends for domestic
wastewater treatment.
http://www.manojchaturvedi.iwarp.com
Mohan, B.S.
Department of Botany and plant
Biotechnology
T.John college,
Gottigere post
Bhannerghatta
post
Bangalore, India
Email: mohan-bies@usa.net
Nagda Gautam K
Address: Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Pune, Pune, India
8, Ashirwad Apartments, 140, Railway Lines, Solapur 413001, India
Phone: 91-217-2310145
E-Mail: gnagda@rediffmail.com
Field of experience: Biosorption,Adsorption kinetics, phytotoxicity assays,
Current interest: Utilization of agricultural waste, solid waste disposal, effluent treatment, EIA
Nagpal, Varima
c/o dr K . M. Paknikar
Agharkar
Research Institute
G.G. Agarkar Road
Pune(Maharashtra) 411004
Tel:oo91(020)5653680-222,266
Email: varima@rediffmail.com
and varima_n@hotmail.com
Narasimhan, S.
CSIR Senior Research Fellow
(NET)
Department of Botany
University of Kerala
Kerala
State 695 581
Email: narasimhanpotti@hotmail.com
Field
of experience: In vitro production of secondary metabolites Plant
tissue culture RAPD, AFLP, RFLP, Sequencing, Electrophoresis, HPLC,
UVVIs, IR, NMR, Raman, Chromatography, Conservation of endangered
plants, in vitro recalcitrance, antibacterial assay, cytotoxic assay
(MTT).
Current interest: Plant tissue culture and in vitro
synthesis of secondary metabolites Screening of novel molecules
expressed in tissue cultures Plant conservation Biology.
Patra, Manomita
University of Calcutta
Address:
47/6 Barisha Purbapara, INDIA
Email: ari@cal2.vsnl.net.in
Field of experience: In vitro production of secondary
metabolites
Plant tissue culture
RAPD, AFLP, RFLP, Sequencing,
Electrophoresis, HPLC, UVVIs, IR, NMR, Raman, Chromatography,
Conservation of endangered plants, in vitro recalcitrance,
antibacterial assay, cytotoxic assay (MTT)
Current interest:
Plant tissue culture and in vitro synthesis of secondary
metabolites
Screening of novel molecules expressed in tissue
cultures
Plant conservation Biology
Prof. Ramteke, Promod W.
Allahabad
Agricultural University
Allahabad 211007
Phone:
91-52-2684296
Fax: 91-532-2684394
Email:
pwramteke@yahoo.com
Field
of experience: Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology
Current
interest : Bioremediation of heavy metals
Dr. V. Sakthivel
Guest lecturer cum H.O.D Dept of Biotech. Bharathidasan University
college, Perambalur, tamil nadu,India
Email: sakthiii@yahoo.com
Field of experience: Phytoremediation
Current
interest : Phtyoremediation
Satheesh N.
Research Associate Drr hyderabad
Directorate of rice research hyderabad (INDIA]
Phone:
984809855
Email: sathis9@rediffmail.com
Field of experience: 2 years in bioremeadiation
Current
interest : Phtyoremediation of herbicides affected soil
Selvam A.
Periyar Maniammi
College of Technology for Women
Thanjavur
Phone: 91-9443009948
Email: a.selvam@sify.com
Field of experience: Phytoremediation, mycology
Current
interest : metal hyperaccumulators, mycorrhizal technology, plant
microbe interaction
Dr.P.Senthilkumar
Dept of Environmental Sciences,
Bharathiar University
Coimatore 641046
E.mail : psk_psk@rediffmail.com
Experience : Phytoremediation of metal contaminated soils and mechanisms involved in phytoextraction. Immobilization of heavy metals by chemical amendments and waste water treatment.
Current Interest: Phytoremediation and mechanism of phytoextraction
Dr. Simon, Thara K.
Mahatma Gandhi University
Union
Christian College, Aluva, Kerala, India - 683 102.
Phone:
91 484 604771
Email: ejacob@sancharnet.in
Current interest: Medicinal Plants
Phytoremediation
Dr.S.Sivakumar
Institute for Ocean Management,
Anna
University, Chennai – 600 025.
Tamilnadu. INDIA.
E.mail : ssivaphd@yahoo.com
Experience : Terrestrial toxicology
Current Interest:
Plant nutritional physiology, Phytoremediation, Phytoextraction,
Influence of chelating agent on the bioavailability of heavy metals
to plants, testing the toxicity of heavy metal to earthworms in
laboratory and field tests, study the role of earthworm in
Phytoremediation and factors influencing metal bioavailability in
soil and improving the efficiency of vermicomposting of agricultural
waste, industrial and municipal solid wastes.
Dr. SPM.Prince William
Institute of Science and
Technology For Advanced Studies and Research-
(ISTAR)
Lecturere
in Environmental Sciences, Deptt.of Environmental
Sciences,
Vallabh Vidya Nagar- ANAND- GUJARAT- INDIA-388 120
Phone:
Office-02692-34955 Resi- 02692-38176
Fax: 91 (02692)-36493
Email: dasoprin@mailcity.com,
Prince14271@yahoo.com
Field of experience: PHYTOREMEDIATION OF HEAVYMETALS
PHYTOSTABILISATION
HEAVYMETAL DYNAMICS
Current interest:
Remediation of metal contaminated soils with hyperaccumulators
Phytostabilisation of heavymetal contaminated soil environment
Dynamic behaviour of heavymeatls in Soil-Plant-Animal hierarchy.
Srinivasan, Velusamy, Dr.
Centre for Advanced Studies
in Botany, University of Madras,
Guindy campus, Chennai 600 025,
INDIA
Phone: +91-44-2350401 (o), +91-44-4403247
Fax:
+91-44-2352870
Email: veluseeniin@yahoo.co.in
Experience: Bioaccumulation of heavy metals by
ectomycorrhizal fungi and their
mechanism of resistence.
Current
interest: Isolation and characterization of heavy metal binding
proteins
(Phytochelatins) from fungi and plants
Srivastava, A.K., Dr.
University of Calcutta
Botany
Department, C.C.S. University, Meerut-250 004, India
Phone:
91-121-771785 91-121-762399
Email: anandks@nde.vsnl.net.in,
anand_kumarsrivastava@hotmail.com
Experience: Cytogenetics, apomixis,genotoxicology
Current
interest: Phytoremediation of heavy metals, genetics of metal
tolerance.
Dr. Sukha Ram
JNV University, Jodhpur
Botany
Department
Phone: 91-9414671946
Fax: 91-0291-2722555
Email:
srvishnoi@gmail.com
Experience: 10 years of working experience in the field of
environmental sciences
Current interest: Biomonitoring and
Phytoremediation
Thangavel, Palaniswamy
DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY
COIMBATORE- 641 046
TAMIL NADU
INDIA
Ph: 091-422- 2481627
Fax: 091-422- 2422387
email:
thanvel@yahoo.com;
thanvel1@rediffmail.com
Field of experience: Heavy metals in soils and plants
Phytoremediation of metal contaminated soils
Monitoring and
Impact Assessment of soil quality parameters in metal contaminated
soils
Current interest:
Identification of indigenous
hyperaccumulators in metal contaminated soils
Using dual benefit
metallophytes as hyperaccumulator of metal contaminated soils
Identification of transgenic genes in some specific metallophytes
Thomas, Terry
Project Manager
*Wilbur Smith Associates*
#8, Second Floor, 80 Feet Road, RT Nagar,
Bangalore, Karnataka - 560 032, INDIA
Tel: +91.80.3918 7500
M: +91.9686 450 677
Email: tthomas@wilbursmith.com or 2492013@gmail.com
Field of experience: Agricultural Engineer with eight years experience in participatory development processes and skilled in addressing technical, environmental, economic and institutional aspects linked with water, environment and livelihood issues. Work area- South India
Works can be refered at www.planetkerala.org
Current interest: Community level eco-hydrological approaches and technologies for addressing water issues in shallow water table areas towards-
•Facilitating community volunteers through action learning processes focusing on physical and biological interventions for creating freshwater base through ecorestoration techniques in two wetlands •Developing technologies in partnership with user communities like use of multiple plant species for enabling phytoremediation, Bioshield for protection from waves, domestic wastewater treatment etc. •Curriculum development in “ Knowledge based participation for regeneration of fresh water systems ” intended for further replication
Dr.(Mrs.).Seema Trivedi
VIKRAM UNIVERSITY ,UJJAIN
17,Alakhdham Nagar,UJJAIN ,MADHYA PRADESH ,INDIA--456010
Phone: +919424014346
E-Mail: trivedi_hemang@rediff.com
Field of experience: TOXICOLOGY & DETOXIFICATION
Current interest: PUBLISHING OF RESEARCH PAPER IN AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
Vidhu Sankar Babu
CSIR SRF (NET) Department of Botany
University of Kerala
E-Mail: vidhusankar@rediffmail.com
Field of experience: Research studies in Neem, Secondary metabolism
Current interest: In vitro synthesis of secondary metabolites in Neem
Warrier, Rekha
SCIENTIST SC, PB NO 1061, IFGTB, RS
PURAM PO, COIMBATORE,
INDIA
Phone: 91-422-431540
Email:
rekhawarrier@hotmail.com
Experience: worked on the treatment of metal finishing
waters using aquatic weeds,
waste water treatment, use of trees
for soil treatment
Current interest: use of trees for soil
treatment
Dimalouw, Imelda
Gadjah Mada University
Pogung Baru
Blok H No.4 Jogjakarta 55284, INDONESIA
Phone: +62-818-962873
Email: yorike@excite.com
Current interest: phytoremediation using water hyacinth
Kusrijadi, Ali
Indonesia University of Education
Department of Chemistry Education UPI Bandung
Phone: 022-2000579
Fax 022-2000579
E-Mail: kusrijadi@yahoo.com
Field of experience: Phytoremediation of heavy metal and organic pollutant
Current interest: Phytoremediation of heavy metal and organic pollutant
Widada, Jaka
Lab. Agriculture Microbiology, Gadjah Mada
University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Phone: 62-274-902686
Fax:
62-274-563062
Email: jakawidada@mailcity.com
or j.widada@ugm.ac.id
Experience: Rhizoremediation, Mycorrhizae, Rhizobacteria
Current interest: Bioremediation of organic compound and heavy
metal
Wisono, Tri
Unocal Indonesia Company
Balikpapan,
Indonesia
E-Mail: twisono@unocal.com
Dr. Hamideh Ofoghi
IROST, Biotechnology Department
No
71, forsat st. engelab ave.
P.O.Box 15815/3538
Tehran 15819
Phone: 0098 21 8838350
Fax: 0098 21 883 83 50
Email:
hamideh2@yahoo.com
Field
of experience: Plant genetic engineering, plant tissue culture,
molecular biology
Current interest: phytoremediation in
Petrochemical zone
Mirghaffari
Isfahan University of Technology
Faculty
of Natural Resources
Environment Department
84154 Isfahan
Phone: 0098-031-8913572
Fax: 0098-031-8912840
Email:
mnorolah@cc.iut.ac.ir
Experience: Environment pollution, Heavy metal removal, Solid
wastes
Current interest: Use of plant or plant wastes to
decontaminate/reduce environment pollution
Mozhgan Farzamisepehr
Assistant professor
Dep. of
Biology
Faculty of Agriculture
Islamic Azad University of Saveh
Shiraz 71454
Phone: 00989123803218
Fax:
0098214073229
Email: mfsepehr48@yahoo.com
Experience: cleaning of soils with plants and study of plants
capacity at accumulation of Heavy metals and petrolium pollutions
Current interest: The study of physiological effects of heavy
metals in plants
Shahbaazi, Hamid Reza
Researcher, Manager Arayn Service
1 st Floor, No. 36, West Emdad Ave., North Sheikh Bahaei Str., POST
CODE: 1993694341, Tehran Iran
Email:
hshahbaazi@alum.sharif.edu
Experience:
Determination of heavy metal Environmental pollution
Current
interest: Determination of pesticide by electrochemistry methods
Behzad Heidari
Department of plant biology, faculty of biology, faculty college
of science, university of tehran, tehran, iran
Email:
behzadhidary@yahoo.com
Experience: plant nutrition, plant detoxification
Current
interest: phytoremediation
Cohen, Eli
Researcher, Manager
OFRA AQUA PLANTS -
ECOLOGICAL ENGINERING
MOSHAV ZIPORI 17910 ISRAEL
Phone: 972-4-6562914
Fax: 972-4-6568923
E-mail:
eli@ofra-aqua.co.il
Experience:
Phytoremediation of water and soils
Interest: radioactive
contaminated water
Dr. Golan, Avi
Ben-Gurion University of The Negev
The
Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research
The Albert Katz
Division of Dryland Biotechnologies
Desert Plant Biotechnology
Laboratory
Sede Boqer Campus, 84990
Israel
Phone:
972-7-6596753/4
Fax: 972-7-6596742
E-mail:
avigolan@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Interest: Heavy metals phytoremediation
Rathod Paresh H
Volcani Center, ARO
Institute of
Soil Science & Environmental Science
Phone:
972-3-9683321
E-mail: paresh11879@yahoo.com
Experience: Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry
Interest:
Remediation of contaminated soil. Fate of herbicides in soils
Chen, Neng Chang (KENT)
Korimoto 1-21-24, Lab of
Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Japan
Phone: (81)99-250-6840
Fax: (81)99-250-6840
Email:
ncchennc@yahoo.com
Experience Wastewater treatment with Mangrove ecosystem,
Chemical behavior of Heavy Metals in soil-rhizosphere-plant system
Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals thru rhizosphere technology
Current
interest: Phytoremediation of Pollutants through Rhizosphere
Technology
Rababah, Abdellah
Atmospheric Environmental Protection
Department, National Institute for Resources and Environment
16-3
Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, JAPAN
Phone: 81-298-58-8262
Fax: 81-298-58-8258
Email: rababah@mail2.nire.go.jp
Field of experience: Nutrient film technique for plant
production and wastewater treatment. Phytotoxiclogy. Atmospheric
dispersion of industrial emission. Photodegradation. Solar
detoxification.
Current interest: .Solar deteoxification
of phytotoxic compounds in sewage sludge and sediments that are
likely to be encountered in a nutrient film technique (NFT) type of
wastewater treatment.
Dr. Satoh, Shigeru
Associate Professor
Grad. Schl
of Agric.Sci.,
Tohoku University
Tsutsumidori-amamiyamachi
1-1,
Aoba-ku,
Sendai 981-8555,
Japan
Phone:
+81-22-717-8831
Fax: +81-22-717-8834
Email:
ssatoh@bios.tohoku.ac.jp
Field of experience: Genetic engineering
Current interest:
Generation of trangenic plants for phytoremediation
Yoshihara, Toshihiro
Central Research Institute of
Electric Power Industry
1646 Abiko, Abiko, Chiba 270-1194
Phone:
+81 471 82 1181
Fax: +81 471 83 3347
Email:
yoshiha@criepi.denke.or.jp
Field of experience: Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Molecular
Breeding (We are the first group, which developped a high
iron
content crops using ferritin gene.)
Current interest: To fortify
the harmful heavy metals uptaking ability of plants using gene
manipulation technology.
Yacoub, Moayad
Jordan University of Science and
Technology
P.O. Box 630258
Phone: +962-2-7201000-22514
Email: moayadx@yahoo.com
moayad@just.edu.jo
Field
of experience: petroleum hydrocarbons bioremediation
Current
interest: biostimulation of biodegradation of hydrocarbons.
Yeong Bon Koo
Korea Forest Research Institute
44-3,
Omokchun-dong, Kwonsun-gu, Kyonggi-do, 441-350,
Republic of Korea
Phone: 82-31-290-1151
Fax: 82-31-292-4458
Email:
ybkoo@foa.go.kr
Field of
experience: Poplar breeding and Phytoremediation used poplar trees
Current interest: Phytoremediation used poplar tree species
Sim-Hee Han
Korea Forest
Research Institute
44-3 Omokchun-dong, Suwon-shi
Kyounggi-do
441-350 Korea
Phone: +82 31 290 1149
Fax: +82 31
290 1040
E-mail: simhee02@foa.go.kr
Experience: Stress physiology, Phytoremediation using trees Cd
accumulating pattern, hyperaccumulation material searching
Interest: Bioremediation and phytoremedation using trees Tolerant machanisms against metal toxicity metal uptake machanisms
Yong-Sik Ok
Soil Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, Division of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, 192-1, Hyoja2-Dong, Chuncheon, Kangwon-Do, 200-701, Korea
Phone: +82-16-9226-6242
Fax +82-33-241-6640
E-Mail: soilok@kangwon.ac.kr :
Field of experience: Phytoextraction of heavy metals in soil using endemic plants Enhaced phytoextraction of heavy metals in soil using chemical agents
Current interest: Phytoextraction of heavy metals in soil
ki da-eun
Kyunghee university in Korea.
Phone: 82-10-2594-0730
E-Mail: crushlady@hanmail.net
Field of experience: genetic engineering and phytoremediation.
Current interest: phytoremediation.
Hayar, Salem
Holy Spirit University Agronomy
USEK-AGRONOMY JOUNIEH LEBANON
Phone: 009613416364
Email:
shayar@cyberia.net.lb
Field of experience: Soil and Environmental Sciences
Current interest: Fate of pesticides in soil;
Phytoremediation of contaminated chemical sites; PAH, Heavy metals
Elssaidi, M.A.
Sebha University - Libya
P.O. Box 68
- Brack - Libya
Phone: 001287215121017
Phone: 001287215121019
Email: elssaidi@yahoo.co.uk
Field
of experience: Environmental Pollution, treatments, sewage,
phytoremediation, bioremediation and instrumentation
Current
interest: Remediation in general (organic and inorganic)
Jopony, Marcus
School of Science & Technology
Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Locked Bag No. 2073
88999 Kota
Kinabalu, Sabah
Phone: 60-088-493440
Fax: 60-088-435324
Email: marcj@ums.edu.my
Field of experience: Biogeochemistry of heavy metals
Current interest: Metal hyperaccumulating plants in
Southeast Asia
Albo, Jose
General Manager
Que Environmental
Guayana Francesa 249 Monterrey, N.L. 64620 Mexico
Phone:
8346-3535
Fax: 8333-0972
Email: josealbo@hotmail.com
Field of experience: Remediation of abandoned oilfield
pits. Bioremediation of gaswell pits. Remediation of soils
contaminated by oil spills derived for, traim ferailments. Brownfield
cleanups.
Current interest: All above. Lecturer on
environmental problems at college level in my geographic area.
Camara-Cordova, Dr. Julio
Divisisn Acadimica de
ciencias Agropecuarias de la Universidad Juarez Autsnoma de Tabasco
Apdo. pastal 123, Admsn. No. 1. 86001 Villahermosa, Tabasco.
MEXICO
Phone: + 52 (93) 190093
Fax: + 52 (93) 141802
Email:
jcamaracordova@yahoo.com
Field of experience: Edaphology, edaphogenesis, TPH's
contaminated soils.
Current interest: Identification of
tropical TPH's tolerant and resistent plants.
Rogelio Carrillo Gonzalez D. Phil.
Profesor
Colegio de Postgraduados
e-mail: crogelio@colpos.mx
Experience: Research with metal hyperaccumulator plants, mobility of trace elements from mining slang piles, stabilization of metals in soils introduced by wastewater
Current interest: Metal mobility, soil remediation, natural attenuation.
Fernandez Fernandez, Oscar
Universidad Autonoma
Chapingo
carr. Mexico-Texcoco km 38.5, Texcoco; Mexico
Phone:
+52 (595) 5 14 82
Fax: + 52 (595) 2 16 35
Email:
ofernandezf@correoweb.com
Field of experience: edaphology, bioremediation of soils
Current interest: phytoremediation of soils contaminated
whit heavy metals
Ma. del Carmen Gonzalez-Chavez
Profesor and researcher, PhD
colegio de Postgraduados en Ciencias Agricolas
e-mail: carmeng@colpos.mx
Experience: interaction arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-heavy metals
Current interest: phjytoremediation and bioremediation of heavy metal polluted soils using plants and, rhizospheric and symbiotic microorganisms
Lis, Juan Antonio Zermeqo Eguia
Instituto Mexicano del
Petroleo
Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas 152, Mexico D.F.
Phone:
(5) 53336896
Fax: (5) 53338067
Email: jzermeno@www.imp.mx
Field of experience: I have worked in processes of
Phytoremediation in hydrocarbons contaminated soils located close to
refinery, specifically in the South of Veracruz State in Mexico.
Current interest: I’m interesting in research about
phytoremediation of hydrocarbons contaminated soils.
Hernandez, Erick Omar Acosta
Universidad Autonoma
Metropolitana
Azcapotzalco Mexico
Phone: (52) 5- 3 18 90 80
Fax: 52 5 3 18 90 80
Email: eueri@hotmail.com
Field of experience: Wastewater research, phytoremediaton,
biosolids and amended soils
Current interest:
Phytoextraction of metals in soils
Hernandez Piaero, Jorge Luis
U.A.N.L. - Fac. Ciencias
Biologicas
8va Ave 202 Jardines Anahuac-San Nicolas N.L.-Mexico
Phone: (52-8) 330-41-33
Fax: (52-8) 330-41-33
Email:
johernan@ccr.dsi.uanl.mx
Experience: Biological Electron Microscopy,
X-ray spectrometry (EDS) in biological tissues, Mechanisms of
tolerance again environmental stress in plants, Cytochemical
detection of heavy metals, Ultrastructural studies related to
vegetal physiology.
Current interest: Physiology of
Phytoremediation Mechanisms, Detection of heavy metals in
plants.
Muñiz Acosta, Juan Ivan
Universidad Autónoma de
Ciudad Juárez
Mexico No. 6240
Phone: (656) 620 7921
Fax:
(656 ) 688 3860
Email: ivanmuniz@hotmail.com
Field of experience: Forest and garden
Current interest:
Aquatic phytoremediation
Munoz, Laila
Academic
Universidad Autonoma de
Chihuahua
Mina Los Maples 1744
Fraccionamiento Villa Del Real
C.P. 31103 Chihuahua, Chih.
Phone: (52-1) 483-5074
Fax:
(52-1) 415-4770
Email: lmunoz@buzon.uach.mx
Current interest: Salt and pesticide phytoremediation
Rodriguez, Humberto dr.
Universidad de Nuevo Leon
Gabriel Ruiz 645 Lomas del Roble, San Nicolas de Los Garza, Nuevo
Leon, Mexico
Phone: (824)80101
Fax: (824)80101
Email:
hrodrigu@ccr.dsi.uanl.mx
Current interest: Phytoremediation on heavy metals (Pb and
Cd)
Rodríguez Ortiz, Juan Carlos
Universidad Autónoma de
Nuevo León
Matías de Avila #17, San Juan, Cerritos, San Luis
Potosí,
México
Phone: (486) 3 26 64
Email:
jcrodort@hotmail.com
Field
of experience: Potential of native plants for Cd and Pb
phytoextraction.
Current interest: Agronomy practices for
enhancing absorption, tolerance, translocation and
accumulation
of heavy metals in plants.
Rodríguez Dorantes, Angélica
Profesor and
Investigator
Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas,
Instituto
Politécnico Nacional
José Clemente Orozco 33,
Circ.pintores,
Cd.Satélite,
México,D.F.
Phone: 0-91-55-72-88-08
Email: anrodo2000@hotmail.com
Field of experience: Plant Physiology, specially about the
response of plants to water stress and to the study of the responses
of cyanobacteria to the environment
Current interest: The
physiology and biochemestry of the response of plants in
phytoremediation, especially the enzymatic action.
Tavizsn, Edith Flores
Luismin, S. A. de C. V.
Pino
Suarez 308 Ote. MEXICO
Phone: + 521 - 814-0932
Fax: +521 -
814-2739
Email: eflores29@hotmail.com
Field of experience: Bioleachin, Biooxidation and
Bioremediation of contaminated soils. Current interest:
Phytoremediation of heavy metals in water.
Villasenor, Jorge
Luismin S.A. de C.V.
Address:
Pino Suarez 308, MEXICO
Phone: 521-812-859
Fax: 521-813-1121
Email: jvillase@luismindgo.com.mx
Field of experience: Mining Industry.
Current
interest: Cleaning a water discharge from a mine.
Hakmaoui, Abdelmalek
Abdelmalek
Essaadi University
Faculté des Sciences de Tétouan
Laboratoire Diversité et Conservation des Systèmes Biologiques (LDICOSYB)
BP 2121- Morocco
Phone:
+21278171100
Email: hakmaoui15@yahoo.fr
Experience Plant physiology / biochemistry
Current interest Phytoremediation
Coulson, Robert
Rural Supply Technologies
13-15
Eyre Street Feilding New Zealand
Phone: +64 6 3233248
Fax:
+64 6 3233243
Email: rgcoulson@xtra.co.nz
Experience Application of Technology
Laurenson, Seth
Massey University
PO Box 83 Renwick New Zealand
Phone: 04 386 2464
E-Mail: Sethlaurenson@hotmail.com
Field of experience: Vertical Reed bed filtration
Robinson, Brett
HortResearch, Palmerston North, New
Zealand
Phone: +64(6) 3568080 ex 7821
Fax: +64(6) 3546731
Email: brobinson@hort.cri.nz
Field of experience: phytoextraction of heavy metals, phytomining
& phytoremediation.
Current interest: remediation of sites
contaminated with Cd and organic contaminants.
Dr. Martin A.N.Anikwe
Department of Agronomy and Ecological Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, P.M.B 01660 Enugu, Nigeria.
Phone: 2348033387354
E-Mail: anikwema@yahoo.co.uk
Field of experience: Soil Physics and Conservation, Assessment of soil productivity
Current interest: Remediation of petroleum contaminated sites using phytoremediation, effectof contamination on soil physical properties
Geoffrey Obinna Anoliefo Ph D
Senior Lecturer
Department of Botany, University of Benin
Benin City, Nigeria
Phone: 234-08023371290
Email:
anoliefo@uniben.edu or
obidimbu@yahoo.com
Field
of Experience:Toxicity of crude oil and its products on higher plant
vegetative and metabolic activities.
Ecological methods of reclamation of petroleum contaminated soils
Current Interest: Screening of indigenous tropical
higher plants for possible use as phytoremediants.
Jibuike
University of Ibadan,
Oyo State
30, Alowonle Street, Papa Ashafa, Agege, Lagos
State
Phone: +2348045438080
Email:
charere1st@yahoo.com
Field
of Experience and Current Interest:
PHYTOREMEDIATION OF HEAVY METAL AND PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON-CONTAMINATED SOILS.
ACCUMULATION OF HEAVY METAL BY EDIBLE MUSHROOMS
Njoku, Kelechi
Graduate fellow
Dept. Cell Biology and
Genetics
University of Lagos, Yaba Lagos
Phone:
+2348033842956, +2348023325888
Email:
njokukelechi@yahoo.com
or tundeakin5@yahoo.com
Field of Experience: Environmental biology
Current
Interest: Phytoremediation of oil polluted soils
Ndimele Prince Emeka
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES,
FACULTY OF SCIENCE,
LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY,
OJO, LAGOS, NIGERIA.
Phone +234803-820-5109
email: epremeria@yahoo.com
FIELD OF EXPERIENCE: ENVIRONMENTAL (AQUATIC) TOXICOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
CURRENT INTEREST: PHYTOREMEDIATION OF HEAVY METALS AND OIL-POLLUTED AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
Ali, Naeem
Address: house 4,street 17-a,scheme III,
Chaklala, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Email: naeem_ali@yahoo.com
Experience: microbiology reseach laboratory in quaid i azam
university, Islamabad, as junior research assistant
Khan, Qaiser Mahmood
Environmental Biotechnoogy
Division
National Institute for Biotechnology & Genetic
Engineering (NIBGE)
Faisalabad
Phone: +92-41-651475
Fax:
+92-41-651472
Email: qk_5@yahoo.com
Experience: Environmental Biotechnology
Current Interest:
Research on bio-treatment of industrial effluents (containing metals,
dyes
other orgnics)
Environmental monitoring (genotoxicity
testing)
Dr. Zafar M. KHALID
Chief Scientific Officer
Head,
Environmental Biotechnoogy Division
National Institute for
Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering (NIBGE)
Faisalabad
Phone: +92-41-651475-79 ext 253
Fax: +92-41-651472
Email:
zmkhalid@yahoo.com
zafarkhalid@nibge.org
Current Interest in Research: Phytoremediation, Accumulation of
metals in plants, Bioremediation of oil polluted soil and water,
Biohydrometallurgy, Petroleum Biotechnology and Biotechnological
treatment of hazardous industrial
effluents. Environmental
Biotechnology and Biosafety, Food Technology.
Osores, Jose Manuel
Instituto Peruano de Energia
Nuclear
Av. Caminos del Inca 2785 - Surco - Lima
Phone:
0051-1-4885050
Email: josores@ipen.gob.pe
Field of experience: Environmental radioactivity,
radioecology.
Current interest: Phytoremediation of
abandoned mines, Phytoremediation and heavy metals.
Ghimire, Ashok B.
Environmental Engineer
Biotechnology
for the Environment and Chemical Industries,Inc. (BIOTECH ECI)
5A
Maginhawa St., U.P. Village 1101, Quezon City, M. Manila, Philippines
Phone: (63-2) 434 - 4450
Fax: (63-2) 928 - 7847 (c/o DBC)
Email: aghimire@philonline.com
Field of experience: Biological wastewater treatment.
Current interest: Phytoremediation and Bioremediation.
Mohamed Salah Beltagi
King Abdulaziz City for Science &
Technology
KACST, P.O.Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia
Phone: 01-480-3806
Fax: 01-480-3811
Email:
msbeltagi@yahoo.com
Field
of experience: Environmental plant Physiology
Current interest:
Phytoremediation
Mohammad Alhawi
King Abdulaziz University
College of Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia
Phone: 00966543419102
Fax: 0096626407990
Email:
bahawi@gmail.com
Field of
experience: Microbiology and innate immunology
Current interest:
Microbial biotechnology
Otto, Danie J.
Digby Wells & Asociates
Environmental Consultants
Private Bag x10046, Randburg, 2125,
South Africa
Phone: +27117899495
Fax: +27117899498
Email:
danie@digbywells.co.za
Field of experience: Botanist/Geomorphologist specialising
in the use of GIS and phytoremediation for the implementation of
Environmental Management Plans. Wetlands for water quality
improvement. Mining rehabilitation.
Current interest:
Halophyte establishment on mine tailings. Metal uptake from mine
residue from trees. Constructed wetlands for industrial and mine
water treatment.
van Rensburg, Peet Jansen
ENVIROGREEN (PTY) LTD.
P.O.Box 20813, Noordbrug, South Africa
Phone: +27-18-2977455
Fax: +27-18-2977458
E-mail: peet@envirogreen.co.za
Experience: Revegetation of saline, sodic soils and mine tailings
Interest: Plant-microbe interactions in desturbed/contaminated
areas. Hydro-carbon degradation
Bae, Bumhan
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Civil &
Environ. Engr.
KyungWon University
461-701, San 65, Bogjeong,
Sujeong, SungNam, Kyunggi
Phone: 082-31-750-5429
Fax:
082-31-750-5273
Email: bhbae@mail.kyungwon.ac.kr
Current interest: Bioremediation of toxic chemicals;
Permeable reactive barriers; Phyto-enhanced Bioremediation
Jung, Jinwook
Dept.of plant nutrition
Seoul Nat'l
Univ.
#103 Seodoon-dong , Suwon,
Phone: 82-31-2902414
Fax:
82-31-2938608
Email: jjw2@snu.ac.kr
Current interest: Cadmium tolerance in rice and barley.
SangHwan, Lee
Dept. of Agri. Chemistry 1 Anamdong
Sungbukgu Korea Uni Seoul, Korea 136-701
Phone: 82-02-929-9174
Fax: 82-02-925-1970
Email: soillsf@kuccnx.korea.ac.kr
Current interest: Organic chemical(PCBs,
PAH...)phytoremediation
Yongseok, Choi
School of Environmental Egineering
POSTECH
Pohang, S. Korea, 790-784
Phone: +82 562
279 5962
Fax: +82 562 279 2699
E-mail:
neptune@postech.ac.kr
Interest: Phytoremediation of Pb/diesel contaminated soil
Yongsik, Ok
Researcher, Lab. of Soil & Plant
Environment
Division of Environmental Science & Ecological
Engineering
Room-L404, College of Life and Environmental
Sciences, Korea
University, 1, 5-Ka, Anam-dong Sungbuk-ku,
Seoul,136-701 Korea
Phone: (82-2)3290-3474
Fax:
(82-2)925-1970
E-mail: soilok@korea.ac.kr
Field of experience
1. Soil Surface Charge Characterization
2. Modelling Metal Binding by Humic acid
3. Phytoextraction
of Cd contaminated soils
Current interest
1. Phytoremediation
of Polluted Agricultural Environment
2. Effect of Aging,
Complexing and Seqestering of Pollutant
Chung, Nam-Jun
111-105 Seijong Apartment, Jenmindong,
Yusunggu, Taijeon, South of Korea
Phone: 082-042-863-8118
Fax:
082-042-866-8008
Email: njchung@hanmail.net
Field of experience: Plant biotechnology
Current interest:
accumualtion and tolerent of Cu in plant
Yoo, Je-Geun
Plant Biotechnology Insitute, Dongbu
Research Council
103-2 Moonjidong, Daeduck Science Town, Daejon,
Korea
Phone: +82-42-866-8066
Fax: +82-42-866-8008
Email:
jgyoo@drc.re.kr
Experience:
Microbial Genetics
Current interest: Plant biotechnology,
Bioremediation
Dr Prasanna Abeyrathna
research student
University
of Peradeniya
No-55/A, Godagandeniya Road
Peradeniya
Phone:
+94812387733
Email: pksl@pearl.lanka.net
Current
interest: Phytoremediation by aquatic plants
Genetic bases of
heavy metal absorption
Dr Faisal Abdalla Sinada
Associate Professor
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of
Khartoum, SUDAN
Phone: 0024911260442
Email:
fsinada@hotmail.com
Field
of experience: Ecology of Algae
Current interest:
Phytoremediation of industrial wastewater
Intisar Elteraifi
Assistant Professor
ESNRD/FAS, P.O BOX 20, UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA, SUDAN
Phone:
00249120191282
Fax: 00249511828835
Email: esnrd@yahoo.com
Field of experience: Forest Ecology
Current interest:
Phytoremediation, energy & chemical ecology
Al-Abdullah Bayan
General Commission for Scientific
Agricultural Research
Douma - Damascus
Phone: 0096394248290
Email: bayanaaus@hotmail.com
Field of experience: water quality and wastewater reuse
Current
interest: heavy metals removal and wastewater consitutents effects on
oil and plant
McCoy, Anthony
Managing Director
Flowco Integrated
Drilling & Environmental Services (FIDES)
254 Soi Lad Phraw
107, Bang Kapi, Bangkok 10240
Phone: 66 1 808 6618 (Mobile)
Fax:
66 2 731 1971
Email: tmccoy@loxinfo.co.th
Experience: Waste Management and Remediation, primarily oilfield
drilling wastes
but company now diversifying into other areas
including composting for
sewage wastes and wastes from mining
operations
Current interest: Removal/recovery of arsenic from
large scaloe gold minimg operation.
Stabilisation/removal of lead
from mining operations. Treatment of
mercury contaminated wastes
from gas production.
Ertan Durmusoglu
University
of Kocaeli, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Environmental
Engineering
41040 Izmit, Kocaeli
Phone:
+90-262-335 5559
FAX: +90-262-335 5559
Email:
ertan_durmusoglu@yahoo.com
Field
of experience: Soil and groundwater remediation
Current interest: phytoremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons and metals, bioremediation of contaminated soils
Esra Güneri
Bagci
University of Ankara, Faculty of Agriculture,
Department of Soil Science
Email: eguneri@agri.ankara.edu.tr
Field
of experience: Plant nutrition, fertilizer and fertilization, plant
physiology, plant stress physiology
Current interest: heat stress, boron stress, metal stress, salt/drought/osmotic/water stress
Sibel Basakcilardan
Istanbul Teknik Universitesi ,
Kimya-Metalurji Fak. Kimya
Muhendisligi Bolumu, MASLAK-ISTANBUL /
TURKEY
Phone: +90(212)2853539 - +90(212)2617575
Email:
basakcilar@itu.edu.tr
Current interest: heavy metal accumulation , phytoremediation ,
remediation technologies
Dr. Ilker Senguler
General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration of Turkey (MTA)
(MTA Genel Mudurlugu Enerji Dairesi)
06520 Ankara, Turkey
Phone : 0 312 2873430 ext : 1232
Fax : 0 312 2853619
e-mail: ilker@mta.gov.tr
Field of experience: Oil shale, lignite (leonardit, gitya), coal bed methane (CBM), organic petrology.
Current interests: Utilization of solid fossil fuels as a soil conditioner or fertilizier, organic agriculture.
Turgut, Cafer
Adnan Menderes
University
Faculty of Agriculture
09100 Aydin/Turkey
E-mail: cturgut@adu.edu.tr
Field of experience: ecotoxicology, ecology, phytoremediation, bioremediation
Current interests: phytoremediation and bioremediation of pesticides
and heavy metals, toxicology of pesticides
Soaud, Abdou
Plant Production Department
Faculty of
Agricultural Sciences
UAE University
Position: Associate
Professor
Phone: +9713-7051445
Fax: +9713-632384
Email:
asoaud@uaeu.ac.ae
Experience:
Soil science
Current interest: Soil and water pollution and
phytoremediation
Quilici, Antonio
PDVSA-INTEVEP
Aptdo 76343
Caracas
1070-A
Phone: 58-212-3307571
Fax: 58-212-3307801
Email:
quilicea@pdvsa.com
Experience: Plant physiological ecology; ecophysiology of mineral
nutrition and photosynthesis; wetland ecosystems biogeochemistry;
ecological restoration of impacted wetland ecosystems;
phytoremediation of industrial waters
Current interest:
Phytoremediation of industrial waters