Dr. Pablo Coronel Rivadeneira holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Food Science. He has worked internationally in the Food Industry and currently is the Director of Food Processing of CRB Consulting Engineers in Raleigh, North Carolina while he also holds an Adjunct Faculty position with the Department of Food Bioprocessing and Nutrition Science at North Carolina State University. 

Joe Bell holds a MS degree in Health Education from the University of North Texas and a PhD degree in Exercise Science from Texas A&M University. Dr. Bell is an Associate Professor of the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition at Abilene Christian University and is the co-director of ACU’s Human Performance Laboratory. 

Dr. Yousef Husein Ali Tawalbeh holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degress in Food Science and Nutrition from the University of Jordan. He has held positions in academia in the area of Food Science and Technology and has worked in industry as the head of Food Laboratories: Food Directorate and Jordan Food and Drug Administration. He is a member of many societies in the food science realm. He currently holds the position of Specialist/Food Rish Analysis at the Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA).

Dr. R. te Biesebeke has a PhD from the Top Institute Food and Nutrition, the Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands, a M.Sc. in Applied Molecular Biology from the University of Utrecht, and holds a Biochemistry Engineering degree from Saxion Polytechnics, the Netherlands. He started his career in Biochemical research in the Laboratoire de Biochimie of the Ecole Polytechnique and progressed his career in TI Food and Nutrition. He evolved his career in roles with progressively evolving responsibilities in global operating businesses of excellence in Nutrition, Bioprocessing, Food and Beverages. Dr. R. te Biesebeke is Chief Scientific Officer of Ovoceutica Switzerland, Judge at MassChallenge Lausanne Switzerland, Quality Assurance manager at Swiss InnovationWorks, has a track record of peer reviewed publications & patents, and is an invited speaker at conferences and symposia.

Dr. Ruplal Choudhary is an Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.  He actively pursues research in food engineering related with nano-encapsulation of natural antimicrobials to enhance food safety and quality of fresh and packaged foods. He also works on developing ayurvedic and herbal foods for health and wellness, non-thermal and non-conventional food process development using UV light, ultrasound, microwave and nonthermal plasma, in addition to nondestructive sensing of nutrition and quality of local fruits and vegetables.

He is the course coordinator for Food and Process Engineering Technology program at the College of Agricultural Sciences, SIU Carbondale IL. He teaches senior level undergraduate courses in food engineering technology, food packaging, agricultural processing and agricultural automation.

His outreach activities include: Lead Project Director of USDA-NIFA Food Safety Outreach Grant 2016-17, FSPCA Lead Instructor, PSA Instructor, Better Process Control School Instructor and Lead PI of several USDA-AMS Specialty Crops grants in Illinois reaching out the fresh produce growers and packers.

Dr. Francis Mann is a natural products biochemist focusing on the biosynthesis and biotransformation of small molecule natural products by microbes. She earned her B.S. in biochemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and her Ph.D. in biochemistry at Iowa State University under the supervision of Reuben J. Peters. After a short postdoctoral appointment, Dr. Mann has been working in academia. She serves as faculty in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and performs research focused on the role of microbes in the biotransformation and biological activity of compounds found in fermentative communities and the mechanism of production of terpenoids in bacteria.

Dr. Ying Liu holds a PhD in Food Science from Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, Hubei, China. He currently holds positions as a Visiting Scholar at the University of British Columbia and a Research Lecturer at Huazhong Agricultural University.

Dr. Navneet Deora holds a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Food Science. He has held positions in the Food Science industry with Prasan Solutions and currently holds a position as a Cereal Scientist at Nestle R&D in Gurgaon, India.

Dr. Chathurika Jeewanthi holds a MSc and a PhD in Specialized Food Science and Biotechnology of Animal Resources. She currently holds a position as Assistant Research professor at Konkuk University in Seoul, South Korea.

Dr. Hocine Remini is an Assistant Professor in Food Science at the Faculty of Sciences of Nature and Life and Earth Sciences (University of Bouira). He completed his PhD in Food Sciences at Bejaia University. He is a researcher at 3BS Research Laboratory at the University of Bejaia in Algeria. He has published more than 15 papers in reputed journals. He had a MSc. in Bioprocess, Agri-Food, Nutrition and Toxicology and a BS in engineering for health, food and drug from the University of Bejaia.

Dr. Mahesh Shivananjappa has a M.Sc. in Food Science & Nutrition and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Mysore. He has more than 12 yrs of research experience in several fields of Health Sciences with Nutrition and Biochemistry as core in both Academic (CCF, CFTRI, SCTIMST, NRCC) and Industrial (Unilever India Ltd.) settings with knowledge of latest scientific advancements.

Dr. Marijana Dragosavac graduated in 2001 with a Master's of Engineering degree from the University of Novi Sad. She then worked in industry for 3 years at Aker Kvaerner and Worldtech before starting her Master's in Chemical Engineering degree. She followed her degree with an Assistant Professor position with the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Novi Sad.

In 2008 Marijana moved to United Kingdom to start her PhD in Chemical Engineering degree. In 2011 she finished her PhD and received a position as a Knowledge Transfer Associate for Micropore Technologies Ltd in Hatton, UK.

In October 2012 Marijana joined the faculty of Chemical Engineering at Loughborough University as a lecturer and now holds the position of Senior Lecturer.

Dr. Moawiya Haddad holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Nutrition and Food Technology from the University of Jordan. He worked in the nutrition and food industry a technical consultant of the Jordanian Foodstuffs Merchants Association (JFMA) before moving into academia with a lecturer position at Al-Balqa Applied University. Currenlty he holds the position of Assistant Professor where he teaches nutrition and food science courses as well as completing research and student training. He is also the deputy chairmain of the Jordanian Dietetic Association (JDA).

Dr. Kumar Ranganathan holds a M.Sc. degree in Food Science and Nutrition from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and a PhD degree in Food Science from Bharithair University. He currently holds a position in the category of 'Scientist F' at the Defence Research & Development Organization in India, completing research in the Defense Food Research Laboratory.

Dr. Akram Zribi holds a PhD in Chemistry from Sfax University. He is currently is an assistant professor of Lipid and Analytical Chemistry at the Higher Institute of Biotechnology at the Sfax University. Akram also holds a position as a Senior Training Officer of biostatistics/statistical techniques at Nour Formation & Consulting.

Dr. Asif Ahmad holds a PhD degree in Food Technology and has vast teaching and research experience in discipline of Food science, Agriculture and Nutrition. He has international research experience working in USDA labs, OARDC and Ohio State University in the USA. He is member of many scholastic societies working in field of Food Science and Nutrition. He is serving on Editorial boards of several journals in his field. He has authored two books, eight book chapters and more than 55 Research articles. He has supervised approximately 35 Masters level and five PhD level dissertations. Asif Ahmad has been the recipient of many national and international awards, including a Fullbright Scholarship. Currently, he is working as a Professor of Food Technology at PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Dr. Noushin Eghbal holds Ms.C and Ph.D degrees in Food Science and Technology from the University of Tehran.