Dr. Amit K. Jaiswal is a lecturer of food technology and industrial biotechnology in the School of Food Science and Environmental Health at Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) - City Campus, Ireland. He teaches food engineering, food processing technology and industrial biotechnology to undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is also the chair of the MSc programme in Sustainable Food Safety Management at TU Dublin-City Campus. His research focuses on the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels, biomaterials, and biochemicals, with an emphasis on novel process development and techno-economic analysis. He is also working on novel food processing technologies for functional and nutritional ingredient extraction from natural resources and biodegradable/compostable packaging materials development for the food industry. He is the author of more than 150 publications which include, book chapters, and journal/review articles, with an h index of 38 and over 5,000 citations.

Dr Agi Vivian Nkemkanma was born on the 7^th of March into the family of Elder N. P Olowu (Late) and Mrs Margaret Olowu in Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. She attended Sea Bed Model Primary school (1988), Government Girls Secondary School Harbour Road (1993) and Rivers State University of Science and Technology Port Harcourt (PH) where she obtained Bachelors in Medical Laboratory science (B. MLS) in 2006.

She started her career as a Medical Laboratory Scientist with the Rivers State Primary Health care Management Board in 2009 where she worked for 9 years but because of her quest for knowledge she went ahead for further studies in the University of Manchester, United Kingdom for a Master’s degree (Medical microbiology) in 2012 and Ph.D (Medical Microbiology) in the Rivers State University (RSU) PH, Nigeria in 2017. In 2018, she got an appointment from the Rivers State Governor Chief (Barr) Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike as a Lecturer in the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Science, RSU, PH where she has been working till date and has rose to the rank of a senior lecturer.

She has several publications and has participated in several workshops, trainings and conferences both locally and internationally. She is a reviewer of many learned journals and a member of several professional bodies such as The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), Nigerian Biological Safety Association (NIBSA), Nigerian Bioinformatics and Genomics Network(NBGN), Nigerian Society for scientists in Infectious Diseases (NSSID), Institute for Biomedical science (IBMS),  African Society of Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), Society for General Microbiology (SGM), American society for Microbiology (ASM) and others.

Osah Martins Onwuka is a Nigerian based Medical/health research scientist affiliated to Applied Physiology Unit, Department of Human Physiology, Gregory University Uturu, Abia State Nigeria. Area of research interests includes human toxicology, biomedicine, molecular medicine, Pathophysiology, food toxicology, Applied and Human Physiology... I have carried out lots of research work and published in different learned journals and conference proceedings. I am indexed in Google scholar, Researchgate, academia, Semantic scholar etc.

I belong to Professional association of Practicing Clinical Physiologist in Nigeria (PAPCPN), Physiological Society of Nigeria (PSN), Ibadan College of Medicine Alumni Association (ICOMAA), worldwide and Africa Association of Physiological Sciences (AAPS). I was awarded committed staff of the year 2022 of Basic Medical Sciences by the faculty of basic medical sciences, Gregory University, Uturu. I also received service award as Faculty of basic medical science week 2022 supervisor by Gregory University Uturu, Nigeria. I was awarded in 2021 as 3rd best performance department by the SIWES unit Gregory University Uturu were I participated as an instructor. I am a member of GUU COVID-19 policy formulation committee; Chairman, maintenance and repair committee, Gregory University Uturu, Nigeria and several other committees. 

Dr. Poonam Jethwani has received her undergraduate and post graduate degree from G.B. Pant university of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India in 2013 and 2015 respectively. She was awarded Ph.D. Degree in the field of food and nutrition in 2018 by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India. She got first rank in ICAR-NET SRF examination and has also qualified UGC NET JRF in 2015. She has a total experience of 5+ years in teaching and research. Currently she is working as Assistant Professor in School of Allied Health Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur. She has an expertise in the field of food science, food product development and nutritional analysis, Food adulteration and food safety. She has more than 10 publications in her field of expertise. She is an active life member of esteemed Nutrition Society of India, Indian Dietetics Association and Association of Food Scientists and Technologists, India. She has actively participated in various conference, workshop, seminars and FDPs. She has been awarded Young Scientist Award by All India Institute of Medical Science, Delhi in 2012 for the best poster presentation.Dr. Poonam Jethwani has received her undergraduate and post graduate degree from G.B. Pant university of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India in 2013 and 2015 respectively. She was awarded Ph.D. Degree in the field of food and nutrition in 2018 by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India. She got first rank in ICAR-NET SRF examination and has also qualified UGC NET JRF in 2015. She has a total experience of 5+ years in teaching and research. Currently she is working as Assistant Professor in School of Allied Health Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur. She has an expertise in the field of food science, food product development and nutritional analysis, Food adulteration and food safety. She has more than 10 publications in her field of expertise. She is an active life member of esteemed Nutrition Society of India, Indian Dietetics Association and Association of Food Scientists and Technologists, India. She has actively participated in various conference, workshop, seminars and FDPs. She has been awarded Young Scientist Award by All India Institute of Medical Science, Delhi in 2012 for the best poster presentation.

Selected Research Projects and Grants 

High-End Foreign Expert Recruitment Program from the Department of Foreign Expert Services of the Ministry of Science and Technology in China: Research on the damage -prevention and fresh-keeping technologies of post-harvest fresh fruit. No. G2022172006L, 1/1/2022-31/12/2023.  Agricultural Science Innovation and Transformation Project of Shaanxi Province, No. NYKJ-2021- YL(XN)05: Construction and demonstration in the integration of production and marketing to greenhouse vegetables, 06/2021-05/2022.  Key Laboratory of on Site Processing Equipment for Agricultural Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China: PET plastic box – based automatic packaging method and equipment development for cherry tomatoes. No. 2016NYZD2101, 01/2022-12/2023.  FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF - Marie Curie Action: "International Incoming Fellowships" No. 326847 and 926847, Multi-scale Modelling of Mechanical Damage to Tomatoes, 09/2014-10/2017  National Natural Science Foundation of China, Project Leader, Finished No. U1204107: Research on the coupling and correlation mechanism of multiscale biomechanics in tomato fruit, 01/2013-12/2015 Multiscale agro-biomechanics related to fruit seedling, cultivation, picking, and packaging.

 Publications in peer review Journal

1. Liu Z., Fadiji T., Yang J., Li Z.*, Tchuenbou-Magaia F. Impact of mechanical stimulation on the life cycle of horticultural plant. Horticultural Plant Journal, 2022, Accepted. 2. An X., Liu H., Fadiji T., Li Z.*, Darko D. Prediction of the temperature sensitivity of strawberry drop damage using dynamic finite element method. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2022, 190, 111939. 3. Liu H., Han X., Fadiji T., Li Z.*, Ni J. Prediction of the cracking susceptibility of tomato pericarp: Threepoint bending simulation using an extended finite element method. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2022, 187, 111876.