Environmental Resilience, Climate and Sustainability

Dr. Min-cheng (Mason) Tu is an Assistant Professor in the Program of Environmental Science at the College of Coastal Georgia, USA. He earned his PhD in Water Management and Hydrological Science from Texas A&M University. His research focuses on hydrology, stormwater management, environmental modeling, GIS, remote sensing, climate resilience, urban heat islands, and nature-based solutions. He serves as an Associate Editor and Guest Editor for international journals and has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in leading environmental science journals.

Maria Gabriela Fragoso Soares Pereira Meirelles holds a Diploma in Physics from the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1992), a Master’s degree in Geophysics (Meteorology) from the University of Lisbon, Portugal (1997), and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of the Azores, Portugal (2009), with a specialization in Geophysical Sciences. She lectures in areas including meteorology, atmospheric sciences, climatology, general physics, physics for biology, and geophysics at undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research focuses on Climate Change, with particular emphasis on its implications for Health, Energy, and Food Security. She has presented her work at several scientific conferences and has published in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, she has supervised Master’s theses and serves as a reviewer for various scientific journals.

Dr. Chinedu Donatus Ani is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geology, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre of Excellence in Environmental Management and Green Energy (CEMAGE). He holds a PhD in Applied Geophysics and possesses over 25 years of experience in geophysics, environmental management, climate risk assessment, geospatial analysis, and disaster risk reduction. His research focuses on climate resilience, environmental sustainability, groundwater assessment, flood susceptibility mapping, environmental geohazards, and geospatial modeling. Dr. Ani has published extensively in reputable international journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science and actively contributes to multidisciplinary environmental and climate-related research initiatives.