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We welcome Prof. Raghava R. Kommalapati from Prairie View A&M University, USA, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Prof. Kommalapati is the Director of Center for Energy & Environmental Sustainability, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446, USA; and a Professor of Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446, USA. Prof. Kommalapati has extensive experience in energy and environmental sustainability and environmental impacts of energy production. We are grateful to Prof. Kommalapati for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Maria Panitsa from University of Patras, Greece, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr. Panitsa is an Assistant Professor in Flora and Phytogeography, Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, GR-26504, Rio - Patras, Greece. Dr. Panitsa has extensive experience in biodiversity, plant species diversity, plant ecology, ecosystem ecology, biodiversity monitoring, biogeography, island ecosystems, conservation biology, and conservation. We are grateful to Dr. Panitsa for her participation and support.

We welcome Prof. João Miguel Dias from Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Prof. Dias is a Professor, CESAM, Departamento de Física, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. Prof. Dias has extensive experience in physical oceanography, estuaries and lagoons, sea level, coastal flooding, climate change, coastal zone monitoring, mixing and transport processes, tides, morphodynamic, numerical modelling of coastal zones, and physical/biology/chemical interactions. We are grateful to Prof. Dias for his participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Nicole Mölders from University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Prof. Mölders is a Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Geophysical Institute and College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 903, Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320, USA. Prof. Mölders has extensive experience in remote sensing, atmospheric physics, climate change, hydrology, climate variability, precipitation, soil and environment. We are grateful to Prof. Mölders for her participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Amanda Laca from University of Oviedo, Spain, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr. Laca is an Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Oviedo, C Julian Claveria S-N, Oviedo 33071, Spain. Dr. Laca has extensive experience in wastewater treatment, food engineering, dairy microbiology, waste, environmental assessment and microplastics. We are grateful to Dr. Laca for her participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Won-Ho Nam from Hankyong National University, Korea, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Prof. Nam is an Associate Professor, Department Head, School of Social Safety and Systems Engineering, Hankyong National University, Anseong 17579, Korea. Prof. Nam has extensive experience in climate change, water resources management, water resources, evapotranspiration, water resources engineering. We are grateful to Prof. Nam for the participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Petros Ganatsas from University of Thessaloniki, Greece, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Prof. Ganatsas is a Professor, Laboratory of Silviculture, School of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, POB 262, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece. Prof. Ganatsas has extensive experience in plant ecology, ecology, environment, environmental science, biodiversity & conservation, natural resource management, environmental impact assessment, vegetation and biodiversity. We are grateful to Prof. Ganatsas for the participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Cosimo Magazzino from Roma Tre University, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Prof. Magazzino is a Professor of Professor of Econometrics, European Economic Policy and Energy and Environmental Economics, Department of Political Sciences, Roma Tre University, Via G. Chiabrera 199, 00145, Rome (RM), Italy. Prof. Magazzino has extensive experience in public finance, energy econometrics, environmental Kuznets curve, time series econometrics, panel data models, Machine Learning experiments, Artificial Neural Networks analysis, relationship among CO2 emissions, GDP and energy consumption. We are grateful to Prof. Magazzino for the participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Chris G. Tzanis from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr. Tzanis is a renowned scholar who specializes in climate dynamics, climate physics, climate change and variability, aerosols, ambient air quality, ozone-climate interactions, atmospheric physics and chemistry, nonlinear processes, artificial intelligence and machine learning, remote sensing. We appreciate Dr. Tzanis for his participation and support.