Dr. Jayaram Reddy Katta (Prof. K.J. Reddy) is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, College of Agriculture, Life Sciences, and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming, USA. He has over four decades of distinguished academic, research, and outreach experience in environmental science, with internationally recognized expertise in geochemistry of water, environmental chemistry, air quality, and water quality. Prof. Reddy earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Quality from Colorado State University and served the University of Wyoming for more than 30 years in multiple leadership roles, including Professor, Chair of the Water Resources Graduate Program, Deputy Director of the School of Energy Resources, and Research Scientist at the Wyoming Water Research Center. His pioneering research includes the discovery and development of Accelerated Mineral Carbonation (AMC) for direct capture and mineralization of industrial flue gas CO₂, innovative methods for arsenic removal from drinking water using CuO nanoparticles, and extensive work on coalbed methane produced water management. He has secured over USD 28 million in competitive research funding, published more than 350 scientific works, edited internationally published books, holds multiple U.S. patents, supervised a large number of graduate and postdoctoral researchers, and received numerous national and international awards for research, teaching, and service.