Dr. Venkata Siva Naga Sai Goli is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE. He previously served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Center for Resource Management and Solid Waste Engineering, University of Kassel, Germany, and earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay with a focus on waste management and landfill mining. Recipient of the Environmental Geotechnics Award from ICE UK (2023), he has published over 40 research papers and actively reviews for more than 20 international journals, earning accolades such as the Top Reviewer Award from Waste Management and Excellence in Review from the Journal of Environmental Management. His teaching areas include solid waste management and landfill engineering, while his research interests span landfill management and mining, microplastics characterization, polymer recycling, waste degradation, decontamination of waste matrices, and environmental systems modeling.