Mohsen Padervand is a full professor at the University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran. He received his doctoral degree in physical chemistry from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2013. Mohsen passed a postdoctoral fellow in Institute for Biotechnology and Environment, Sharif University of Technology in 2014. He has been working at Department of Chemistry, University of Maragheh since September 2015. As a visiting scholar, he has performed parts of his researches in Max-Planck institute (Mainz-Germany), Shaanxi University of Science and Technology (Xi’an-China), and Ca’Foscari University (Venice-Italy). He is now an Associate Editor of Environmental Chemistry Letters (Springer, IF=25.2), and Section Editor of Environmental Sustainability (Springer, IF=4.6). His research interests include photocatalysis, environmental pollution, fabrication-characterization-development of novel semiconducting nanomaterials, and the mechanism of contaminants removal under light. Webpage link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MPgfX3EAAAAJ&hl=en