Luo Juan, PhD
Luo Juan is a senior engineer, master Supervisor, majoring in environmental engineering and working in Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (IEDA·CAAS). Has been engaging in research and development of agricultural waste recycling technology and equipments for a long time, as well as the green and low-carbon development of agriculture.
Aqeel Hasan Rizvi, PhD
Dr. Aqeel Hasan Rizvi is a Project Manager-Biochar and Integrated Farming System Scientist at CIFOR-ICRAF, Asia Program, New Delhi. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Agriculture sciences. Before joining ICRAF, he served a decade in ICARDA and brings the long experience of working/researching in the field with crops and soil; and dealing with farming communities. He has successfully managed research and development projects funded by international/ national donors and has collaborated with several national institutes (Indian Council of Agricultural Research -ICAR) and universities. He was a researcher at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, PUSA, New Delhi, for over five years in the Chickpea Program. He also worked as Training and Technical Officer at Institute for Micronutrient Technology, Pune, India. His role encompassed the training of farmers for balanced/complete plant nutrition and the prescription of crop nutrition requirements based on soil analysis and plant deficiency symptoms. To his credit, Dr Rizvi has a good number of national and international publications in the form of book chapters, research papers, abstracts, popular articles, etc.
Johannes Meyer zu Drewer
Johannes Meyer zu Drewer is researcher at the Ithaka Institute for Carbon Strategies. The Ithaka Institute is an international open-source network for carbon strategies. Ithaka became a leading research collaboration for carbon sequestration and cycling through agronomic methods. The Institute is known for its expertise in production, post-production treatment, and use of biochar. Ithaka established the European Biochar Certificate, the Global Artisan C-Sink standard and is developing further methods for carbon sink accounting and certification.