Dr. Haniyeh Jalalipour received her B.Sc. in water engineering in 2010 and M.Sc. in Irrigating and Drainage in 2014 from Shiraz University. She joined the Shiraz solid waste management organization in 2014 and meanwhile started her PhD in waste and resource management with the faculty of Rostock University in 2017. Currently, she is a full-time Research Assistant at Rostock University and the chair of the ISWA International Solid Waste Association YPG. Her research interest is composting biodegradable municipal waste with a focus on developing countries.