Experienced Professor and Consultant with +25y experience in academia and research crowned with many awards. Talented at developing, executing and evaluating high-quality research into Veterinary Medicine and Public Health.

Research interest:

Avian pathology, Fish pathology, toxicopathology, surgical pathology, experimental pathology.

Saziye Sezin Yucelik graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Pharmacy. She received MSci and Ph.D. degrees in toxicology. She worked as an observer scientist at the Innsbruck Medical Faculty Biological Chemistry Department. She is now working as a associate professor and head of the department in Atatürk University Faculty of Pharmacy Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology. Her research interests are antioxidants, mycotoxins, pteridine pathway, neurotoxic environmental chemicals, drug induced liver and kidney injury. She has published more than 30 papers in national and international journals. She is a European Registered Toxicologist (ERT) since 2020.

Yasmeen Moustafa Ahmed Ahmed at present has completed a Ph.D. degree in pharmaceutical science pharmacology and toxicology, faculty of pharmacy, Beni-Self University, Egypt. Currently, Yasmeen Moustafa working as Deputy Director of the quality assurance unit faculty of pharmacy Nahda University. Research experience includes. Isolated organ (In-vit o) preparations: Bioassay experiment involved isolated organ as rat aorta ring and strip, Frog rectus abdominis, and Rabbit intestine. In-vivo experience: induction of rheumatoid arthritis with CFA, induction of diabetes mellitus type I and type II with a fatty diet, Induction of Alzheimer’s disease model, Induction of colorectal cancer mode, Induction of sciatic nerve model.

Mohammed Ariful Islam was born in May 9th, 1975 in Pabna, Bangladesh. After his secondary education in Dhaka in 1992, he started his undergraduate study in Agriculture at the Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh. In 2001, he completed his MSc in Agricultural Chemistry from the same University and joined as lecturer in the department of Agricultural Chemistry at the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka in 2003. The department have the focus in analyzing plant, soil, water and fertilizer samples in relation to agricultural production and environmental contamination. However, with a keen interest in food safety issues in Bangladesh, in 2008 he moved to the Netherlands in a Nuffic funded Food Safety MSc program at Wageningen University and continue his PhD research at the Division of Toxicology in the same University. This PhD project was funded by RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and Environment). He has research experience in in vitro and in vivo toxicity testing of food contaminants, food risk assessment, pesticide residue and plant nutrient analysis. His current research interests extend to human health risk assessment, food contaminant analysis (including pesticide residues and toxic metals), understanding the global standards for food industries and primary producers, establishment of certified food testing laboratories. He supervised more than 27 MSc students in country and abroad, have joined dozen of post graduate trainings abroad, published 22 scientific articles and two book chapters. Currently he is involve in a Nuffic funded food safety project with the aim to strengthen food safety infrastructure by developing a higher education program in Bangladesh.

He is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Goiano Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology (Goiás State, Brazil). He received a bachelor’s degree from Federal University of Ouro Preto, a MS from Federal University of Goiás, PhD and Postdoc from Federal University of Goiás (Brazil), Assiut University (Egypt), and São Paulo State University (Brazil), all related to Environmental and Biological Sciences. He is directing the Laboratory of Toxicology Applied to the Environment with a focus on the ecotoxicological assessment of emerging pollutants, including micro(nano)plastics, nanomaterials, nanofibers, pesticides, drug residues, etc. The ongoing research projects in his lab use different animal species as model systems (e.g.: mice, zebrafish, guppy, Amazon-turtle, tadpole, Japanese quails, mosquito larvae, earthworms, and dragonfly larvae, in addition to aquatic and native plants from Brazilian Cerrado). He has published over 250 journal papers and several books. In addition, he has served as a reviewer for more than 170 international journals. The researcher is on the Editorial Board of Science of the Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and other journals, including Frontiers in Marine Science, Environmental Sciences Europe, Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics, Advances in Pharmaceutical Sciences, among others. He is an advisor for scientific initiation (undergraduate students), master's and doctorate, in addition to post-doctoral internship.

Ghada Ali Mahmoud Ahmed Badawi has completed a Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacology and Toxicology), from Cairo University. Ghada Ali Mahmoud Ahmed Badawi has 7 year years of experience as a lecturer in different Pharmacology & Toxicology curricula at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Sinai University. Ghada Ali Mahmoud Ahmed Badawi has published original research in different international journals on Thomson Reuters, Journals include British Journal of Pharmacology, impact factor 8.740, International immunopharmacology, impact factor 4.932 , ACS Chemical Neuroscience, impact factor 4.486, Life Sciences, impact factor 3.647, Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, impact factor 2.456 , Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry impact factor 2.952, Inflammopharmacology Journal, impact factor 3.45, Neurotoxicity research, Journal, impact factor 3.18.

Cecilia Jimeno M.D. Internist, Endocrinologist B.S. Physical Therapy, UP College of Allied Medical Professions. Doctor of Medicine, UP College of Medicine . Residency in Internal Medicine, Philippine General Hospital Department of Medicine (Chief Resident). Fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, PGH Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Chief Fellow).

Professor 12 and Chair, Dep’t of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, UP Manila. Clinical Professor and Admitting Physician, UP-Philippine General Hospital. Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism. Panel 1 chair, Research Ethics Board (REB), UP Manila. Vice Chair for Research, UP PGH Department of Internal Medicine. Consultant Staff, Department of Medicine, San Juan De Dios Educational Foundation, Inc (Hospital).

Relevant Awards: UPMAS Outstanding Educator 2020, One UP Professorial Chair Award for Teaching & Research (Pharmacology), 2016-2018, One UP Professorial Chair Award in Pharmacology and Toxicology for Outstanding Research and Public Service in UP Manila for 2019-2021, Philippine College of Physicians Exemplar in Clinical Research 2015, UP Medical Alumni Society In America (UPMASA) Award For Most Outstanding Teacher In The Basic Sciences. Given during the Commencement Exercises of UP College of Medicine. UP Theater, Diliman Quezon City, May 2009, 2013. (2-time awardee), UP Medical Alumni Society in America (UPMASA) Award For Most Outstanding Teacher in the Clinical Sciences. Given during the 108th and 109th Commencement Exercises of UP College of Medicine Class 2018. UP Theater, Diliman Quezon City, July 22, 2018 and July 2019. (2-time), UP Medical Alumni Society In America (UPMASA) Award For Most Outstanding Teacher for LU4 for 2005-2006; LU4 AY 2007-2008 and LU4 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2017-2018, AY 2018-2019, UPMASA Award for Most Outstanding (Clinical) Teacher for LU5 for AY 2017-2018, AY 2018-2019. Given during the UPCM College Council Meeting, November 2018, UP Medical Alumni Society In America (UPMASA) Award For Most Outstanding Teacher for LU6, AY 2014-2015, AY 2016-2017. RAMON F. ABARQUEZ AWARD FOR MOST OUTSTANDING FELLOW, awarded at the 2000 UP-PGH Department of Medicine Commencement Exercises, CHAIRMAN'S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CHIEF RESIDENT, awarded during 1998 UP-PGH Department of Medicine Residents and Fellows Commencement Exercises.

Nagavendra Kommineni, completed his Masters and PhD in Pharmaceutics from NIPER Hyderabad, India. He worked as a Research Associate in Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL-USA. Currently he is working as a Research fellow in Population Council at Rockefeller University, New York, USA. His area of expertise includes Liposomal technology for delivering small molecules, Stem cell derived Exosome delivery of small molecules, Lipid nanoparticles, Topical and Transdermal product development and development of complex and sterile injectables, developing nanotechnology-based products for HIV and contraception as well as product development for sexual and reproductive health.

Dr. Wei Wu is an Associate Professor and Associate Department Chair in the Department of Toxicology at Nanjing Medical University, China, where he received his Ph.D. in Toxicology in 2012. He was a guest researcher at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) between 2017 and 2018. He is the PI of State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and the PI of Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education.

He is a member of different national and international societies in the fields of human reproduction and toxicology, and has received awards from many national societies for the originality and quality of his projects. He has a wide range of teaching and consulting experience, including in the area of toxicology. His research interests include application of new media technology in teaching, epigenetic mechanisms of transgenerational effects of male infertility induced by endocrine disrupting chemicals, environmental exposure and male reproductive health, genetic and epigenetic risk factors of male infertility and abnormal fetal growth.

Prof. Wu has authored 75 peer-reviewed papers in international journals such as Environmental Pollution, EBioMedicine, Clinical Epigenetics, Environment International, Toxicological Sciences, Environmental Health, Human Reproduction, and Molecular Human Reproduction. He has edited four books and collaborated on nine books, 17 patents and in the organization of three international conferences. He is a reviewer of 103 journals. Prof. Wu serves as the Editor-in-Chief of international scientific journals International Journal of Sexual Health and Reproductive Health Care, Research International Journal of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Executive Editor of Annals of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Associate Editor of the JSM Invitro Fertilization, and editor of many other journals including Scientific Reports and Medicine.

G.Ramachandran has completed his Ph.D - Discovery of novel compound from marine Streptomyces xiamenensis against Carbapenem-Resistant Bacteria. Currently G.Ramachandran is working as Research Assistant Director at Department of Agriculture (DWDA) – WDT- Agronomist (Watershed projects) at Namagiripet in Namakkal, Government of Tamil Nadu. Blood bank - Maruthi Salem 1.5 year (2008- 2009). Dairy - Hatsun Arokya milk – Lab chemist (QC) , Salem, 6 months, (2008). Water Plant - Sri Venkateshwaraa Aqua Products, Microbiologist & Lab chemist (QC), Namakkal, 1.5 years (2006-2007). His research interest includes: marine actinomycetes (compound against MDRs, ESBLs, biofilm, carbapenems producing bacteria & cancer cells. Nanocomposites against (MDRs, ESBLs, biofilm, carbapenems producing bacteria & cancer cells).