Prof. Seung-Whee RHEE received his Ph.D. from the Department of Chemical Engineering in Louisiana State University (LSU) in 1991. He is President of the Korea Basel Forum, approved by Ministry of Environment of Korea, since 2012 and National Expert of Korea in Minamata Convention and Basel Convention since 2019. In 1994 he became a Professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering at Kyonggi University in Korea and in 2023 an Emeritus Professor at the same institution. He is former Dean of the Graduate School of Engineering in Kyonggi University (2022-2023), former Editor in Chief at the Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management (Springer | 2020-2021) , as well as Former President of the Korea Society of Waste Management (2018-2019).