Prof. Tapas K. Das, PhD, PE, BCEE, FAIChE, FIIChE, FICS, is a Chemical and Environmental Engineer, a Fellow member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, and Indian Chemical Society; Past Chair of the AIChE's Environmental Division; Former Chair of the Air Pollution Control Committee of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE) and Board of Trustee with the Academy; former senior environmental engineer at the Washington Department of Ecology; since 2005 Prof. Das has been teaching at Saint Martin's University, Washington; formerly Assistant Professor in Paper Science and Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point; supervised MS and PhD students; served as an external examiner for Chem. Eng. Program at the University of Surrey, UK, IIT Roorkee and Calcutta University. Dr. Das holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India, and PhD from Bradford University, UK. Dr. Das was a postdoctoral fellow at London’s Imperial College of Science and Technology, and a visiting scientist at Princeton University. Dr. Das is a registered professional engineer (PE) in the states of Washington and Wisconsin. Prof. Das serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management, published by International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water. Prof. Das is the author of two books: Industrial Environmental Management: Engineering, and Science and Policy, 1e (John Wiley & Sons, 2020)(Industrial Environmental Management: Engineering, Science, and Policy | Wiley); Toward Zero Discharge: Innovative Methodology and Technologies for Process Pollution Prevention (John Wiley & Sons, 2005) (Toward Zero Discharge: Innovative Methodology and Technologies for Process Pollution Prevention | Wiley); co-editor of a book entitled: Remediation of Plastic and Microplastic Waste (CRC Press, 2024) , and 16 book chapters, and over 50 publications