Dr Abderrahmen Merghni is an Assistant professor of Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar (UTM), Tunisia. He received his PhD degree in 2016 from the Monastir University. His research interests are focused on the characterization of virulence factors of pathogenic opportunistic bacteria, particularly Staphylococcus aureus from different origins, along with the assessment of the antimicrobial, anti-virulence activities and the modes of action of bioactive compounds against this pathogen. He has published more than 35 research articles in SCI(E) journals

Dr. Xu is a Chair Professor in Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC, a full English teaching college in China), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Zhuhai Scholar Distinguished Professor, Department Head of Department of Life Sciences, Program Director of Food Science and Technology Program, author of over 340 peer-reviewed papers. Dr. Xu received Ph.D. in Food Science from Chungnam National University, South Korea. He conducted postdoctoral research work in North Dakota State University (NDSU), Purdue University, and Gerald P. Murphy Cancer Foundation in USA during 2005-2009. He did short-term visiting research in NDSU in 2012, and University Georgia in 2014, and followed by visiting research during his sabbatical leave (7 months) in Pennsylvania State University in USA in 2016. Dr. Xu is serving as Associate Editor-in-Chief of Food Science and Human Wellness, Associate Editor of Food Research International, Associate Editor of Food Frontiers, and the editorial board member of around 10 international journals. He received inaugural President’s Award for Outstanding Research of UIC in 2016, President’s Award for Outstanding Service of UIC in 2020. Dr. Xu has been listed in the world's top 2% scientists by Stanford University in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, and has been listed in the Best Scientist in the world in the field of Biology and Biochemistry at Research.com in 2023 and 2024.

Biljana Lončar is a Senior Research Associate at the Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, where she has been employed since 2011. She obtained her Ph.D. in Engineering Technology in 2015 from the same institution. Her research focuses on various aspects of food and food by-product processing and engineering. She has extensive experience in food drying, mathematical modeling, machine learning, artificial neural networks, extraction processes, and the modeling and optimization of bioactive compound isolation processes. Dr. Lončar has published over 100 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and has conducted over 150 reviews for prestigious scientific journals. She also served as a guest editor for the special issue "Mathematical Modelling Approach and Simulation in Food Drying Applications" in the journal Foods.

He is a Full Distinguished Professor and Academic Tenure of Chemistry, Enrico Fermi Distinguished Chair in Molecular Spectroscopy, Head of Cancer Research Institute (CRI) and Director of the BioSpectroscopy Core Research Laboratory (BCRL) at California South University (CSU), Irvine, California, USA.