Suanny Mosquera Romero
Chair, Chemical Industries Specialist Group
Suanny is a Chemical Engineer and Professor at Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) in Ecuador. Through her water treatment classes, she aims to empower global professionals in the Water and Chemical Industries. Wastewater treatment is one of Ecuador’s most pressing needs. Suanny believes that industries have a significant role to play in expanding water treatment capacity across the country. Many countries face similar challenges due to water scarcity, contamination, and population growth. Reusing water and implementing innovative technologies are key to solving these challenges, but partnerships and strategic alliances with other stakeholders are also vital.
As Chair of the IWA Chemical Industries Specialist Group, Suanny promotes global knowledge exchange, connects industry and academia, explores new technological advancements, and manages strategic stakeholder engagement. She also serves as Chair of the IWA Young Water Professionals Ecuador Chapter.
Aaron Burton
Chair, Efficient Urban Water Management Specialist Group
Aaron has worked across the UK and internationally in various roles with water companies, NGOs, consulting firms, academia, regulatory agencies, and government. He currently leads the water resources, drought, and water demand teams at the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Previously, he served as Secretary of the Efficient Specialist Group, Water Resources Theme Leader for the 2018 and 2021/22 IWA World Water Congress Programme Committees, and as a member of the CIWEM Water Resources Panel and the Mayor of London’s Water Advisory Group. Aaron is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, an Environmentalist, and a Chartered Scientist.
Dr. Rohini Ganorkar
Chair, Forest Industry Specialist Group
Rohini is a Senior Technical Assistant at the Forest Survey of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. She specializes in remote sensing and GIS techniques for forest cover mapping, spatial planning, mangrove studies, and related applications.
She holds a PhD in Biotechnology from RTM Nagpur University and has published research on bacterial strains at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). As Chair of the Forest Industry Specialist Group, she aims to foster multidisciplinary collaboration and make a significant impact through innovative approaches in forestry and water-related domains.
Prof. Sarah Hendry
Chair, Institutional Governance & Regulation Specialist Group
Sarah is an academic lawyer specializing in water and environmental law. She is Head of Law at the University of Dundee and works within the UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy, and Science.
She serves as Scottish Editor for the Journal of Water Law and the Journal of Environmental Law and Management. Her research spans Scottish, EU, and comparative water law, with a focus on governance, service regulation, and emerging pollutants.
Prof. Rosina Girones
Chair, Health-Related Water Microbiology Specialist Group
Rosina Girones is a Professor of Microbiology at the University of Barcelona and Dean of the Faculty of Biology. An IWA member since 2000, she has regularly presented at IWA conferences since 1996, particularly with the Health-Related Water Microbiology Specialist Group.
She has served on several IWA organizing committees and was a member of the IWA COVID-19 Task Force during the pandemic.
Victor-Lucian Croitoru
Chair, Public & Customer Communications Specialist Group
Victor is the Communications Director at Somes Water, Romania’s second-largest regional water utility. He holds degrees in Mass Communication, Sociology, and Cultural Anthropology, along with a specialization in Diplomatic Negotiation.
With over 25 years of experience in strategic communication, PR, and customer relations in the public water sector, Victor has also been a co-founder and board member of the Global Network of Water Museums, acknowledged by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP).
In his new role as Chair, he aims to invigorate the Management Committee and advance IWA’s strategic communications goals.
Prof. Luiza Campos
Chair, Sanitation & Water in Developing Countries Specialist Group
Luiza is a Civil Engineer with a PhD from Imperial College London and an MSc from the University of São Paulo, Brazil.
She spent a decade with a public water and sanitation company in Goiás, followed by ten years as a lecturer at the Federal University of Goiás.
Now Professor of Environmental Engineering at University College London, her research focuses on water treatment technologies, the water–energy–food nexus, and advancing sanitation, hygiene, and health outcomes in developing regions.
Prof. How Yong Ng
Chair, Membrane Technology Specialist Group
Dr. Ng How Yong is a Changjiang Scholar Professor at Beijing Normal University (Zhuhai) and Adjunct Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
His research centers on sustainable water management, particularly biological treatment, membrane bioreactors, and microbial electrochemical sensors for water reuse and resource recovery.
With over 430 publications and editorial roles at Water Research and Water Reuse, he is a Fellow of both IWA and the Academy of Engineering Singapore.
Prof. J. Paul Chen
Chair, Nano & Water Specialist Group
Prof. Chen has been at the National University of Singapore since 1998, contributing to R&D, education, and consultancy across water treatment, safety, carbon capture, and biomedical engineering.
He has led over 100 projects, published 200+ papers and book chapters (H-index 74), and holds 8 patents.
Since 2023, he has chaired the IWA Nano and Water Specialist Group Management Committee. He is also Vice Chair of IChemE Singapore and recipient of the IChemE Sustainable Technology Award.
Prof. M. Sivakumar
Chair, Sustainable Coastal & Estuarine Development Specialist Group
Assoc. Prof. Muttucumaru Sivakumar teaches Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wollongong, Australia.
He has more than 30 years of academic and research experience and was instrumental in establishing the environmental engineering discipline at UOW.
With over 200 technical publications and 27 PhD completions under his supervision, his expertise spans coastal reservoirs, pollutant export, and sustainable water/wastewater technologies.
He is the inaugural Chair of the Sustainable Coastal and Estuarine Development Specialist Group.
Dr. Ioannis K. Kalavrouziotis
Chair, Water in Ancient Civilizations Specialist Group
Dr. Kalavrouziotis is President of the Hellenic Open University in Greece and a Professor of Environmental Geochemistry. He has served in multiple leadership roles, including Director of the Wastewater Management Master’s Programme, Guest Professor at Hubei University (China), and Director within the Greek Ministry of Agriculture.
A long-standing IWA member, he has chaired the IWA Symposium on Water, Wastewater, and Environment: Traditions and Culture and now leads the Water in Ancient Civilizations Specialist Group.
He has published 6 books, over 120 peer-reviewed papers, and more than 200 conference papers.
