Bing Chen

Biography:

Dr. Bing Chen is Professor in Environmental Engineering, UArctic Research Chair in Marine and Coastal Environmental Engineering, Associate Dean (Acting) of Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science and former Department Head of Civil Engineering at Memorial University, Canada. He serves as Director of the Northern Region Persistent Organic Pollution Control (NRPOP) Laboratory and founding Director of the global Network on Persistent, Emerging and Organic PoLlution in the Environment (PEOPLE Network). He is also an affiliate faculty with University of California Berkeley and adjunct/visiting professor of five other institutions worldwide. He has been selected as a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), and Member of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) College.

He is an internationally respected leader in environmental engineering research and application with exemplary achievements in environmental emergency responses, water and wastewater treatment, persistent and emerging contaminants, AI-aided decision making, marine and coastal protection, environmental sustainability, cold region and climate change studies. He has produced over 450 technical publications and trained over 80 thesis-based graduate students and postdocs.

He has served as VP of CSCE, VP of the Canadian Association on Water Quality (CAWQ), VP of Sigma Xi Avalon Chapter, Senior Advisor of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Member of RSC Expert Panel, etc. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Systems Research, and also serves as Associate Editor of Canadian Water Resources Journal and Journal of Environmental Informatics Letters, Editorial Board Member of 6 refereed journals and Guest Editor of 7 refereed journals. He has given over 70 invited keynotes and guest lectures worldwide and received a large number of awards and honours at institutional, national, and international levels. As a registered Professional Engineer in Canada, he has provided consulting service to government, industry, NGOs and communities globally.