Combating desertification

Auroop Ratan Ganguly, PhD, Northeastern University, USA

Auroop R. Ganguly is a Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He also serves as the Co-Director of the Global Resilience Institute and holds affiliate appointments with the Khoury College of Computer Science and the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. Additionally, Auroop is a Chief Scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and a co-founder of the climate analytics startup risQ. With a background at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Oracle Corporation, he has contributed to UN and US intergovernmental reports, earning recognition as a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Auroop earned his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the intersection of weather and hydrologic extremes, lifeline infrastructure resilience, and machine learning. Professor Ganguly has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2015.

Pingping Luo, PhD, Chang’an University, China

Pingping Luo is a full professor at the School of Water and Environment, Chang’an University. He graduated from the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University in 2012. He did postdoc research in DPRI, Kyoto University, and IAS, United Nations University from 2012 to 2016. His major is focused on Hydrological modeling, Flood disaster, Water resource management, and Environmental Engineering. Professor Pingping Luo has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2023.

Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, PhD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi is a Professor of Climate Change, Food Systems, and Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and an Honorary Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the University of Nottingham. He is an expert in climate change, food systems, and the water-energy-food nexus. He is passionate about capacity building and has experience translating research evidence to inform policy and practice in the global South. Professor Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2022.

Ram L Ray, PhD, PE, Prairie View A&M University, USA

Ram Ray is a Professor at Prairie View A&M University. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering, an MS in Soil Science, and a BS in Civil Engineering. Ray’s research interests include climate-smart agriculture, carbon sequestration, climate change, Hydrology-land surface-atmosphere interactions, soil water dynamics, watershed hydrology, and modeling. Professor Ram Ray has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2023.