Prof. Dr. Mustafa El-Rawy is a professor of water resources at the Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Egypt. He earned his Ph.D. in Water Resources Engineering from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in 2013. He completed his M.Sc. in Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE Programme) from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in 2009. He served as a postdoctoral fellow at Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, focusing on the project "Managed Aquifer Recharge using Treated Wastewater in Different Geological Settings of MENA Countries" from September 2014 to September 2015. He also held a postdoctoral fellowship at VUB from October 2015 to March 2016. He has extensive research experience in various areas including water resources management, hydrology, groundwater modeling, managed aquifer recharge (MAR), groundwater-surface water interaction, flood hazards, climate change, water quality, riverbank filtration, and artificial intelligence techniques. Prof. El-Rawy has authored or co-authored more than 100 papers across national and international journals, conferences, books, and book chapters. Moreover, he is a reviewer for several international scientific journals indexed in Scopus and WoS. Currently, he is working as a professor of water resources engineering at the College of Engineering, Shaqra University, since 2019.Prof. Abdelazim Negm is a professor of Hydraulics (and Water Resources) at Zagazig University. His current domain of research is sustainable water resources and their management. He led several international projects and participated in some others. Prof. Negm is a member of IAHR, ICWEES, EGU, and IAH, and a member of the scientific committee of several international conferences and of the organizing committee of others and participated in more than 95 conferences. He delivered several keynote talks at international conferences. Also, he is a reviewer for more than 50 international scientific journals that indexed in Scopus and WoS. He has published more than 350 papers, 100 book chapters, and 50 contributed volumes from 2017 to 2021 in Springer International Publishing House. He is the editor of the Springer book series “Earth and Environmental Science Library Series“ and “Deltas of the World Book Series“. He is a guest editor of several International journals and a member of the editorial board of others. He is a member of Springer's Handbook of Environmental Chemistry Book Series.
