Natural Organic Matter in Water

Mika Sillanpää’s research work centers on chemical treatment in environmental engineering and environmental monitoring and analysis. He received his M.Sc. (Eng.) and D.Sc. (Eng.) degrees from Aalto University, where he also completed an MBA degree in 2013. He has published more than 850 articles in peer-reviewed international journals. Dr. Sillanpää has received numerous awards for research and innovation. He is the first Laureate of Scientific Committee on the Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)’s Young Investigator Award, which was delivered at the UNESCO Conference in Shanghai 2010 for his “significant contributions, outstanding achievements, and research leadership in Environmental Technological Innovations to address present water pollution problems worldwide, especially with regard to wastewater treatment and reuse”. He has supervised over 60 PhDs and has reviewed over 250 academic journals and published more than 1000 articles in peer-reviewed international journals. He has served on the editorial boards of several scholarly publications. Dr. Yuri Park completed her PhD degree at Queensland University of Technology, Australia in 2013 and obtained her Post-doctoral fellowship at Dalhousie University with Centre of Water Resources and Studies. Currently, she is appointed as an assistant professor in DGC, at LUT University and throughout her academic and research career. Her main research areas are the synthesis of sustainable nanomaterials and their application for environmental remediation, water quality analysis, and development of water treatment techniques such adsorption, extraction and AOPs including UV, Ozone, and photo(electro)catalysis, analytical method development/validation, and chemical analysis of environmental contaminants in various matrices,. She has published more than 25 articles in the past six years in international journals in the fields of chemistry, material science, earth and planetary science, and environmental science and engineering. Dr. Yuri Park completed her PhD degree at Queensland University of Technology, Australia in 2013 and obtained her Post-doctoral fellowship at Dalhousie University with Centre of Water Resources and Studies. Currently, she is appointed as an assistant professor in DGC, at LUT University and throughout her academic and research career. Her main research areas are the synthesis of sustainable nanomaterials and their application for environmental remediation, water quality analysis, and development of water treatment techniques such adsorption, extraction and AOPs including UV, Ozone, and photo(electro)catalysis, analytical method development/validation, and chemical analysis of environmental contaminants in various matrices,. She has published more than 25 articles in the past six years in international journals in the fields of chemistry, material science, earth and planetary science, and environmental science and engineering.