Marzena Banach | Sustainable Agriculture | Research Excellence Award

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Assist. Prof. Dr. Marzena Banach | Sustainable Agriculture | Research Excellence Award

Assistant Professor | Poznan University of Technology | Poland

Dr. Marzena Banach is a researcher specializing in smart city technologies, environmental monitoring systems, and hardware-efficient artificial intelligence. Her research focuses on intelligent air-pollution sensing, remote sensing analytics, low-power embedded systems, and AI-driven environmental prediction models, with emerging interests in sustainable urban infrastructure and smart architectural solutions. She has held key research roles in multidisciplinary projects addressing smart cities, intelligent transportation systems, and environmental data acquisition, contributing extensively to both academic and applied research initiatives. Dr. Banach’s major contributions include the development of hardware-optimized sensor architectures, novel neural-network training schemes for air-quality prediction, and high-resolution pollution mapping frameworks deployed in dense urban environments. Her work has advanced real-time environmental monitoring, informed sustainable urban planning, and strengthened data-driven decision-making in smart city ecosystems. Through her research, she aims to bridge intelligent electronics, environmental sustainability, and urban innovation to support resilient, technology-enabled cities worldwide.

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Ahsen Işık Özgüven | Sustainable Agriculture | Women Researcher Award

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Prof. Dr. Ahsen Işık Özgüven | Sustainable Agriculture | Women Researcher Award

Norther Cyprus | Cyprus International University | Cyprus

Ahsen Işık Özgüven is a distinguished researcher specializing in horticulture and plant physiology, with a strong emphasis on fruit science and sustainable crop production systems. Her research focus centers on fruit crop physiology, irrigation strategies, plant growth regulators, and varietal adaptation, with emerging interests in improving yield stability, fruit quality, and stress resilience under diverse agro-ecological conditions. She has held key academic and research roles at Cyprus International University and has collaborated extensively with national and international agricultural research programs. Her major contributions include pioneering studies on deficit irrigation, fruit cracking physiology, and hormonal regulation in crops such as pomegranate, strawberry, pistachio, tomato, and hazelnut, significantly influencing horticultural management practices. Through high-impact publications and applied research, her work bridges fundamental plant physiology with practical solutions for growers, contributing to sustainable agriculture, efficient water use, and enhanced food security at regional and global scales.

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Pomegranate growing in Turkey

– Options Méditerranéennes, Série A: Séminaires Méditerranéens, 2000

Important diseases of pomegranate fruit and control possibilities in Turkey

– I International Symposium on Pomegranate and Minor Mediterranean Fruits, 2006

Hormone physiology of preharvest fruit cracking in pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)

– X International Symposium on Plant Bioregulators in Fruit Production, 2005

Temam Mama | Agroforestry | Research Excellence Award

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Mr. Temam Mama | Agroforestry | Research Excellence Award

Researcher | Haro Sabu Agricultural Research Center | Ethiopia

Temam Mama Ayano is a researcher specializing in agroforestry, soil management, and forest resource assessment, with a strong focus on sustainable land-use systems in tropical and termite-affected ecosystems. His research centers on multipurpose tree performance, integrated termite management, soil fertility dynamics, bamboo adaptation, and ecosystem-based agricultural resilience, with emerging interests in watershed management and organic soil amendments. He has served as a researcher at the Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Haro Sabu Agricultural Research Center, since 2013 and currently contributes as a focal person for major development and climate-resilient agriculture projects, including CALM P4R and AECSAM initiatives. His key contributions include field-validated agroforestry innovations, soil fertility evaluation frameworks, and region-specific tree adaptation models that support sustainable agriculture and forestry policy. Through applied research and scientific publications, his work advances climate-smart agroforestry practices, strengthens food and ecosystem security, and supports scalable solutions for sustainable rural development.

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Adaptation and growth performance of multipurpose trees under Haro Sabu condition.

– Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare, 2017

Adaptation and growth performance of lowland bamboo species at Haro Sabu condition

– International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development, 2023

 

Konstantinos Voudouris | Water Management | Best Researcher Award

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Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Voudouris | Water Management | Best Researcher Award

Professor | Aristotle Uiversity of Thessaloniki | Greece

Dr. Konstantinos (Kostas) S. Voudouris is a Professor of Hydrogeology specializing in groundwater systems, aquifer vulnerability, and sustainable water resources management. His research focuses on groundwater quality assessment, pollution risk mapping, aquifer recharge, seawater intrusion, and integrated hydrogeological modeling, with emerging emphasis on climate-change-driven droughts and sustainable groundwater governance. He has held long-standing academic leadership roles at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, serving as Director of the Laboratory of Engineering Geology & Hydrogeology, and has also contributed internationally as a Guest Professor in China. Dr. Voudouris has made significant contributions through the development of innovative vulnerability assessment methods, groundwater management frameworks, and decision-support tools widely applied in Europe and beyond. His work informs environmental policy, water resource planning, and ecosystem protection initiatives. Driven by an impact-oriented vision, he aims to advance science-based groundwater management solutions that support water security, environmental sustainability, and resilient socio-economic development globally.

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Ferdinando Branca | Urban Agriculture | Research Excellence Award

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Prof. Dr. Ferdinando Branca | Urban Agriculture | Research Excellence Award

Full Professor | University of Catania | Italy

Ferdinando Branca is a senior researcher and academic specializing in horticultural science, plant genetics, and sustainable agriculture, with a strong focus on vegetable crop improvement and agrobiodiversity conservation. His research centers on Brassica crops, plant stress physiology, bioactive compounds, and the development of resilient, high-quality cultivars under Mediterranean and climate-stressed environments, integrating molecular markers, phenotyping, and sustainable production systems. He has held long-term academic positions at the University of Catania, progressing through research and professorial roles and currently serving as a Full Professor in agricultural and environmental sciences. His key contributions include advances in Brassica germplasm characterization, identification of stress- and disease-resistance traits, and innovations in sustainable and organic horticultural practices with relevance to breeding and policy-oriented agrobiodiversity management. His impact vision emphasizes translating plant genetic research into sustainable food systems, supporting climate adaptation, biodiversity preservation, and global innovation in horticulture and crop resilience.

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Poonam Karki | Microbial Ecology | SustainableAg Leadership Award

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Dr. Poonam Karki | Microbial Ecology | SustainableAg Leadership Award

Research Associate | Lincoln University of Missouri | United States

Poonam Karki is a researcher specializing in soil health, cover cropping systems, and organic agriculture, with strong expertise in statistical analysis and data-driven agronomic research. Her research focus centers on integrating living perennial cover crops into organic vegetable systems, evaluating soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, and assessing sustainable land-use practices that enhance ecosystem resilience and productivity. She currently serves as a Research Assistant at Lincoln University of Missouri, where she contributes to interdisciplinary projects examining soil health gradients, cover crop performance, and organic system transitions. Her key contributions include advancing knowledge on perennial versus annual cover crop impacts, generating evidence-based insights for organic management strategies, and supporting sustainable agriculture frameworks through empirical field research. Her impact vision is to strengthen climate-smart and regenerative agricultural systems by translating soil health science into scalable practices that improve environmental sustainability, food system resilience, and long-term agroecosystem performance.

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Soil health characteristics across a gradient of organic land-use intensity in Mid-Missouri

– ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2023

Marina Lopez-Pozo | Climate Change Mitigation | Research Excellence Award

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Dr. Marina Lopez-Pozo | Climate change mitigation | Research Excellence Award

Postdoctoral Researcher | University of Colorado Boulder | United States

Dr. Marina López-Pozo is a plant ecophysiologist specializing in photosynthesis, plant stress biology, and functional plant responses to extreme environments. Her research focuses on photoprotection mechanisms, desiccation and freezing tolerance, carotenoid dynamics, and the ecological and evolutionary performance of terrestrial and aquatic plants, with emerging emphasis on Lemnaceae as sustainable crops for CO₂ sequestration and nutritional innovation. She holds a research appointment at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she contributes to interdisciplinary plant biology and climate-related research initiatives. Dr. López-Pozo has played a key role in advancing understanding of xanthophyll cycles, stress resilience in Antarctic and resurrection plants, and the optimization of duckweed systems for food and bioresource applications. Her work has generated high-impact publications influencing plant physiology, environmental adaptation research, and sustainable agriculture strategies. Her impact vision centers on translating plant stress-tolerance mechanisms into scalable solutions for climate resilience, food security, and environmentally responsible bio-innovation.

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Koray Kacan | Sustainable Water Cycles | Best Researcher Award

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Koray Kacan | Sustainable Water Cycles | Best Researcher Award

Lecturer and Researcher | Muğla Sitkı Koçman University | Turkey 

Dr. Koray Kacan is a researcher specializing in Weed Science and Sustainable Crop Protection, with expertise in invasive plants, parasitic weeds, herbicide resistance, and weed control in organic production systems. His research focuses on understanding weed ecology, resistance mechanisms to herbicides, and developing environmentally sound and non-chemical weed management strategies, including innovative technologies such as microwave-based control methods. Dr. Kaçan has served in key academic and research roles, contributing extensively to applied agricultural research through long-term field studies and collaborative projects. His major contributions include the identification of herbicide-resistant weed populations, first reports of invasive parasitic weeds in new cropping systems, and the advancement of alternative weed management approaches for organic and conventional agriculture. His impact vision centers on supporting sustainable agriculture by reducing chemical dependency, improving crop productivity, and informing science-based weed management practices that benefit farmers, ecosystems, and global food security.

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Navdeep Singh | Soil Conservation | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Navdeep Singh | Soil Conservation | Best Researcher Award

Assistant Professor | Western Kentucky University | United States

Dr. Navdeep Singh is a researcher specializing in Soil Physics and Hydrology, with strong expertise in soil water management, conservation practices, and sustainable agriculture. His research focuses on understanding soil pore architecture, hydrological processes, and greenhouse gas dynamics under conservation tillage, cover cropping, and integrated crop–livestock systems, using advanced tools such as X-ray computed tomography and simulation modeling. He has held key academic research roles at Western Kentucky University and collaborated extensively with multidisciplinary teams addressing soil health and climate-smart agriculture. Dr. Singh’s major contributions include high-impact studies on soil structural dynamics, water availability, carbon sequestration, and management-driven improvements in agroecosystem resilience, influencing best management practices and soil health assessment frameworks. His work supports evidence-based agricultural policies and field-scale decision-making. Driven by an impact-oriented vision, Dr. Singh aims to advance sustainable land-use systems that enhance productivity, conserve water resources, mitigate climate impacts, and strengthen global food security through science-based innovation.

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Workiye Getnet Abera | Sustainable Agriculture | Editorial Board Member 

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Mr. Workiye Getnet Abera | Sustainable Agriculture | Editorial Board Member

Lecturer and Researcher | Debre Tabor University | Ethiopia

Workiye Getnet Abera is a dedicated researcher and lecturer specializing in Chemical and Food Engineering, with a strong focus on sustainable materials, food quality enhancement, and green bioprocessing technologies. His research centers on developing bio-based products, optimizing agro-industrial waste conversion, and advancing innovative materials such as antimicrobial biolubricants, biodegradable films, and functional food products; emerging interests include circular bioeconomy strategies and eco-friendly polymer alternatives. He has served as a lecturer, researcher, and reviewer at Debre Tabor University since 2024 in the School of Chemical Engineering, following four impactful years at Dilla University where he contributed to teaching and research in Food Engineering. His key scientific contributions include the synthesis and optimization of antimicrobial biolubricants derived from Ocimum lamiifolium and lactic acid, the development of biodegradable bioplastic films from banana peel starch blended with cellulosic fibers, and advancements in gluten-free sorghum bread formulation enriched with sweet lupin flour, all of which demonstrate innovation in material science, sustainability, and food technology. In addition to his research outputs, he has provided extensive peer-review service across leading journals in food science, polymer research, environmental chemical engineering, and biomass valorization, supporting academic quality and scientific integrity. His work collectively contributes to global sustainability efforts by creating environmentally responsible alternatives to petroleum-based products, improving food system resilience, and promoting value-added utilization of agricultural residues. With a forward-looking vision, Workiye aims to strengthen the role of green engineering in driving industrial innovation, enhance the accessibility of sustainable materials, and support science-based solutions to environmental and societal challenges worldwide.

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1. Abera, W. G. (2024). Synthesis, characterization, and optimization of antimicrobial biolubricant derived from Ocimum lamiifolium and lactic acid. Heliyon, e38972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38972

2. Abera, W. G. (2024). Quality assessment of gluten-free sorghum bread prepared with sourdough and the addition of sweet lupin flour. CYTA – Journal of Food, Article 2397022. https://doi.org/10.1080/19476337.2024.2397022

3. Abera, W. G. (2023). Synthesis and characterization of bioplastic film from banana (Musa Cavendish species) peel starch blended with banana pseudo-stem cellulosic fiber. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-04207-8