Dr.Indira graduated with honours in microbiology from Tribhubvan University, Nepal in 2009. In 2010, she was awarded Brain Korea 21 (BK21) Scholarship to pursue her graduate studies in Korea. In 2017, she received her Doctor of philosophy (PhD), in Molecular Virology from Pusan National University (PNU) under the guidance of Professor Jang Kyung Lib. Subsequently she joined as postdoctoral researcher at School of Korean Medicine, PNU. Further she diversified herself by accepting fellowship in clinical embryology from Creation and love women hospital, Kwangju, Korea. She served as laboratory director of Hope and Joy, IVF Centre and member of hospital management team at Grande City Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal till 2019. Recently, she received the prestigious Korea Research Fellowship Award (KRF 2020-2025) through, funded by the Korean Ministry of Science and ICT. As a principal researcher of NRF, she is currently focused on discovering novel antigen for early diagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis. In addition, she is actively involved in Avian Influenza virus surveillance in East Asia. She has published several scientific papers and presented her work in National and International conferences. Multidisciplinary Dr.Tiwari is General Secretary of NRNA Korea (2017-2019), deputy Women coordinator of Asia Pacific in Non-residential Nepalese Association (2021-2023) and former president of Society of Nepalese Students in Korea.

Her core expertise is in Environmental Health Engineering, Climate Change Adaptation, Urban Heat Island Phenomenon and Health Impact. Since 1995 she has targeted towards contamination measurement and possible control. She has an extensive background in pure and applied research as well as engineering background in Graduate faculty of Environment, University of Tehran and Chemical Engineering, University of Malaya. She has acquired, applied and has taken pride in a very wide range of experiences and activities from hands-on projects such as projects involving air, water, wastewater, solid waste and related health issues. She led as the Principal Investigator for various local and international research focusing on urban health and climate change addressing Sustainable Development Goals 3, 11 and 13 targeting future cities. Urban Heat Island Phenomenon In Tropical Urban Area is one of the recent grand challenge led by her funded by University of Malaya which consists of four inter-disciplinary wings from build environment, social behavior, computer science and engineering. She has been an investigator on more than 14 research projects (including 4 as a Principal investigator with total fund of RM 860, 850) within UM and internationally. Specific projects include University of Malaya Living Lab Grant Programme (LL038-18SUS), Partnership Grant (RK003-2017), Postgraduate Research Grant (PG014-2016A) and Research Grant Programme of Wellness Research Cluster (RG190-12SUS). She is also coordinate for the PhD and Masters by research program within the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, and supervised 37 Master and 12 PhD students. She has published several books/book chapters, and 58 papers on public health, air pollution, environmental pollution, modelling and review papers in peer review publications with an H-index of 22. Currently, she is Heading the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health and also heading the Environmental Unit, OSHE, UMMC. She is Associate Editor for international Journal of Sustainable cities and Society ( Elsevier ) and also is the Guest editor for Energy and Building ( Elsevier). She is an Editorial Member for various peer review Journals. She is Member of Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) in United Kingdom, Since 2020,She is member of IChemE100 and recently appointed as Editorial Chair for Transportation and Built Environment ( IChemE100) . Member of Institution of the Charted Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) in United Kingdom, Member of Environmental Management & Research Association (ENSEARCH) in Malaysia, Member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG) in Hong Kong, Member of International Society for Applied Life Sciences (ISALS), Member of Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEHUM) in University Malaya, Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Practice in University of Malaya and Member of Centre of Energy for Sciences.

Ts. Dr. Liew Kai Bin is the head of department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Industry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Cyberjaya (UoC). He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Master in Science (Pharmaceutical Technology), and Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutical Technology) from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). He has experience in various pharmaceutical related fields including research and development, product development, bioequivalence study, analytical chemistry, regulatory affair and public health pharmacy.

He has published more than 50 publications in international journals and books chapter. He has been repeatedly invited as speaker to deliver speeches in neighboring countries. His research areas focus on the novel drug delivery system, orally disintegrating dosage forms, bioequivalence study and self microemulsifying system.

Assistant professor in the Department of Tropical Medicine, faculty of medicine, Zagazig University

Jiang Zhang is a surgeon at Renji Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University since 2019.

Dr. Zhang completed his M.D. at University of Munich (LMU). His research interests lie in the area of liver immunity, and he engages on mechanism of liver immune cells (especially Kupffer cells and dendritic cells) in liver bacterial infection and post-transplant rejection. He has published 4 SCI articles as the first author, presided over one youth project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and participated in two general projects.

Ph.D. by the Graduate Program in Microbiology –Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Master in Biotechnology by the Universidade Federal da Bahia. Pharmacist with qualification in Biochemistry and specialization in microbiology. I have been working for 14 years with infectious diseases, including training in hospitals, postgraduate studies, and contracts at research and biotechnology centers. My professional construction has an emphasis on virology, especially in the study of flaviviruses. Present experience in techniques such as monoclonal production, cloning, expression, and protein purification, as well as basic immunological and molecular techniques. Post-doctoral degrees in Fundação Ezequiel Dias, and also in Instituto René Rachou –Fiocruz. I am currently part of a research group at the national biosciences center as a research and development analyst.

Research interests:

Virology/microbiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, biotechnology.

Caio Franco completed a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from Federal University of São Paulo in 2018. He has published 25 articles, accumulating more than 380 citations to date (accumulated impact factor 111.8, h-factor: 12, Feb 2022). His interests are in the fields of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Parasitology. His main activities are focused on the design and establishment of numerous in vitro infection screening assays, performing large-scale screenings with libraries of small molecules/natural products, and phenotypic and genetic characterization of drug-resistant parasites (Trypanosoma cruzi, Plasmodium falciparum). He has also established a screening assay to identify compounds that disrupt/inhibit biofilm formation by Gram-positive bacteria. C. Franco is currently applying functional genomics screenings to identify host factors regulating bacterial infections.

Sirikachorn Tangkawattana has been worked in KKU since 1993. She is now an Associate Professor (Pathology) in Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. She has a background in DVM from KKU, MSc in Veterinary Pathobiology (Chulalongkorn University) and PhD in Biomedical Science (KKU). Recently she is elected as President of Thai Board of Veterinary Pathology. Her research involves liver fluke disease and oncology especially cholangiocarcinoma focusing on animal model, reservoir host and pathogenesis, as well as integrative control using One Health approach. She has published at least 37 publications with 428 citations and h-index 10 (ORCID 0000-0002-5662-8636).

Research of interests: Pathology, Liver flukes, One Health, Oncology, Participatory Epidemiology, Tropical Zoonoses

I (Pratibha Gaur) am currently working as a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Francesca Levi Schaffer at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel on a project entitled ‘Role of mast cells and eosinophils upon Candida albicans infection’. I am interested to be part of the Editorial Board of the ‘Journal of Tropical Medicine & Infectious Diseases. I have experience working with Prof. Dagmar Wirth at Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany on the project entitled, 'Investigation of immune response in tamoxifen-induced hepatic mouse models and influenza virus-infected obese mice' (Gaur et al. 2017 & 2021). I have worked as a postdoctoral fellow on a project entitled “Effect of natural drug compounds on plasmodium falciparum activity” with Prof. Celia R Garcia at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (Co-author: Sharma et al, 2014; Pinto et al, 2015). I have completed my Ph.D. in 2011 entitled, “Identification and Molecular Characterization of Host Interacting Partners of the Influenza Virus Neuraminidase Protein” (Gaur et al. 2011, 2012 & 2021) under the supervision of Dr. Sunil K. Lal, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India while registered from Banasthali University, Rajasthan, India. I got the opportunity to work at the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, USA during my PhD . Of note, I have worked with COVID-19 patient samples for an extensive study of prognostic markers (Submitted to Nature Communications).

Experience in diverse fields of infection biology encourages me to work further in the area of Molecular virology, host-pathogen interactions (Pubmed ID: - Gaur P. 13 publications). My future research plan on ‘Deciphering the host-pathogen interactions on the axis of innate and adaptive immune response’ leads to investigating the fungus-host-viral interplay in the treatment of infections. My working experience and training in premier institutions of India and Internationally like IIT (Delhi, India), JNU (Delhi, India), ICGEB (Delhi, India), CDC (Atlanta, USA), USP (Sao Paulo, Brazil), HZI (Braunschweig, Germany), and HUJI (Jerusalem, Israel) have prepared me confident for future challenges.

Dr Shazia Mansoor, PhD in Microbiology and received my degree from Integral University, Lucknow. I did my Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Microbiology from Saifia Science College, Barkatullah University, Bhopal. I received a MANF-UGC fellowship during my PhD, both JRF and SRF. I am having 4 year working experience in teaching as well as research after PhD, whereas, 5 year working experience before PhD. I am presently working as Molecular Microbiologist in Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Bhopal.

Mariam Oyedeji Amusa has over 13 years working experience of which 6 years have been lecturing and researching at the university level and 7 years as a skill and self-empowerment facilitator. She has demonstrated high leadership skills in several organizations. She is a member of international and local organizations including South Africa Council for Natural Scientific Professionals (SACNASP), South African Association of Botanist (SAAB) and Southern African Society for Systematic Biology (SASSB). She is well dedicated and works with little or no supervision.

Research interest: Ethnobotany, Medicinal plant, Pharmacological activity of medicinal plants, Antimicrobial, Toxicity, Plant anatomy

I am Wendemagegn Enbiale, a professor of Dermatoveneroloy. My background is a medical doctor with Master in Public Health. I am working in Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. In the universities I have served from Department head to deanship position of the medical college. Currently I am running clinical trials on STH, scabies and podoconiosis. I am also volunteering in supporting the regional health bureau and Federal Ministry of Health technically in evidence generation for NTD management and emergency responses. I am also serving as a research advisory committee for Ministry of health. Authored and co-authored 32 pear reviewed articles. My main interest is NTD specifically skin NTD. Currently I am serving as a member of editorial board for Ethiopian Medical Journal.

PhD in Sciences through the Tropical Medicine program at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo – USP (2021). Postgraduate in Hematology and Laboratory Hemotherapy by IPESSP (2016). Level 3-Technical Training Scholarship (2014) from FAPESP. Specialization through the Professional Improvement Program conducted at the Superintendência de Controle de Endemias – SUCEN (2012). Graduated in Biological Sciences (Licentiate and Bachelor's degree). My professional trajectory was built working in Public Health research with an emphasis on malaria, working mainly on the following topics: Recombinant Proteins (MSP1) from Plasmodium malariae, P. vivax and P. falciparum, Molecular Biology, Avian Malaria and Endemic Vectors. At the moment, I work in the Research Support of the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at SUCEN.

I, Dr. Asghar Ali completed my Ph. D. entitled, “Studies on molecular, structural and functional aspects of CTX-M type β-lactamase”. in the year 2021 from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. My thesis was focused on antibiotic resistance in bacteria from different environmental water bodies viz., lentic, lotic, and effluent water reservoirs of Delhi-NCR, India. I have significantly contributed to the field of Microbiology, Molecular biology, Environmental Biology, and Medicinal Chemistry.

I have total 8 years of research experience along with teaching, mentoring, and training post graduate students at the University level. I have received recognitions (“INSC Young Researcher Award -2022”) and have published over 15 research articles in SCI/Scopus journals.

Looking for a challenging position as a Zoologist in a well-renowned organization, where I can skillfully apply my technical abilities in improving the research and documentation work for environmental studies.

Ahmed Tabbabi Division of Medical Zoology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University, Japan

Suresh Thangudu is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine (ITRBM), Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan in 2020. His research interest focuses on the development of biocompatible metal nanomaterials for treating the bacterial infections and cancer tumors.

Dr. Mihail Lucian Birsa is currently a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. In 2003 he was selected as a member of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, working with Professor Henning Hopf in TU Braunschweig - Germany. Since then numerous return fellowships were granted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He has more than 120 publications in peer-review journals and published +45 books/book chapters (John Wiley & Sons, Thieme etc). Also, is editorial board member in more than 50 journals such as Applied Sciences, Arkivoc, BioChem, Edelweiss Chemical Science Journal, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design, Journal of Fine Chemical Engineering, Modern Approaches in Drug Designing, Pharmaceutical Toxicology.

Dr. Laura Gabriela SARBU is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. She received a Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry in 2015. During the Ph.D. program she joined several times the Prof. dr. Henning Hopf research team in TU Braunschweig – Germany. She has more than 45 publications in peer-review journals and published 4 books. Also, is editorial board member in several journals such as Advance in Medical and Clinical Research, Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Recerca, Chemical Glycobiology Journal, International Journal Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, Journal of Biomedical Research & Environmental Sciences - Green Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Research and Reports, Journal of Molecular Biology and Drug Design, International Journal of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Clinical Pharmacy.

Assoc. Prof. Darko Katalinić, M.D., Ph.D., FRSM (UK), FESE, FESMO, FEACR (Ambassador), internist, haematologist and medical oncologist, studied Medicine and Molecular Biology at the University of Rijeka and University of Zagreb, Croatia. He holds an Ph.D. degree (doctoral promotion "Summa cum laude") from Zagreb University in Molecular Biology. His clinical and research interests include medical oncology, haematology, molecular oncology, adjuvant immuno/chemotherapy and targeted therapy as well as discoveries on predictive and prognostic cancer markers in lung cancer, breast cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, urogenital cancer, neuroendocrine tumours, GIST, melanoma, sarcoma, lymphoma and MDS.