Dr. Guoxun Chen obtained his BS and MS degrees in the Department of Virology and Molecular Biology at Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. He completed his Ph.D degree in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 2001 and his postdoctoral training in the Department of Molecular Genetics in 2006 at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. In 2006, he became a faculty member in the Department of Nutrition at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Now, he is a tenured associated professor at the University of Tennessee and has published more than 70 papers.

Mirosław Tyrka is a Professor and head of the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics at the Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland. He graduated from the University of Life Sciences, Lublin. He is a co-author of 49 publications covering the field of plant molecular genetics, genetic and association mapping, quantitative trait loci analysis, disease resistance, molecular breeding, and applications of next generation DNA sequencing.

Dr. Ceasar received his Ph.D from University of Madras in 2011. He won the prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship from European Union and undertook Postdoc research at University of Leeds, UK. He was also awarded BELSPO Non-European Postdoc Fellowship by Belgian Government to study the structure-function relationship of nutrient transporters at University of Liege, Belgium. Dr. Ceasar’s specialization include Plant Transformation, Genome Engineering, Functional Genomics and Plant Nutrient Transport Mechanism. So far, he has published more than 35 research articles in high impact factor journals. Dr. Ceasar is currently holding a Scientist position at Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai, India.

Dr. Mihaylova has received her PhD in Biotechnology at the University of Food Technologies (Bulgaria) in 2011. Since 2015, she is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biotechnology at the same University. She has published more than 50 research papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and is an editor in Food Science and Applied Biotechnology Journal. Dr. Mihaylova current research is focused on food science, metabolites analyses, biologically active substances, agricultural plant science, and waste management.

Dr. Amit K. Mittal obtained PhD degree from National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), SAS Nagar Mohali India. He has also received postdoctoral training for over one year from Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, UCF, Orlando, FL, USA. He has published in more than 15 peer reviewed journals and current research involves the development of theranostics for cancer drug delivery, nanobiotechnology, pharmacology, metabolism of biomolecules and associated disorders etc.

Dr. Hartmut Seliger did his doctoral thesis at the Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine in Göttingen and received his Ph.D. from the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany. After postdoctoral professional activity at Nothwestern University, Evanston, and the Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry in Freiburg, he was appointed Professor of Macromolecular Chemistry at Ulm University, Germany. He is also Founding Dean of Biotechnology at the German University in Cairo. Dr. Seliger has published more than 170 refereed articles and 280 communications, is the inventor of 38 patents, and is the recipient of 3 research awards. After retirement, he is scientific counselor for R&D projects on bio-based and bio-degradable materials.

Prof. Shanthy Sundaram received her PhD in. Microbiology from Barkatullah University, India in 1992. Currently, she is working as Professor and Head, of the Department of Biotechnology in Allahabad University. She has completed 9 research projects funded by reputed agencies like DST, DBT, DRDO, and UGC. Her research included extensive studies on algal biotechnology and biosensor, particularly biochemical and physiological studies under environmental stress. Based on this research and fellowship training, she has received several awards and honors, such as CSIR-SRF, British Council fellowship to work in the UK, Academic staff fellowship, UGC, Italian CARINA visiting faculty programme. She is serving as an editorial member of several reputed journals like Journals of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Clinica Acta Chemica, African Journal of Medicinal Research, Biochemistry & Physiology, Journal of Biochemistry & Physiology, etc. She is a member of different scientific societies such as the International Union of Material Research Society, U.S.A, American Biophysical Society, U.S.A, American Society of Microbiology, U.S.A, Infectious Diseases Society of America, U.S.A, etc. She has supervised 18 doctorates and 7 Postdoc students, she has authored 130 research articles, 7 books, and 16 book chapters.

Dr. Bastos is a Food Engineer and he did Master of Bioengineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande, 2000, and PhD in Chemical Engineering - Biotechnology Processes from School of Chemical Engineering, State University of Campinas, 2006. He is currently professor of graduate and postgraduate courses of Biotechnology at the Center of Agricultural Sciences of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Araras, São Paulo, Brazil. He has vast experience in biotechnological processes, such as his main research lines are the industrial enzymes and fermentation, oxygen transfer in bioreactors, microbial culture in solid supports (solid-state fermentation), heterotrophic cultivation of cyanobacteria and microalgae, biotechnological use of agro industrial by-products and biological wastewater treatment.

Dr. Sanket Joshi has received his PhD in 'Biosurfactant production and its Applications in Microbial Enhanced oil Recovery', from M. S. University of Baroda, India. Currently he is working as an Application Specialist, Oil & Gas Sciences, in Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. Prior to academic research he also worked in R&D departments of biotechnology industries in India. His research interests are in Energy and environment, Fermentation technology, Bioproducts production and applications, Biofuels, and Petroleum Biotechnology. He guest edited two thematic issues, published over 60 papers in scientific journals and books and serves as a reviewer in several journals.