The Research Management Center congratulates Lin Zuchao, Ooi Jun Keat and Asst. Prof. Ts. Dr. Vincent Woon Kok Sin from XMUM School of Energy and Chemical Engineering for publishing a research article in Science of the Total Environment, a Q1 journal with an impact factor of 7.963.

Ts. Dr. Vincent Woon is the corresponding author of this research article. Graduated from NESE, Lin Zuchao and Ooi Jun Keat are currently pursuing their master’s degree at University New South Wales, Australia and XMUM, respectively.

With the title of “An integrated life cycle multi-objective optimization model for health-environment-economic nexus in food waste management sector”, this study proposes a simple and deterministic model that integrates life cycle assessment and multi-objective mathematical optimization to unpack the health-environment-economic wellbeing nexus based on five food waste disposal and valorization technologies. The results indicate that anaerobic digestion of food waste has the lowest impacts on human health and ecosystems. If cost is included, high-temperature drying sterilization will be the most popular technology.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151541 

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Figure illustrated the combined application of life cycle assessment and mathematical optimization to quantify the life cycle human heath, environmental and economic impacts in the food waste management sector.

Image	Lin Zuchao: “It is my great honor to publish this paper in Science of the Total Environment. I never imagined that one day I would be able to publish a paper as the first author in an international journal. I would like to express my utmost gratitude to Dr. Vincent for his valuable support and encouragement, which help me to make great progress in academic research and writing skills. Also, I would like to thank my peer Jun Keat for his contribution to this research.”
Image	Ooi Jun Keat: “Writing and publishing a paper might sounds tedious, but things change when we work as a team. I am thankful for the guidance of Dr. Vincent and the inspiration from my peer Lin Zuchao. I hope that our research team can continuously produce more high-quality publications to inspire the scholars of the next generation.”
Image	Ts. Dr. Vincent Woon serves as an Assistant Professor at XMUM School of Energy and Chemical Engineering. With 10-year academic and industry experience in environmental management and green city planning, his research interests include carbon footprint analysis, life cycle assessment, recycling of solid waste, green township and building development, and energy optimization. Since joining XMUM, he received several international awards, including the YSEALI Academy Seminar Fellowship by the US Department of State, CrossCulture Programme Fellowship by the German Federal Foreign Office, and First Prize of the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development by the Global Development Network. He is also a Professional Technologist with the Malaysia Board of Technologists and a GreenRE Accredited Professional of Real Estate & Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia.