Deborah Onyancha | Sustainable Agriculture | Research Excellence Award

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Ms. Deborah Onyancha | Sustainable Agriculture | Research Excellence Award

University of Nairobi | Kenya

Deborah M. Onyancha is a Kenyan agroecosystems researcher and PhD candidate in Management of Agroecosystems and Environment at the University of Nairobi. She holds an MSc in Land and Water Management and a BSc in Agroecosystems Management. Her professional experience spans research and consultancy roles with IITA, CGIAR, ILRI, KEFRI, and environmental agencies, focusing on sustainable agricultural water management and agroecology. Her research interests include resilient agroecosystems, soil-water-biodiversity interactions, pollution mitigation, and climate adaptation in smallholder farming systems. She has received multiple fellowships and professional training awards and actively contributes to science-policy dialogue for sustainable and climate-resilient food systems.

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Sallah Al Hashedi | Plant Microbiology | Excellence in Research award

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Assist. Prof. Dr. Sallah Al Hashedi | Plant Microbiology | Excellence in Research award

Central Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa | Saudi Arabia

Sallah Abdulgani Ahmed Al-Hashedi is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology specializing in Food Microbiology, with a PhD and MSc from Sana’a University. His academic and professional career spans food industries, university teaching, research laboratories, and quality management roles in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. His research focuses on food and dairy microbiology, bacteriocins from lactic acid bacteria, natural antimicrobials from plants, microbial food safety, essential oils, and nanoparticle applications. He has led and contributed to multiple research projects, supervised laboratory operations, and published extensively in international journals. His work advances safe, functional, and sustainable food systems through applied microbiological research.

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Classification and Nomenclature of Different Site-Specific Nucleases for Genome Editing

– Genome Editing for Crop Improvement: Theory and Methodology , 2025

Xinguo Chen | Precision Agriculture | Best Paper Award

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Dr. Xinguo Chen | Precision Agriculture | Best Paper Award

North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power | China

Dr. Xinguo Chen is an Assistant Researcher at the North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, specializing in agricultural hydrological remote sensing and sustainable water resource management. He earned his Ph.D. in 2021 from Northwest A&F University, where he developed expertise in crop evapotranspiration, drought mechanisms, and climate change impacts on agriculture. With over 23 peer-reviewed publications in SCI and Scopus-indexed journals, his research has been widely recognized, accumulating more than 908 citations and reflected in an h-index of 17. Dr. Chen has successfully led two major research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund and the Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Agricultural Water Resources, while also contributing to seven additional national and provincial/ministerial-level projects. His scholarly contributions extend to serving as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Agricultural Water Management, Remote Sensing, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, and Journal of Environmental Management. He has also authored one book and engaged in industry consultancy projects aimed at improving water use efficiency. Dr. Chen’s research continues to advance agricultural resilience, remote sensing innovation, and water-efficient crop management to support sustainable food security.

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Chen, X., Huang, Y., Liu, M., Ren, D., Li, Y., & Huang, Q. (2025). Improving crop evapotranspiration estimation in the Yellow River Basin: A modified SEBAL model approach and spatiotemporal trend analysis. Agricultural Water Management.

Chen, X., Huang, Q., Xiong, Y., Yang, Q., Li, H., Hou, Z., & Huang, G. (2023). Tracking the spatio-temporal change of the main food crop planting structure in the Yellow River Basin over 2001–2020. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.

Chen, X., Li, Y., Yao, N., Liu, D. L., Liu, Q., Song, X., Liu, F., Pulatov, B., Meng, Q., & Feng, P. (2022). Projected dry/wet regimes in China using SPEI under four SSP‐RCPs based on statistically downscaled CMIP6 data. International Journal of Climatology.

Brocca, L., Tullo, T., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., & Morbidelli, R. (2012). Catchment scale soil moisture spatial–temporal variability. Journal of Hydrology.

Ceccon, C., Panzacchi, P., Scandellari, F., Prandi, L., Ventura, M., Russo, B., Millard, P., & Tagliavini, M. (2010). Spatial and temporal effects of soil temperature and moisture and the relation to fine root density on root and soil respiration in a mature apple orchard. Plant and Soil.

Jean-Baptiste Thomas | Climate Change | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Jean-Baptiste Thomas | Climate Change | Best Researcher Award

KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden

Dr. Jean-Baptiste E. Thomas is a bilingual and multinational researcher with expertise spanning France, the UK, the USA, and Sweden, specializing in industrial ecology, marine sustainability, and the blue bioeconomy. He earned a PhD in Industrial Ecology from KTH Stockholm in 2018, following an MSc in Sustainable Technology and a BSc in Geography from King’s College London. With a strong academic and professional trajectory, he has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Kristineberg Marine Research Station and currently serves as a Researcher at KTH Stockholm, while also engaging in consultancy for life cycle and sustainability assessments. His research primarily addresses seaweed aquaculture, circular economy applications, nutrient loop closure, and environmental life cycle analysis. Dr. Thomas has published extensively in high-impact journals, achieving an h-index of 15 with over 24 peer-reviewed documents and more than 562 citations (Scopus). He has been invited as keynote and plenary speaker at major international conferences, including the International Seaweed Symposium (2025), and has led and co-led several Formas and EU-funded projects. Passionately involved in teaching and supervising students, he actively integrates sustainability and biodiversity into education. His contributions continue to shape sustainable marine biomass utilization, with global recognition as a leading voice in blue bioeconomy research.

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“Exploring the contribution of multi-use approach in fostering local blue economy: Insights from the Global South”

“Integrating biodiversity impacts into seafood life cycle assessments: pathways for improvement”

“Governance hurdles for expansion of low trophic mariculture production in Sweden”

“Life cycle environmental impacts of kelp aquaculture through harmonized recalculation of inventory data”

“Two decades of research on ocean multi-use: achievements, challenges and the need for transdisciplinarity”

“Life Cycle Assessment of a large commercial kelp farm in Shandong, China”

“Comparative life cycle assessment of conventional and novel microalgae production systems and environmental impact mitigation in urban-industrial symbiosis”