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Angelo Michele Carella

Internal Medicine Department of "T. Masselli-Mascia" Hospital, Italy

Biography:

A.M. Carella, after Medicine degree, obtained specialization in Internal Medicine, postgraduate diplomas in Diabetes and Obesity and university Master's Diploma in Healthcare Management. He operates at the Internal Medicine Department of "T. Masselli - Mascia" Hospital in San Severo (Foggia), Italy. He took part, as chairman/speaker, in national and international scientific congresses/meetings and he is member of "Italian Association of Dietetics and clinical nutrition (ADI)" and "Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Study Group" of EASD. Research areas/field of expertise: Internal medicine; diabetology; nutrition, obesity and metabolism; cardiovascular diseases; oncology. Editorial activity: Editorial Board member/Reviewer of several scientific journals; Author/Co-Author of more than 100 publications scientific journals/conference proceedings (Google Scholar h-index: 6).

Raffaele Pilla

St. John of God Hospital, Italy

Biography:

Raffaele Pilla, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Doctor Europaeus, received his Master’s degree in Pharmacy at G.d’Annunzio University in Chieti-Pescara, Italy in 2005, where he also served internships at the Cell Physiology Laboratory and Molecular Biology Laboratory. Prior, he was an Erasmus Student at Faculté de Pharmacie de Reims in Reims, France. He received his Doctor Europaeus in 2010 from Pitié-Salpétrière Institute in Paris, France. Also in 2010, he received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Physiology, and Pathology of Muscle at G. d’Annunzio University in Chieti-Pescara, Italy. He was hired as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida in Tampa, on two research grants funded by the Office of Naval Research (US Navy) and Divers’ Alert Network. He has written and lectured widely worldwide. He has been involved in ongoing research at the University of South Florida with the use of ketone esters.

Zeneng Wang

Cleveland Clinic, United States

Biography:

Dr. Zeneng Wang received bachelor’s degree from Fudan University, and master’s degree and PhD from Peking University. Since Jan, 2003, she joined Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute as Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Research Associate, Project Scientist and now Staff Scientist. He was awarded American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant and NIH RO1 grants. Dr Wang reported the association between TMAO metaorganismal pathway and cardiovascular disease the first time. So far, he has published more than 97 papers in high-impact journals, including Nature, Cell, Nature Medicine, European Heart Journal and Cell Metabolism as well.

David Henman

Rivalea Australia, Australia

Biography:

Mr David Henman graduated from Sydney University in 1987 and began his career with PIC as a Trainee Manager providing data for the development of the Auspig simulation model. Moving to Colborn Dawes Australia in 1989 and then joining Bunge, now Rivalea Australia (the largest integrated pig producer in Australia) in 1991 and since 1995 involved in developing research objectives for internal research as well as principle investigator for research work conducted on behalf of other commercial companies and the pig industry research bodies and completing a Master of Science in Vet Science in 2004.

Ascension Marcos

Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN). Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain

Biography:

Pioneer in the field of Immunonutrition, Founder and President of the International Society for Immunonutrition (ISIN).In 2006 Prof. Marcos achieved the top position as Research Professor at the Spanish National Research Council.Past-President of the Spanish Societies of Nutrition, Food and Dietetics (FESNAD)Past-President of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS)Responsible for Institutional Affairs of the Spanish Society of Microbiota, Probiotics and Prebiotics (SEMiPyP)95 research projects, 578 publications (303 SCI original articles, 31 SCI reviews, 17 SCI special issues, 86 non-SCI original articles and 7 non-SCI reviews, 114 chapters, 8 books and 9 book editions.

Justyna Zulewska

University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

Biography:

Dr. Justyna ?ulewska studied Food Technology and Nutrition at Olsztyn Academy of Agriculture and Technology, Poland. Her doctorate was received in 2004 from University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland with her dissertation in the area of functional properties of whey proteins. She then has been employed at University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland. She completed several fellowships at Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Universidade de Aveiro, University of Hawaii at Manoa, and Cornell University.  She has published over 80 journal articles and presented over 90 communications/abstracts to national and international conferences. Her main research interests are: factors influencing quality and yield of cheese, production of cheese with altered ratio of casein fractions, whey management, factors affecting the efficiency of filtration processes, food product development, functional dairy ingredients.