Plenary & Keynote Speakers
16th International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Remediation (ICEPR 2026)
Dr. Edwin Routledge
Brunel University, UK
Dr Edwin Routledge FRSB is an ecotoxicologist and sustainability specialist with more than three decades of experience at the interface of chemical pollution, environmental health, and regulatory science. His pioneering research on endocrine-disrupting chemicals has had significant policy impact, contributing to the inclusion of 17a-ethinylestradiol on the EU Water Framework Directive Watch List, new restrictions on parabens, and tighter controls of alkylphenol ethoxylates under REACH. Formerly a senior academic and Division Lead at Brunel University London, he has supervised numerous doctoral researchers, led major interdisciplinary programmes in sustainability and environmental science, and contributed to the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for endocrine disruption research. As Director of PEAAR Ltd, Dr Routledge now advises government agencies and industry on sustainable chemical management, environmental protection, and water treatment innovation. A member of the UK REACH Independent Scientific Expert Pool (RISEP), he works across toxicology, systems thinking, and sustainability science to support strategic, future-fit approaches to chemical regulation. A frequent keynote speaker and journal editor, Dr Routledge works at the interface of science, policy, and sustainability to help shape a safer and more sustainable chemical future.
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Dr. Wunmi Sadik
New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
Omowunmi "Wunmi" Sadik is a Distinguished Professor and Vice Provost for Academic Faculty Affairs at the New Jersey Institutes of Technology (NJIT). She is the Director of NJIT's BioSMART Center. Sadik joined NJIT in 2019 after more than two decades at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton, where her exceptional research innovation and teaching performance saw her progress to full professorship and served as Director of the Center for Research in Advanced Sensing Technologies & Environmental Sustainability (CREATES). She received PhD in Chemistry from the University of Wollongong, Australia, and did her postdoctoral research at the US Environmental Protection Agency. Sadik has held appointments at Harvard University, Cornell University, and the Naval Research Laboratory. Sadik holds five US patents and has been recognized for research innovation in biosensors and sustainable nanotechnology. Her group focuses on the understanding of interfaces, in particular, electrochemical interfaces, and how to use this knowledge to pursue innovative bio (analytical) sensing technologies for improving human health and the environment. She has led her team in translating basic biosensor research into a portable, fully autonomous, and remotely operated sensing device known as an Ultra-Sensitive Portable Capillary Sensor, or U-PAC. Sadik's inventions have helped drive changes in many areas, including nanotechnology, pain management, and counter-terrorism. Professor Sadik has published over 220 peer-reviewed publications and has given over 450 invited lectures and conference contributions worldwide. Her works have appeared in journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society, NanoLetters, ACS Sensors, Analytical Chemistry, ACS Catalysis, Chemical Communications, and Biosensors & Bioelectronics. Sadik has secured over $9 million in research grants and contracts from government agencies and private sector institutions such as the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Naval Research Laboratory, and by private and non-profit sectors such as Procter & Gamble and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Dr. Ronald Sims
Utah State University, USA
Dr. Ronald C. Sims currently serves as Co-director of the Sustainable Waste to Bioproducts Engineering Center (SWBEC) and Huntsman Corporation Endowed Professor at Utah State University . He is the founding head of the Biological Engineering department. With a B.S. degree in biology (University of Dayton, Ohio) and M.S. degrees in global public health (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and environmental engineering (Washington State University) and a Ph.D. degree in biological and agricultural engineering (North Carolina State University), Dr. Sims embraces a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary view of the world. He has worked outside of academia for Mobay Chemical Company, subsidiary of Bayer AG, as Supervisor of the Environmental Control Laboratory, for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the U.S. State Department Agency for International Development (AID) as Director of the International Program in Environmental Aspects of Industrial Development, for Research Triangle Institute (North Carolina) as a process engineer for coal gasification in the Southeast U.S., and for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) at the Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center (Oklahoma). He also served as Director of the State of Utah Water Research Laboratory for seven years. He also currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Bioresources and Bioproducts.
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