Arsenic Remediation of Food and Water: Technological Interventions and Perspectives from Developing Countries

Prof. Bhaskar Sen Gupta is a Professor at the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Institute for Infrastructure and Environment, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburg, Scotland, United Kingdom. He is an environmentalist having a special interest in contaminated water and soil treatment. His work on sub-surface arsenic remediation without any use of chemicals or waste generation received worldwide acclaim for novelty and sustainability. He has been involved in environmental research with a special focus on low-cost water and wastewater treatment in Asian countries over the past 30 years. During this time, he has implemented many groundwater/soil remediation projects in India, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Chile, and Mexico.

Prof. Nadia Martínez-Villegas is a Professor at the Applied Geoscience Division at IPICYT in Mexico, president of the National Institute of Geochemistry (INAGEQ), co-chair of the Arsenic Research and Action Network (ARAN), and editor of the Royal Society Open Science. She is also the principal lead of more than 10 research projects, co-author of more than 50 research papers, advisor to more than 25 doctoral, master's, and bachelor's theses, and advocate of science outreach. She was recognized with the Royal Society Newton Advanced Fellowship, as a finalist of the Newton Prize in 2018, and as a mentor for women in STEM. She was awarded scholarships and prizes from Mexico, Cuba, Italy, and the UK. Her research focuses on studying arsenic and trace elements in the environment.

巴斯卡·森·古普塔教授是英國蘇格蘭愛丁堡赫瑞瓦特大學基礎設施與環境研究所能源、地球科學、基礎設施與社會學院的教授。他是一位環保專家，對受污染水和土壤的處理特別感興趣。他在不使用任何化學品或產生廢物的情況下進行地下砷修復的工作，因其創新性和可持續性而獲得全球讚譽。在過去30年中，他專注於亞洲國家的低成本水和廢水處理的環境研究。在此期間，他在印度、馬來西亞、孟加拉國、柬埔寨、智利和墨西哥實施了多個地下水/土壤修復項目。

納迪亞·馬丁內斯-維利加斯教授是墨西哥IPICYT應用地球科學部的教授，國家地球化學研究所（INAGEQ）主席，砷研究與行動網絡（ARAN）共同主席，以及《皇家學會開放科學》的編輯。她還是超過10個研究項目的主要負責人，50多篇研究論文的共同作者，25篇以上博士、碩士和學士論文的顧問，以及科學推廣的倡導者。她曾獲得皇家學會牛頓高級研究獎學金，2018年牛頓獎的決賽入圍者，以及STEM女性導師。她獲得來自墨西哥、古巴、意大利和英國的獎學金和獎項。她的研究重點是研究環境中的砷和微量元素。