[VSI:CEJ] Advancing Sustainable BioChemical Engineering Technologies in Ecological and Environment Development toward Carbon Neutrality 

 https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/317343/advancing-sustainable-biochemical-engineering-technologies-in-ecological-and-environment-development-toward-carbon-neutrality

Advancing Sustainable BioChemical Engineering Technologies in Ecological and Environment Development toward Carbon Neutrality

Submission deadline: 31 December 2025

In an era marked by heightened concerns over natural resource depletion, climate change, and carbon emissions, the importance of sustainable resource circularity across various domains - air, water, and solid materials - has surged. Innovative (bio)chemical techniques have played pivotal roles in advancing sustainable ecological and environmental development. 

Guest editors:

Managing Editor  

Prof. Chae Soryong, University of Cincinnati, U.S.A. (Executive Editor, CEJ)

Guest Editors 

Prof. Lekkas Dimitris-Frag, Aegean University, Greece (Email: dlekkas@aegean.gr)  

Prof. Vincenzo Naddeo, University of Salerno, Italy (Email: vnaddeo@unisa.it) 

Prof. Shao-Yuan Leu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (Email: syleu@polyu.edu.hk) 

Prof. Orlando Rojas, University of British Columbia, Canada (Email: orlando.rojas@ubc.ca) 

Prof. Jason Hallett, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (Email: j.hallett@imperial.ac.uk) 

CEJ Editors 

Prof.Carol S.K. Lin, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Editor, CEJ) 

Prof. Antonis A. Zorpas, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus (Editor, CEJ) 

Prof. Youngjune Park, GIST, South Korea (Editor, CEJ) 

Special issue information:

In an era marked by heightened concerns over natural resource depletion, climate change, and carbon emissions, the importance of sustainable resource circularity across various domains - air, water, and solid materials - has surged. Innovative (bio)chemical techniques have played pivotal roles in advancing sustainable ecological and environmental development. 

Intermediates or process by-products derived from both natural and artificial systems—such as greenhouse gases, food residues, sewage and its sludge, marine sediments, and biomass—hold different values in various regions. For example, corn and sugarcane are used as fuel sources in the United States, while they cannot be utilized for the same purpose in China. Additionally, food waste problems are significantly more severe in metropolitan areas compared to rural regions. 

To address these challenges, scientists, researchers, and engineers must develop safer, more efficient, and sustainable processes that integrate green chemistry innovations into practice. Biochemical and chemical engineering play a crucial role in facilitating sustainable manufacturing by creating products through environmentally conscious processes that conserve energy and resources while minimizing environmental impacts. Life cycle assessments enable informed decision-making to optimize resource circularity. 

By embracing sustainable technologies, we can unlock new possibilities for achieving carbon neutrality, where net carbon dioxide emissions are balanced by equivalent removals. 

Scope and Topics 

Water – Energy - Food nexus 

Water resource management with nature-based solution  

Progressive wastewater treatment technologies 

Carbon capture and sequestration 

Waste strategies development, end of waste criteria, solid waste engineering 

Environmental biotechnology and bioenergy 

Food waste valorisation and high added value products 

Biorefinery technology for lignocellulosic biomass 

Life cycle assessment, life cycle inventory, and material flow analysis  

Circular (bio)economy and climate change  

Artificial intelligent and machine learning in chemical and environmental engineering 

Climate mitigation and adaptations (bio)techniques  

Manuscript submission information:

Review Process 

To ensure rigorous quality control, it is important to clarify that acceptance by the conference does not equate to automatic acceptance by the Chemical Engineering Journal (CEJ). External session chairs will not be authorized to evaluate or accept papers on behalf of the journal. Instead, an Executive Editor and/or Editor from CEJ will act as managing editors to oversee quality control. The proposed approach is as follows: 

Papers submitted to the conference will first undergo the conference’s paper selection review process. 

The Technical Program Committee or Session Chairs of the conference will select the best papers that fall within the scope of the Special Issue in CEJ and extend an “INVITATION” to the authors to submit full papers to CEJ. It is important to note that publication is not guaranteed at this stage. 

Submitted papers will then be subject to CEJ's standard review procedures, with final decisions made by the handling (guest) editors at CEJ. The papers should follow the Chemical Engineering Journal guidelines. 

 https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/chemical-engineering-journal/publish/guide-for-authors  

Paper Submission 

Manuscript submission information: Hybrid (invitation and open call) 

The first submission date: July 01, 2025 

The closing date for submission: December 31, 2025 

Please submit your paper to Editorial Manager®, and select the article type “VSI: SusBioChem2025" to ensure your manuscript is included in this Special Issue.​