Biography:

Wan Rosli Wan Ishak is a professor of Nutrition Program at the School of Health Sciences (SHS), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Health Campus, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. Currently, he is a Dean of SHS of USM. His research theme emphasizes more on the utilization of natural agricultural by-products into popularly consume processed foods. Various low glycemic index (GI) based on these agricultural by-products has been developed. Wan Rosli has been appointed as Junior Faculty Member from SEAMEO-TROPMED RCCN, Indonesia in the Training of Leadership for Nutritionists in Jakarta Indonesia. He was selected among Top 10 Innovators for SYMBIOSIS project funded by Malaysian Technology Development of Malaysia (MTDC) to facilitate the commercialization of functional and health cookies from oyster mushroom (Nutri-Mush® Cookies). He has published more than 120 articles in various indexed journals.