Dr. HAI NGUYEN TRAN is currently the director of Center for Energy and Environmental Materials, Institute of Fundamental and Applied Sciences at Duy Tan University, Vietnam. His interesting research includes adsorption science and technology, physical and chemical materials, catalysis, advanced oxidation processes, and waste management. Dr Tran (ORCID: 0000-0001-8361-2616) has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and some book chapters. He is a reviewer for many reputable journals (>100) in different publishers. Based on the Scopus database, Stanford University annually published the World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking. Dr. Tran was ranked in this list in 2022 (ranking 13,713 and self-citation: 6.24%), 2021 (14,704 and self-citation: 8.85%), and 2020 (25,844 and 13.56%, respectively). Moreover, he was ranked #2 in Vietnam and #4687 in the World among Best Scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences for 2023 (Research.com). He has been serving as an editor (Water Science and Technology), associated editor (Environment, Development and Sustainability; Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society; Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry (Section Sorption Technologies); Vietnam Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering), academic editor (Adsorption Science & Technology), advisory editorial board (Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology), and editorial board member of several prestigious journals.