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Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 114; Google Scholar) degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995; USA) and in biomedical engineering from RPI (Ph.D., 2000; USA). He has served as a professor at Purdue (2000-2005), Brown (2005-2012), and Northeastern (2012-2021; serving as Chemical Engineering Department Chair from 2012 - 2019) Universities and has formed over a dozen companies that have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health. He is currently helping those companies and serves as a professor at Hebei University of Technology, Saveetha University, Vellore Institute of Technology, UFPI, and others. Dr. Webster has numerous awards including 2020, World Top 2% Scientist by Citations (PLOS); 2020, SCOPUS Highly Cited Research (Top 1% Materials Science and Mixed Fields); 2021, Clarivate Top 0.1% Most Influential Researchers (Pharmacology and Toxicology); 2022, Best Materials Science Scientist by Citations (Research.com); and is a fellow of over 8 societies. Prof. Webster is a former President of the U.S. Society For Biomaterials and has over 1,350 publications to his credit with over 53,000 citations. He was recently nominated for the Noble Prize in Chemistry (2023).

David Wortley is one of the UK’s leading pioneers of Immersive Technologies with a 30+ year record of digital technology innovation. David was the Founding Director of the Serious Games Institute (SGI) where he was responsible for developing the SGI as a global thought leader and international center of excellence. He has regularly spoken at international conferences on a wide variety of topics related to the disruptive impact of digital technologies on business and society. He is a Vice President of the International Society of Digital Medicine and specializes in digital health and digital therapeutics for personal health management. He is a regular keynote speaker at international conferences on digital health and healthy aging.

Carla Severini is a full professor in Food Science and Technology at the Department of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering (DAFNE) of the University of Foggia (Italy) and earned her BA in Agricultural Sciences and Specialization degree in Food Chemistry and Technology at the University of Bologna and her Ph.D. in Food Biotechnology at the university of Florence. Since 1991 she has been a teacher in Food Science and Technology at the Universities of Udine, Florence, Bologna, Foggia, and Roma Tre. She was President of the graduation degree in Food Science and Technology and the Rector delegate for Equal Opportunities at the University of Foggia. Carla Severini has been a tutor of over than 90first and second-level thesis and 11 Ph.D. students. Carla Severini is the author of over 200 scientific papers (106 in Scopus Database) on Food Science and Technology published in scientific journals or presented at international congresses (12 as a speaker) and co-author 9 book chapters. She is the owner of 5 Italian and 1 European patent. Over the last 10 years, Carla Severini has participated in 14 financed research projects (7as PI).

Li Li Ji is a Professor and Director of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise in the School of Kinesiology since 2011. He served as the Director of the School of Kinesiology during 2011-2017. Prior to that, he served as assistant and associate professor in Exercise Physiology and Nutritional Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during 1987-1993 and as an associate and profess at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1994 to 2011. Dr. Ji’s research expertise is cellular and molecular exercise physiology, especially the role of free radicals and antioxidants in muscle function, adaptation to exercise, pathogenesis and prevention, and cell signaling. Dr. Ji has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has given over 160 invited lectures. His recent research focuses on mitochondrial quality control and its relationship with redox signaling, exercise adaptation, muscle atrophy, and aging. Dr. Ji is currently a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK), and Society for Redox Biology and Medicine (SfRBM). Dr. Ji’s scholarly work has received ~22,000 citations and has earned a Google Scholar H-index of 74.

Professor Puri FRSC is an established leader in the area of bioprocessing (industrial biotechnology). He obtained his Ph.D. in India and did his postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford, UK. He leads a research team that uses bioprocessing (microbial) to address global challenges in sustainability, food security, and human well-being. His lab has four major programs: a) metabolite production through "microbial cell manufacturing" for producing therapeutic proteins, enzymes, and lipids, b) food biotechnology for nutraceutical extraction, functional foods, and novel foods development relating to Omega 3 fatty acids, c) nanotechnology for enhancing thermostability of enzymes and bioactive with applications for health products and d) health substantiation by validation of bioactive functionality. He has published 140+ research papers (see SCOPUS, Researchgate, and Google Scholar) in the leading international journals of the discipline "Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology". Collectively, his research has led to a high number of highly cited publications. Over the years, he has supervised 21 students to Ph.D. completion in the discipline of biotechnology. He is on the Editorial board of research journals such as Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Catalysts, Marine Drugs, and Journal of Carbohydrate Polymer Technology.

Wolfgang Langhans used rats and mice in a translational, systemic, and integrative approach to study physiology and pathophysiology of the neuroendocrine control of eating and energy balance, including obesity and type-2-diabetes. He combined all levels of scientific analysis, from the molecular through the cellular level to the behavior in an intact organism, and employed state-of-the-art transgenic, molecular biology, immunohistochemical and electrophysiological techniques. A unique strength of his laboratory was the sophisticated experimental surgical capabilities, allowing for the routine use of in vivo techniques and set-ups that are rarely found elsewhere. In 1982 he and his colleagues were the first to report that interference with an endogenous peripheral peptide (glucagon) stimulated eating. Likewise, in 1986 they were the first to show that inhibition of fatty acid oxidation is associated with stimulation of eating. In this context, he has recently formulated the hypothesis that changes in small intestinal epithelial cell (=enterocyte) oxidation of dietary-derived fatty acids influence eating. In addition, over the last few years, his group contributed substantially to current knowledge about the physiological mechanisms of endogenous glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)’s effects on eating and glycemic control. Last, but not least, Wolfgang Langhans and his collaborators have helped identify the role of vagal afferent signaling in gut-brain communication by characterizing the effects of such signals in the control of eating and beyond. All these and other findings have been the subject of numerous invited reviews and book chapters and of countless invited presentations at international meetings.

The author received an honorary Ph.D. in mathematics and majored in engineering at MIT. He attended seven different universities in the USA and studied seven different academic disciplines over 17 years. In addition, he spent another 23 years self-studying three additional academic disciplines which include internal medicine, food nutrition, and psychology. As a result, he has been studying, learning, and researching 10 different fields for two-thirds of his adult life. Over the past 14 years of medical research, he has discovered that the medical field is the most complex and sophisticated system, where he could integrate his knowledge from 10 different disciplines. Since 2010, he has spent more than 40,000 hours self-studying and researching metabolism, immunity, lifestyle, endocrinology, and related chronic diseases, especially diabetes. First, he studied six metabolic diseases and food nutrition from 2010 to 2013, then conducted his own diabetes research from 2014 to 2017. After 2018, he studied and researched a few diabetic complications involving cardiology, nephrology, neurology, ophthalmology, and more. Since 2019, he has further extended his research work into oncology, especially metabolic-induced cancers, along with geriatrics and dementia, focusing on longevity based on metabolism improvements. His research approach is “quantitative and precision medicine” which is based on mathematics, physics, and engineering, including but not limited to topology, nonlinear algebra, geometric algebra, optical physics, electronics physics, modern physics, engineering modeling, finite element method, elastic and viscoelastic theory, plastic and viscoplastic theory, wave theory, energy theory, signal processing, computer science, big data analytics, statistics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. In addition, he has developed a customized software program with artificial intelligence capability to collect 3+ million data on his own medical conditions and lifestyle details. From the past 14 years of medical research work, most of the findings are identical to the medical field observed results based on traditional biochemical and statistical approaches. However, his math-physical medicine approach can offer additional insights or subtle findings along with better predictions for practical biomedical applications. His main focus is on preventive medicine using his developed biomarker prediction tools. He believes that the better the prediction, the more control you have. To date, he has written and published nearly 800 medical papers in 100+ medical journals. Five journals have also published seven special editions covering approximately 20 to 100 of his papers exclusively in each edition. Furthermore, he has published 7 medical books through Amazon Publishing.

Ihab Tewfik graduated from the University of Alexandria and completed his Master's [MPH] and Doctorate in Public Health [DrPH], at the Nutrition Department, University of Alexandria. He also holds a Ph.D. from London South Bank University. He is a registered Public Health Nutritionist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health, UK. He is a renowned intervention specialist in public health and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy-UK with 25-year teaching and research experience in higher education and has been involved in the development of undergraduate and postgraduate public health nutrition programs in the UK. For over a decade, he was the Programme Director of Human Nutrition (UG) at the University of Westminster. Ihab has been at the forefront of promoting global sustainable public health intervention strategies and in particular among vulnerable groups. His latest public health nutrition intervention programs were to attenuate the progression of cancer cachexia to refractory cachexia among cancer patients in India and to delay the progression of HIV to AIDS among people living with HIV in Nigeria. Moreover, his research includes population interventions to improve opportunities for health during early life, and methods for the scaling up of interventions to achieve community-level impact, for example, his nutrition intervention to enhance the school menu through model meals to improve the nutritional status of the 6-8 years olds that was based in Ghana. Ihab has published and delivered numerous keynote addresses at national and global conferences on nutrition transition and the rise of diabetes and chronic diseases in developing countries. As a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH), Ihab’s international research agenda expanded to 12 research projects with UNICEF in aspects of public health nutrition intervention. Nationally, he has carried out Three Food Standards Agency (FSA - the UK) projects on food safety and one project on Biomarkers for predicting breast radiotherapy-induced side-effects funded by the National Cancer Research Institute – UK. Ihab has been selected as a member of the Scientific Panel of the British Council funds (GII and Newton Fund)and also consulting with many Ministries of Health in the developing world. As Registered Nutritionist (Public Health)-in the UK, Ihab is involved in building capacity for healthcare workforces and has led training activities in Africa and Asia. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Food, Nutrition, and Public Health as well as a regular invited speaker on seminars, workshops, and CPD. Dr. Tewfik holds an associate Professorship at the University of Alexandria.

Chee Kong Yap is working as a full professor at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) since 2021. Prof Yap is an academician for more than 19 years at UPM and 24 years as a researcher. Prof Yap has supervised more than 80 undergraduates and 31 postgraduate students in the fields of ecotoxicology, environmental biology, environmental sciences, water quality, and ecotoxicological genetics. Prof Yap has published more than 330 papers in refereed academic journals, 5 books (three of them published in NOVA Science Publishers, USA), and 32 book chapters. Until September 2022, 218 of them have now been indexed in Elsevier’sScopus with an H-index of 32(> 3130 citations). Prof Yap has also been invited to honorary Editorial Board member for more than 30 international academic journals. Prof Yap has been an invited visiting researcher at the National institute of Environmental Studies, Tsukuba (Japan). Internationally, Prof Yap has been an invited visiting scholar at Nihon University (Japan) and Hokkaido University (Japan), and an invited visiting researcher at Kobe University (Japan) and Kobe College (Japan). He has been invited to more than 20 international conferences as a keynote or plenary speaker. He has one accepted patent in the Phytoremediation method. He has also been listed as World’s Top 2% Scientists (The Career Achievement). Starting June 2022, Prof Yap has been officially appointed as an Adjunct Professor at the INTI International University Malaysia. Prof Yap is the recipient of the International Advanced Materials (IAAM) Medal in recognition of his contribution to “Chemical Safety and Sustainability” in 2022. He is currently an International Associate Member of the Japan Society of Water Environment, and a Lifetime Fellow Member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS) of Japan. His profile has been recognized with an ‘Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education by the International Research and Development Centre for Publication (IRDCP), India 2022.

Albert Krastanov was Born June 30, 1960 in VelikoTarnovo, Bulgaria. In 2007 he was awarded the scientific degree "Doctor of Technical Sciences". Since the following year, he has been a full professor at the Department of Biotechnology, and since 2012 he has been his head. Specialized in Italy, Japan, the USA, and France. In 2001 he was a visiting professor at Osaka University, Japan. Invited lectures in Italy, USA, India, and Japan. Prof. Krastanov is the author of over 222 scientific publications and 8 textbooks on biochemistry, biotechnology, and enzymology. His scientific achievements are cited more than 5200 times by the international scientific community. He leads and participates in a number of scientific and international projects of the EU's Seventh Framework Program, in the US, Japan, Italy, and Germany.Member of the Editorial Board of 11 international journals. Invited speaker at more than 20 international conferences.

Maria de Lourdes Meza Jiménez is PhD. in Food Science. She has experience being an educator and researcher and worked full-time and class time as an educator in public and private universities for the Nutrition degree. In the research area, she developed scientific projects related to food and nutrition. She has done research stays in Mexico and USA. She has also participated as a speaker at national and international scientific conferences speaker. Also, Dr. Meza has published scientific papers. She is a full-time educator-researcher in Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla in the nutrition faculty and is a National Research System level I member in Mexico.

Dr. Lakshmikantha (Kantha) Channaiah is currently working as an Assistant Professor, at the Division of Food, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA. Dr. Channaiah has over 18 years of experience in various fields such as food safety microbiology, biotechnology, food & beverage industries, R&D, HACCP, FDA-FSMA regulatory compliance, post-harvest grain storage, molds & mycotoxins, environmental monitoring, food process validation and as a consultant for food industries. Dr. Channaiah has authored over 19 peer-reviewed scientific articles and two book chapters.

Dan Sobieraj is a recent graduate from the MSc Architecture, Urbanism, and Building Sciences programme at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) having specialized in Architecture. His Master’s thesis focused on reimagining future urban landscapes to create a symbiotic relationship between the food system and spatial design. While studying in the Bachelor of Architectural Science program at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), Dan developed a strong interest in sustainability and authored 3 scientific journal articles about Building Information Modelling (BIM) and building energy simulation, and presented his research and design projects at multiple international conferences. Additionally, with his colleagues, he built a tiny house on wheels as a housing prototype in response to Canada’s housing crisis. Dan received the Ingenium Group Jack Lemay Memorial Award and the Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals Education Foundation Award for his tiny house and undergraduate design projects. After completing his Bachelor’s graduation project about an urban community agricultural hub in Toronto, he decided to become a farmer in Australia to gain first-hand experience. Having months of experience as a fruit picker and farmhand, Dan realized that the separation of the food system from urban areas created many problems, and he saw new research opportunities. His Master’s thesis project aimed to better understand how the synergistic integration of food system processes with urban functions through architecture can create a more liveable and sustainable development of agri-food business parks. His thesis project was nominated for Archiprix 2022 at TU Delft and he received the Canadian Scholarship Trust Foundation Founders’ Award. Throughout his studies and following graduation, Dan has participated as part of Team SUM in the Solar Decathlon Europe 2022 where they won third place. He is currently working as a BIM Engineer at Daiwa House Modular Europe.

Isabel May - Canché has a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Chemistry and a Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering, both from the Autonomous University of Yucatán (UADY). In 2022 she obtained the degree of Doctor of Science in Ecology and Sustainable Development from El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR). She has been working on the characterization of honey from various bee species in Mexico, with a focus on melissopalynology. Among the various projects that she has participated in: in 2012, she collaborated on a project for the analysis of Jatropha curcas pollen in Melipona beaches honey at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at UADY. In 2013 and part of 2014, he collaborated on the project "Determination of the quantification of Soya (Glycine max) pollen grains in honey bee (Apis mellifera) and its relationship with their behavior, in cultivation areas close to apiaries of the Yucatan peninsula" at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics of the UADY. She has been an instructor of diploma courses organized by ECOSUR, such as the one on native bees: knowledge and practices in our territories held from August 27 to May 30, 2017, and from November 28, 2018, to October 3, 2019. In 2019, he was a speaker at the XI Mesoamerican Congress of native bees with the presentation Physicochemical and sensory characterization of honey from various species of melatonin from the southern part of Mexico and Guatemala. In 2021, she participated as an invited speaker for the National Technological Institute of Mexico in the environmental issues conference cycle. She was an oral and poster speaker at the XII Mesoamerican Congress of native bees. In 2022, she was a speaker at the Beekeeping Forum: Diversification of the Beekeeping Sector in Mexico, organized by the Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development. She participated in the course Molecular Biology and Insect Population Genetics / Insect Molecular Biology and Population Genetics, organized by ECOSUR. Currently, she works as an analysis coordinator in the honey laboratory of the ECOSUR bee team.

Cristian Popescu is an Associate Professor of Dr. Eng. at the University of Pitesti, Romania, with over 17 years of experience in the following areas: Agricultural and Environmental Policies and Legislation, Project Management, Sustainability, Plant Science, and Agri-Environment. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Horticulture and Law, a Master’s degree in Management, and a Doctoral degree in Agricultural Sciences. He also obtained an Erasmus Student Scholarship for one semester in Belgium, at Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering. He was a member and director for Research and Educational Projects financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research and manager of a project financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development under the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. Member of the international research project: European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program. He is the Executive Editor of Current Trends in Natural Sciences journal. Cristian is a member of the editorial scientific board, Executive Editor, Regional Editor, and Associate Editor for international journals. He is a member of national and international professional associations, a reviewer for prestigious international journals, and an evaluator for research-development projects within national competitions in Romania. He was an Invited Professor and Keynote Speaker for conferences, and webinars. Cristian participated in international teaching and training mobilities by the Erasmus program in countries from Europe, Asia, and Africa. He is the promoter and responsible for bilateral Erasmus Agreements in agricultural sciences, horticulture, and the environment with European Partners. Cristian is the author or co-author of 9 books and more than 50 papers published in international scientific journals.

Since 2008 I have been working as a senior teacher at Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transport, and Architecture in Geodesy and Geoinformatics department. I was awarded the UNIGISProfessional diploma, ACA*GIScience Center, University of Salzburg, Austria (2016), and Master of GIS and Cartography, Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transport and Architecture, Bishkek (2017) During 2014-2021, I work as a GIS specialist in Livestock and Market Development Project 1,2 (IFAD), SIBELIUs (UK space agency), Pasture resource improvement and management project (WB), Department of Pasture and Livestock Breeding. Participation in the mapping of pasture resources in Kyrgyzstan, creating more accurate and reliable maps, solving problems between pasture committees and pasture users; creation of a geographic database; analyzing using satellite images; under the leadership developing early warning system for pasture users; developing modules and tutorial for pasture users in GIS, GPS, using Google Earth and early warning system guide; support Department of pasture staff in the implementation of national pasture monitoring and other actions; participation in the creation of a database of technical reports, articles and other materials related to the work. Support technical coordination between all Kyrgyz institutions, Ministries, and NGOs (related GIS in agriculture and environmental sectors), supervised the Pasture Department on monthly basis to enhance the technical capacity of the GIS staff on proper usage and maintenance of the Open Data Cube, development of materials on the state of pasture resources and recommendations, interpretation of satellite images, etc. Expert analyst in the creation of the electronic cadastre of the KoneshAiylAimak. Participated in projects funded by GIZ, APPEAR FAO, UNDP, RDF, Ltd OXUS International, and TEMPUS. I am a member of an active member of The Emirati Society of GIS and Remote Sensing (ESGRS). I was awarded the title of excellence in agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry and Land Reclamation, and the certificate of honor of the Department for Implementation of Agricultural Projects of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry and Melioration of the Kyrgyz Republic (2015,2019 y.).

ElifUnsalAvdal was born in 1979 in Izmir; He is a faculty member at Izmir KatipCelebi University, Faculty of Health Sciences. She completed her undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral studies at DokuzEylül University Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences Institute. Research assistant at DokuzEylül University between 2004-2010; Between 2010-2013, he was a doctoral lecturer at Uludag University; Since 2013, he has been working at Izmir KatipCelebi University Faculty of Health Sciences. Instructor, He worked as a member (2013-2015), Associate Professor (2015-2020), and still works as a Professor. There are many researches, articles, citations, projects, book editorships, and book chapters in national and international publishing houses in the field of Internal Medicine Nursing and Diabetes Nursing. She was the Head of the Department of Internal Medicine Nursing between 2017-2020 and is still the Head of the Diabetes Nursing Department. Member of the Board of Nursing Education Association (HEMED) between 2017-2019; Between the years 2019-2021, she took an active role as the Chairman of the Board of the Nursing Education Association (HEMED). He is currently taking part in accreditation in the Nursing Accreditation Association (HEPDAK) and YÖKAK. He has been a university quality commission member and faculty quality unit manager since 2022. He is the director of the Tübitak 1001 project (2022-2025) “My Android is Diabetes: Artificial Intelligence Based Blood Glucose Estimation, Mobile Education and Health Tracking Application”.

Fereshteh Safarzadeh Markhali is in her fourth year of Ph.D. study in Food Science and Technology and Nutrition at the University of Minho, Portugal. She developed a great interest in the viability of an innovative processing system for olive oil products/by-products and has authored four research/review articles, published in a scholarly journal (MDPI). Fereshteh holds a Master of Science in Food Science and Technology from Curtin University, Australia. Prior to that, she received her BSc degree in Human Nutrition & Food Science from Glasgow Caledonian University, UK, and her Higher National Diploma in food technology from Glasgow Metropolitan College, UK. Her Master’s dissertation: “Effect of The addition of Citric Acid during Processing on the Quality and Yield of Western Australian Olive Oil”, explored the quality (antioxidant potency and phenolic recovery) and yield of the extracted extra virgin olive oil. After completing her Master’s and before starting her Ph.D., she worked in a saffron spice farming, in Khorasan, Iran, being responsible for quality control, internal auditing, and laboratory testing (checking that the purity and sensory attributes of the saffron threads are within the required criteria). Having received new research opportunities, she started to pursue her doctoral study to examine novel strategies for sustainable re-utilization and bio-functionality of food by-products. Focusing on the green valorization of olive leaves (the biomass residues of agro-industrial activities of olive fruits), her research investigates the potential of an emerging processing technique (ohmic heating) for optimum recovery of natural bioactive compounds. So far, the data showed that the ohmic heater significantly enabled increased phenolic yield and antioxidant activities (in vitro) in olive leaf extracts, compared to the conventional methods. Fereshteh is continuing this research to further discover the environmental stability and fortification ability of the phenolic-rich extracts. Her project is supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT); Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB), Campus of Gualtar, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; Associate Laboratory (LABELS), Braga, Portugal

Ms. Kankona Dey is a Consultant Nutritionist with 6+ years of work experience, specializing in wellness, and therapeutic diets, and a practicing bariatric nutritionist, based in Kolkata, India. She is a certified diabetes educator. She is an alumnus of NIN-ICMR, Hyderabad India and currently she is a Doctoral fellow in the Department of Foods and Nutrition, The Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, India. Her doctoral work is focused on Prebiotics and Gastrointestinal health. She has two book chapters and two Scopus-indexed research papers to her credit. She is an active member of organizations including NSI, IDA, DAY, and ISAPP-SFA.

Geeta Seth is a qualified nutritionist and dietician for the past 15 years. A two times gold medalist in the field of nutrition. She is also a qualified diabetes educator and diabetes pump trainer, specializing in the field of diabetes. She claims to have normal blood glucose in diabetics with the right diet to avoid diabetes complications further. Also with the right carbohydrate counting for type 1 diabetics according to their dose, she gives the accurate diet to achieve normal glucose in the blood. Geeta has worked for various health institutes and hospitals and to date, she does not have a single failure in terms of patients. As a speaker, she has given nutritional services to various corporate institutes and schools. Though being a beauty contest winner in the past, Geeta believes that health and beauty are from within and are not purely connected to outer appearance. She does not believe in giving medicines for obesity and she thinks that the kitchen ingredients are enough to help for the same. Geeta believes that generalized diets, starvation, and boring routine do not help in the long run. Instead as per the person's metabolism a unique diet is customized. Geeta is committed to helping and serving clients who want to walk the scientific path of health and wellness in life.

Ph.D. in medical parasitology 2017 Medical parasitology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Thesis title" Design of a recombinant multi-epitope antigen of Echinococcus granulosus and its application in the diagnosis of human cystic echinococcosis". MSc. in medical microbiology (2010-2012) Microbiology, Tehran Center of Science and Research University, Tehran, Iran. Thesis title" Identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria by high-performance liquid chromatography from patients in Tehran". BSc.In Veterinary Laboratory (July 2009 ( Semnan of University, Semnan, Iran. Associate’s degree in veterinary (February 2003) Islamic Azad University of Borujerd, Borujerd, Lorestan, Iran

Dr. Heba Said is a professor of nutrition and food science and also a Reviewer in the Universal Journal of Public Health. Dr. Heba has more than 11 publications in the field of Nutrition. Dr. Heba expert in Work as Nutrition Consultant at NNI (National Nutrition Institute). Work as Nutrition consultant Abt Association.USAID. Work as a Nutrition consultant in United Nations and Non- Governmental Organizations. Work as a lecturer of clinical nutrition at Cairo &Alazhar University. Work as Nutrition Consultant in hospitals and therapeutic institutions. Work as Nutrition Consultant in Sports clubs and health clubs. Work as Nutrition Consultant in companies and food factories.

Girma Beressa undertakes research in nutrition, epidemiology, public health, and medicine. He has published more than 13 articles in peer-reviewed international reputable journals. His leading research focuses on maternal and child nutrition. He employs health behavior models and theories in his work. He also has vast expertise in providing evidence via systematic JBI and Cochrane reviews. Nevertheless, he is most interested in what happens to research findings after they are generated, such as information dissemination into policy, practice, and the general community.

Marlene F. Escobedo Monge is a pediatrician Doctor of Medicine and researcher at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Valladolid. She has a doctorate in health sciences research and a master's degree in clinical nutrition, another in biological aspects of nutrition, and the last in microbiota. She is very interested in food safety and food biofortification and especially in studies on micronutrients, especially their bioavailability without forgetting the interrelationship between macro and micronutrients in the food chain. Also, as part of a research team, she is primarily concerned with the nutritional status of patients with malnutrition and chronic diseases.

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 to his degree, 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 respectively funded by the Office of Naval Research (US Navy) and Divers’ Alert Network. He has written and lectured widely on his experiences. Dr. Pilla has been involved in ongoing research at the University of South Florida with the use of ketone esters. The initial work, funded by the Office of Naval Research, focused on using ketone esters to prevent CNS oxygen toxicity. Dr. Pilla is working to coordinate efforts in the United States and Italy to expand the ketone ester research to other conditions such as epilepsy and cancer and its use as an alternative metabolic fuel. Dr. Pilla has also served extensively in various international medical missions, orphan and homeless programs, emergency medicine rescue and training, and animal rescue and fostering. He is fluent in Italian, English, French, and Spanish. He has a special interest in journalism and photography, and he enjoys sailing, SCUBA diving, ultralight airplane piloting, soccer, volleyball, jogging, and motorcycles.

Ahmed S. Zahran. Professor of food microbiology, Minia University, Egypt . Graduated from the University of Edinburgh (UK), Department of Microbiology. His main area of interest is probiotic foods and functional foods. Published more than 80 research papers in the field of bacterial enzymes, probiotic foods, functional foods, and antibacterial substances isolated from lactic acid bacteria. He has expertise in evaluation and a passion for improving the quality of probiotic foods. H supervised 30 graduate students in the field of food microbiology, Microbiol biochemistry, and synbiotic foods. He teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students courses in fermentation technology and biochemistry, microbial enzymes, food poisoning, and probiotic foods.

Head of the Chair Veterinary examination, microbiology, zoo hygiene, and safety and quality of livestock products, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sumy National Agrarian University. Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, Professor, Honorary Figure of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine, Vice-president of the Ukrainian Branch of WPSA, Honorary Professor of Warsaw, Armenian and Tajik University. Scientific Adviser of the Ltd “Brovafarma” (conducts clinical and pre-clinical research of veterinary drugs). State and departmental awards: the badge “Excellence in Education of Ukraine”, the award “For Merits in the Development of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine” – Veteran of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine. Honorary title “Honored Worker of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine”. The direction of scientific research: – solving the scientific problem of quality and safety of animals’ products for domestic and export consumption; – theoretical, experimental, and practical generalization of aspects of control of zoonotic diseases of poultry, monitoring of the safety of animal products, development, and improvement of diagnostics and prevention measures.Effective toxicological evaluation and development of chemotherapeutic agents in poultry. Antibiotic action-resistance. All research is directly aimed to protect the health of the population of Ukraine. Provides training for graduate and doctoral students in the specialty: 211 “Veterinary Medicine” and 212 “Veterinary Hygiene, Sanitation and Examination”. Member of the Ukrainian Association for Biosafety and Biosecurity, member of the State Pharmacological Commission of Ukraine section: “Veterinary Immunobiological Drugs”. Member of the editorial board of the scientific journal “Visnyk of Sumy NAU” and member of the editorial board of the journal “Livestock”. Advanced training: Grants and internships abroad. “Improvement of prevention of mycotoxicosis of animals and poultry”. Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology of the National Research Center in Toulouse (France) – 2006 – 2008 International grant for participation in the program “Strategy for Combating Pandemics” – 2011, USA. “

Research Professor at the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC). (2006-). Director of the Immunonutrition Group. (1987-). President of the Spanish Federation of Nutrition, Food and Dietetics Societies (FESNAD). (2015-2020). President of the International Society for Immunonutrition (ISIN). (2014-2022). SEÑ Treasurer (2010-). Member of Institutional Affairs of the Society of Microbiota, Probiotics, and Prebiotics (SEMiPyP) (2017-). Past-President of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS). (2011-2015). 95 research projects and contracts with the industry. Coordinator of several multicenter and multidisciplinary projects in nutrition, eating disorders, and obesity 579 publications: 303 SCI articles, 31 SCI reviews, guest editor in 17 supplements in SCI journals,

Joyce Murerwa has 18 years of global public health and nutrition experience in over 10 countries, employing multi-sectoral and community-based participatory approaches to addressing nutrition disparities in women and children. As a nutrition expert, she has worked at multiple levels of global health and nutrition, and food systems; in policy; research; emergency relief; development; workforce capacity development; health systems strengthening; - from local to global levels. She has worked in development settings, led responses to nutrition issues in refugee settings, and developed policies for nutrition, education, and disaster management in various countries while holding different positions in the UN and INGOs. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Health & Epidemiology (MPHE) and BSc (Food, Nutrition, and Dietetics). She also possesses a range of professional qualifications from the John's Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, North-West University, International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), International School of Agricultural Sciences - Hebrew University, University of Sussex (IDS), and London International Development Centre (LIDC). She is currently working with Amref Health Africa HQ’s Institute of Capacity Development (ICD) as the Technical Lead, Nutrition to strengthen capacities for quality programming at the country level while also offering strategic and technical leadership in nutrition governance through coordination of policy discussion through cross-country learnings and sharing.

Dr. Erick Ogumo is an Agricultural Supply Chain Expert with over 20 years of industry experience. He currently consults for the International Finance Corporation(IFC), a sister organization of the World Bank in the position of Agriculture Specialist where he provides technical support to IFC’s agribusiness investment teams. He also consults for UNIDO in the position of Value Chain Expert for the MARKUP Kenya project. Erick also provides consultancy services to COLEACP, supporting horticultural value chains in East Africa. Prior to joining IFC, Erick worked with Tesco in the position of Supply Chain Development Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, where he was responsible for food safety, quality, and legality of all fresh produce sourced by Tesco from the region. Prior to Tesco, he worked with The CocaCola Company in the position of Supply Chain Agronomist for East & West Africa, during which he successfully pioneered local sourcing of juice ingredients for The Coca-Cola Company. Erick holds Ph.D. in Food Science & Technology, MSc in Crop Protection, and BSc in Agriculture. He has published over 5 peer-reviewed papers in respected journals.

I received a B.Sc. degree in applied statistics, from the University of Gondar, Ethiopia (2011) and an M.Sc. Degree in Biostatistics, from the same University (2014). In 2014 I joined Wolkite University, where I currently began teaching and doing research. During my stay at Wolkite University, I was awarded a different research project which is focused on food, nutrition, and child and mother health. I was also awarded a different certificate for reviewing papers in reputable journals like BMC, PLOS ONE, and Health science reports. Every year I gave training on statistical methods and statistical software for University researchers. I have been teaching statistical and biostatistical courses. I published more than three articles in different reputable journals. In 2017 I transfer my workplace from Wolkite University to Injibara University and Presently I am head of the statistics department at Injibara University, Ethiopia. I was presenting papers in different workshops like the Ethiopian statistical association and at Annual symposiums at Wolkite University and Injibara University.

Hon Director, Indian Institute of Naturopathy.Member of American Diabetic Association.Executive Committee Member of the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists, India.EC Member of National Centre for Science Communicators. Worked with Agro Industries ( 1970 to 1995). Academia and Medical Practitioners till today. Presented papers & conducted workshops in the UK, USA, Germany, Mauritius, Singapore, UAE, Vietnam, Italy & Spain. In India, conducted 775, Health Management workshops. Invited by AICR Washington DC for Intnl Conf on Food Nutrition from 2003, onwards. Member of American Diabetic Association.An awardee of Bombay Para Medical Association & American Institute of Intellectuals-2005. Most Outstanding Professor Award 2018 & 2020. Invited by American Universities, Portland Kenmore, the University of Texas Purdue University in Indiana Police 2019. In Corvid 19 pandemic period, conducted,51 # solo webinars, were for the UK, USA, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Philippines. Since 1996 onwards, conducting Health Mgmt workshops for State Govt Officers.