Dr. Abdelfatah Abomohra
Aquatic Ecophysiology and Phycology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, MIN Faculty, University of Hamburg, Germany. 
Brief introduction: He was awarded Alexander-von-Humboldt fellowship in 2022. He has published 165 articles with H index of 45. He was one of the World’s Top 2% of Scientists List by Stanford University (In 2020-2022). He received Young Scientist Medal from International Association of Advanced Materials (Sweden).
Research Interests: algal biotechnology and value-added products through processing of waste streams.
Presentation Title: Sustainable applications of algal biotechnology in food and agriculture

Dr. Chua Lee Suan
Associate professor from the Department of Bioprocess and Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).
Brief Introduction: She is also a research fellow in Institute of Bioproduct Development, UTM, supervising postgraduates and actively involved in many governmental and industrial projects since 2006. She manages to secure funding supporting her research activities and has over 150 indexed research articles published. She is reviewer and editor for prestigious international journals, and is in the list of top 2% Scientists in the world issued by Stanford Univerity. She is a registered chemist from the Malaysian Institute of Chemistry and appointed assessor of Standards Malaysia for MS ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation in testing and calibration laboratories. Her current H-index: 36.
Research Interests:  LC-MS/MS based metabolomics, phytochemical profiling, herbal processing & standardization, honey & honey bees related product development, and food product quality improvement
Presentation Title: Alkaline hydrolysis of stingless bee propolis from heterotrigona itama

Dr. Luís Manuel Lopes Rodrigues Da Silva
CPIRN-UDI-IPG–Research Unit for Inland Development, Center for Potential and Innovation of Natural Resources, Polytechnic of Guarda, Portugal
Health Sciences Research Centre (CICS-UBI), Beira Interior University, Portugal
Brief Introduction: He has participated in many research projects under contract, supervised/ed or co-supervises/ed 70 research students, including 5 PhD and 6 MSc students.  He authored more than 75 publications in journals indexed at Journal Citation Reports from ISI Web of Knowledge, two books, and 20 book chapters from international editors and has more than 150 communications in national and international meetings. His H-index is: 28.
Research Interests: metabolomics applied to natural matrices, biological screening of natural products and establishment of composition/bioactivity relationships, and food microbiology
Presentation title: TBA.

Dr. Masoumeh Ghalkhani
Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Electrochemistry Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shahid RajaeeTeacher Training University, Iran.
Brief Introduction: She specializes in the preparation and application of chemically modified electrodes. She was a visiting researcher in Prof. Ana Maria Oliveira-Brett 's research group at the University of Coimbra in the period of 2009-2010. Her current H-index: 27.
Research Interests: chemistry education, synthesis of nanomaterials and their application for electro-analytical chemistry, electro-chemical catalysis, fuel cells, supercapacitors, and sensors, mainly focused on fabrication and application of modified electrodes and biosensors.
Presentation title: A nanocomposite of multi-walled carbon nanotube, hydroxyapatite, and copper-based MOF developed for fentanyl analysis

Prof. Mohammed Abdullah Alshawsh
Professor at Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia & Monash University, Australia.
Brief Introduction: He has extensive experiences in the area of microbiome, metagenomics, systematic review and meta-analysis, toxicology including acute, subacute, and chronic toxicity, genotoxicity, teratogenicity and postnatal developmental toxicity. He is a scientist member of Faculty of Medicine-Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (FOM-IACUC)-University of Malaya. He has obtained several research grants, such as UMRG, BKS, PPP, PRGS and FRGS. He has published over 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals with an h-index of 21 and has given over 25 invited and plenary lectures at international conferences and international workshops. 
Research Interests: pharmacological investigations of flavonoids, polyphenols, probiotics and their role in the management of colorectal cancer, obesity, diabetes, and fatty liver diseases as well as investigating the underlying molecular mechanisms of actions and signalling pathways. 
Presentation Title: Exploring the Link between Probiotics, Gut Microbiota, and Preventing Colorectal Cancer

Prof. Zafar Iqbal
Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha,  Pakistan
Research Interests: Mycology, Postharvest Pathology, Integrated Plant Disease Management, Electron Microscopy
Presentation Title: Citrus Decline: Myth and Management

Dr. Imran
Agriculture Officer, District Director Agriculture Extension Merged Area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan 
Brief Introduction: He was awarded Swiss Development cooperation scholarship for completion of his doctorate under climate change related study. Dr. Imran published more than 80 Research articles and 30 books chapters related to climate change and crop production along with sustainable soil management practices. Recently Dr. Imran bestowed Turk Presidential scholarship award and presently working as a visiting professor and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cukurova, Faculty of Agriculture, Turkey. His current H-index: 20.
Research Interests: Specialization Crop Production; Integrated Nutrients Management; Climate change; Climate corridors and forecasting.
Presentation title: TBA.
 

Prof. Dr. Cristiano José De Andrade
Professor, Department of Chemical and Food Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Brief Introduction: He is currently professor at the Graduate Program in Chemical Engineering at UFSC (PósEnq). He is a member of the Red Iberoamericana para el Tratamiento de Efluentes con Microalgas (RENUWAL-Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Spain, Mexico, Portugal). He is coordinator of PRH / ANP 11.1-Sustainable Energy Development in the Oil, Gas and Biofuels Sector. He has an H-index of 17.
Research Interests: Development of biotechnological processes related to bacteria, icro and macroalgae, particularly metabolism (proteomics); Bioproducts with high surfactant activity;  Purification processes, membranes and high pressure extraction and identification of biomolecules; Application of advanced biosurfactants and bioactive compounds; Development of food processes.
Presentation Title: Biosurfactants as structure directing agents of hierarchical zeolites.

Prof. Dr. Shahrul Razid Sarbini
Professor, Campus Director, Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu Sarawak Campus, Malaysia.
Brief Introduction: His field of expertise is on Functional Foods. He has published fruitful papers associated with the prebiotic evaluation of local food, gut microbiota assessment, starch modification, together with functional food enhancement. He has also spoken in various conferences and seminars. He has an H-index of 16.
Research Interest: Functional Foods (Prebiotic; Probiotic; Gut Microbiota), development of sago starch as a potential prebiotic; Structure and function relationship of prebiotic; Screening of novel probiotic microorganisms from the environment.

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