Dr Rafik Naccache is an Associate Professor, Director of the Centre for NanoScience Research and a Concordia University Research Chair at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He obtained his PhD (2012) in Chemistry at Concordia University and carried out his NSERC postdoctoral training at l’Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique. Dr Adedapo Adeola was awarded a PhD (2022) in Chemistry at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, with a thesis focused on the development of advanced carbon-based materials for water treatment applications. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for NanoScience Research at Concordia University focused on developing carbon nanomaterials/composites for contaminant detection and remediation.