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Luke Engelking

UT Southwestern Medical Center, United States

Biography:

Dr. Engelking completed undergraduate studies in biochemistry at Texas A&M University (1996-2000), joint MD/PhD training (2000-2007) at UT Southwestern in Dallas, where he studied cholesterol metabolism under Nobel Laureates Goldstein and Brown.  He then completed clinical training at Massachusetts General Hospital (2007-2010), an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and then returned to UT Southwestern for clinical and research fellowship in gastroenterology (2010-2014). He is a teaching gastroenterologist and serves as the director of the Hereditary GI Cancer Clinic. His laboratory focuses on lipid metabolism in the GI tract and in GI cancers.

Vladimir Gorchakov

Novosibirsk State University, Russian Federation

Biography:

Dr. Vladimir Gorchakov graduated from the Novosibirsk Medical Institute (1978). Recently, he has been working as a teacher at Novosibirsk State University. His doctoral dissertation was made based on materials from the 30 Soviet Antarctic expedition (1984-1985), where for the first time he investigated the influence of polyphenolic (plant) complexes on the adaptive processes of the organism. He received a doctorate in medical sciences (1991). The author created the direction of lymphonutricology, which provides for the development of bioactive plant-mineral additives with a lymphotropic effect. Author of the book "Undesirable Effects of Bioactive Additives."

Iuliana Vintila

University ”Dunarea de Jos” Galati, Romania

Biography:

Vintila Iuliana is actually Associate Professor, PhD in Food Science and Engineering. She is author of 23 books and book chapters in international and national publishing houses (Elsevier, Wiley, Lambert, etc.), first author and co-author for 19 articles in ISI journals and relevant ISI proceedings, 107 BDI scientific papers indexed in recognized international databases, articles presented in national & international conferences and published articles revues. Also, she is member of prestigious international organization such European Federation of Food Science and Technology (2009), Co-Chair (since 2013) and Chair (since 2022) of Nutrition WG in Global Harmonization Initiative, International Society of Food Engineering (2010), Balkan Environmental Association (2008), Global Environmental Standard (GES) Community of Interest (2011), European Academy for Education and Social Research (2012). She acts as international projects Expert for European Science Foundation, Eurostar Program, EC « Expert area in the Participant Portal » and « Connecting Europe Facility », Horizon Europe Program, EU TAIEX, COST, EACEA, Erasmus Mundus (2010). She is Guest Associate Editor and Research Topic Editor for “Frontiers in Food Science and Technology”, Regional Editor “Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology”, Academic Editor “European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety”, Editorial Board Member SciEdTech, Editorial Board Member “African Journal of Water Conservation and Sustainability”, “EC Nutrition” Editorial Board, Editorial board “Clinical Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics”, Editorial Board “Discoveries in Food Technology and Nutrition Sciences”, etc.Vintila Iuliana is actually Associate Professor, PhD in Food Science and Engineering. She is author of 23 books and book chapters in international and national publishing houses (Elsevier, Wiley, Lambert, etc.), first author and co-author for 19 articles in ISI journals and relevant ISI proceedings, 107 BDI scientific papers indexed in recognized international databases, articles presented in national & international conferences and published articles revues. Also, she is member of prestigious international organization such European Federation of Food Science and Technology (2009), Co-Chair (since 2013) and Chair (since 2022) of Nutrition WG in Global Harmonization Initiative, International Society of Food Engineering (2010), Balkan Environmental Association (2008), Global Environmental Standard (GES) Community of Interest (2011), European Academy for Education and Social Research (2012). She acts as international projects Expert for European Science Foundation, Eurostar Program, EC « Expert area in the Participant Portal » and « Connecting Europe Facility », Horizon Europe Program, EU TAIEX, COST, EACEA, Erasmus Mundus (2010). She is Guest Associate Editor and Research Topic Editor for “Frontiers in Food Science and Technology”, Regional Editor “Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology”, Academic Editor “European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety”, Editorial Board Member SciEdTech, Editorial Board Member “African Journal of Water Conservation and Sustainability”, “EC Nutrition” Editorial Board, Editorial board “Clinical Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics”, Editorial Board “Discoveries in Food Technology and Nutrition Sciences”, etc.

Sena Ardicli

Bursa Uludag University, Turkey

Biography:

Dr. Sena Ardicli is an associate professor at the Bursa Uludag University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Genetics in Turkiye. He received his first PhD degree in 2015 at the same institution. Dr. Ardicli started his second PhD at the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of Biology in 2018. Now, he is participating studies and experiments in Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), Switzerland, regarding a scientific project on the effects of conventional/A2 milk. His areas of expertise are molecular biology and genetics, population genetics, genomic selection, meat science, and animal biotechnology. Dr. Ardıçlı has more than 150 publications related to his subject and has received many awards in different symposiums and congresses.

Dipak P Ramji

Cardiff University, United Kingdom

Biography:

Dipak Ramji is Professor of Cardiovascular Science and Deputy Head of the School of Biosciences at Cardiff University. He is also Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. He received his BSc (Hons) degree (Biochemistry) and his PhD (Molecular Biology) from the University of Leeds. This was followed by post-doctoral research at EMBL (Heidelberg) and IRBM (Rome) with fellowships from the Royal Society and the EU. His current research is focused on understanding how natural products regulate cellular processes in heart disease and other inflammatory disorders with the goal of attaining deeper mechanistic insight and identifying preventative/therapeutic agents. He has published over 150 research articles (h index 43 and i10 index 79 with over 8960 citations), including 880-page book in 2022 on Methods in Atherosclerosis. He is an Editorial Board member of many international journals, member of the British Heart Foundation Project Grants Committee, external examiner of taught programmes at three universities and has supervised 27 PhD students to completion.

Yasin Ozdemir

Ataturk Horticultural Central Research Institute, Turkey

Biography:

Assoc. Prof. Yasin Özdemir is an expert in food technology and food science, with a primary focus on fruit and vegetable processing, table olives, olive oil, plant-based foods, and the development of environmentally friendly production techniques. His research integrates product quality, process optimization, and sustainability principles in food systems. He serves as a scientific and editorial board member and reviewer for various international journals and congresses in food and nutrition sciences. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 scientific publications presented at international congresses and published in peer-reviewed journals.

Vasudeva Singh

Gauhati University, India

Biography:

After retiring from CSIR-CFTRI as Chief Scientist during 2013, worked as an Emeritus Medical Scientist (ICMR) at University of Mysore and served as a Professor, under DBT sponsored Food Science Project, Gauhati University, Gauhati, Assam till April, 2021. Published ~ 85 research papers, inventor of several food technology processes, one Patent was commercialized to 30 industries. Handled several National & International projects. Guided 90-95 B.Tech, M.Tech, MSc Food Technology, Food Science and Nutrition, students for their Dissertation and Investigation problems and produced 8 Ph.D candidates, including an INSA Fellow; African UFU Fellows. Faculty member and Course Co-ordinator of MSc Food Technology, HRD courses of CFTRI. Recipient of several awards, delivered several invited lectures, and member of societies, and presented 70-80 posters at National & International level. Serving Food Safety Standards Authority of India, New Delhi, at different capacities. Also served as a member of Research Advisory Committee, ICAR-Central Institute of Post-Harvest Eng. and Technology, (CIPHET) Ludhiana, Punjab. Life Time Achievement Awardee from the ACCTI, Dehradun; SSDAT, UAS, Raichur, Karnataka, India

Thakur Bahadur Singh

Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India

Biography:

Dr. T B S Rajput is an Emeritus Scientist at Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India. He has over forty years of experience of research and post graduate teaching in the field of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering. He is a former Project Director and a scientist of national repute. He has published ten books and more than 200 research articles. He has developed seven computer softwares on different aspects of agricultural water management. Besides research, he has supervised more than twenty post graduate researches. He was adjudged as the Best teacher by Indian Agricultural Research Institute and was awarded the best teacher by Indian Council of Agricultral Research. He has received many honours and awards for research including the prestigious Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award, the highest award an Agricultural Scientist can get in India. He is widely travelled and is a Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and six other National Scientific Societies in India.

Om Prakash Yadav

Haryana Agricultural University, India

Biography:

Dr. Om Prakash Yadav did Ph.D in Chemistry in 1973 from Panjab University, Chandigarh (India), He worked as Professor of Chemistry (1975-2003) at CCS Haryana Agricultural University in India and then as a Professor of Physical Chemistry (2008-2014) at Haramaya University, Ethiopia. Prof. Yadav was awarded Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Fellowship in 1996.  He worked as Visiting Professor in 2000 at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg (Sweden). Prof. Yadav has guided 8 Ph.Ds and published about 100 research papers. He is member of several academic/scientific organizations and is also working at the Editorial  Boards of  a number of International Scientific Journals.