Biography

Dr. Saady is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is specialized in bioprocesses and biotechnologies treating and converting organic waste into biofuel, bioenergy and value-added by-products using wet and dry anaerobic digestion and microbial fuel cell. He obtained two NSERC Postdoctoral awards and gained postdoctoral experience at the Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Sherbrooke, Qc, where he investigated livestock and agricultural waste management. He received seven prestigious scholarships, including three NSERC scholarships. He published 35+ research articles, two book’s chapters, and presented in many national and international conferences. He served on organizing, program, or scientific committees for more than 18 international conferences. His research is funded by NSERC Discovery Grant and the Canadian Agriculture Partnership Program. He served as inaugural Editor-in-Chief for Advances in Recycling & Waste Management, a peer-reviewed journal published by Omics International. He also served as a handling editor for the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM) and the International Journal of Environmental Engineering (IJEE) (Inderscince publishes both) from Jan. 2012 to Jan. 2016.

Education

2011        Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
1995        M.Sc., Environmental Engineering, University of Technology, Iraq
1992        B.Sc., Building and Construction Engineering, University of Technology, Iraq

Selected Professional Activities

2021                     Guest Editor, Energies, MDPI
2021                     Guest Editor, AgriEngineering, MDPI
2016 - 2018        Editor-in-Chief for Advances in Recycling & Waste Management, OMICS International
2012 - 2016        Handling editor for International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM), Inderscience
2012 - 2016        Handling editor for International Journal of Environmental Engineering (IJEE), Inderscience

Conferences Program Committees

• Member of the organizing committee for the International Conference on Sustainable Bioplastics (Bioplastics 2016). November 10-12, 2016 Alicante, Spain. link
• Member of the organizing committee for the 4th International Conference on Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. October 20-21, 2016, Houston, Texas, USA.
• Member of the organizing committee for the World Bioenergy Congress and Expo (Bioenergy 2016). June 13-14, 2016, Rome, Italy. link
• Member of the international program committee for 13th Bio World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, 17-20 April 2016. San Diego, California.
• Member of the international program committee for 12th Bio World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, Montreal 19-22 July 2015. link
• Member of the international program committee the 8th annual BIO Pacific Rim Summit on Biotechnology and Bioenergy, December 8-11, 2013. San Diego, California.
• Member of the international program committee for 10th Bio World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, Montreal 16-19 June 2013.
• Member of the international committee for: The 7th IASME/WSEAS International Conference on Energy and Environment-EE'12. Greece, July 14-17, 2012. link
• Member of the international committee for: The 3rd IEEE Conference on Energy, Environment, Devices, Systems, Communications, Computers. Finland, April 18-20, 2012.
• Member of the Scientific Committee for the Forum of Department of Environment, Faculty of Public Health, University of Garyounis, Benghazi-Libya. 2001 and 2003.
• Member of the Scientific Committee to promote the scientific curriculum for the Higher Center of Engineering Vocations, Benghazi-Libya. 1998-2001.

Affliations

• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with Professional Engineers and Geo-Scientists Newfoundland and Labrador -PEGNL
• International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
• Member of Iraqi Engineers Union since 1992
• Member of Libyan Engineers Association since 1996