Name: Dr. Guanhua Xuan
Affiliation: College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
Homepage: https://cfse.ouc.edu.cn/2024/0104/c19356a453688/pagem.htm
Research interests: study of bacterial–phage interaction; selection and breeding of industrial fermentation strains resistant to phages; food hygiene and safety

Name: Dr. Changyu Zhou
Affiliation: College of Food Science and Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
Homepage: https://cfse.nbu.edu.cn/info/1814/6078.htm
Research interests: fermented meat products; flavor chemistry; functional hydrogels

Name: Dr. Hao Wu
Affiliation: School of Food Science and Bioengineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, China
Homepage: https://www.csust.edu.cn/spyswgcxy/info/1093/5824.htm
Research interests: construction of engineering bacteria; synthetic biology; metabolic engineering; heterologous expression of microbial enzymes

Name: Dr. Junnan Xu
Affiliation: School of Food Science and Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China
Homepage: https://spxy.nxu.edu.cn/info/1015/2881.htm
Research interests: food biotechnology; microbial fermentation; food microbial safety control

Name: Dr. Guillermo Hugo Peralta
Affiliation: Instituto de Lactología Industrial (INLAIN-CONICET), Facultad de Ingeniería Química (FIQ-UNL), Santa Fe 2829, Argentina
Homepage:https://www.conicet.gov.ar/new_scp/detalle.php?id=39406&datos_academicos=yes&keywords=inlain
Research interests: fermented dairy products; cheese; fermented milks; plant-based food; cheese microbiome; food metabolome; fermentation-derived metabolites; starter and secondary cultures; lactic acid bacteria; Lactobacillus spp.; Streptococcus thermophilus

Name: Dr. Xin Tang
Affiliation: School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
Homepage: https://foodsci.jiangnan.edu.cn/szdw/fjs1/T/tx1.htm
Research interests: food microbiology; biotransformation; fermentation; probiotics; postbiotics

Name: Dr. Wenchao Cai
Affiliation: School of Food Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
Homepage: https://spxy.shzu.edu.cn/2023/0926/c10312a192623/page.htm
Research interests: fermentation; flavor; volatile compounds; microbial diversity; metabolites

Name: Dr. Richardos Nikolaos Salek
Affiliation: Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Zlín, The Czech Republic
Homepage: https://ft.utb.cz/en/contacts/ing-richardos-nikolaos-salek-ph-d-2/
Research interests: dairy science and technology; milk; cheese; processed cheese; cream cheese; yogurt; fermented beverages; symbiotic starter cultures; beer; cider hydrocolloids; rheology; texture; tribology; physicochemical properties

Name: Dr. Paola Foti
Affiliation: Research Centre for Olive, Fruit and Citrus Crops, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Rome, Italy
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5349-2289
Research interests: fermentation; functional food; bioactive compounds; omics; microorganisms

Name: Dr. Billy Yi Yang
Affiliation: School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Homepage: https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/billy-yang/about
Research interests: fermentation science; wine science; nutraceuticals; analytical chemistry; food safety; waste valorisation; sustainable biotechnology; future foods

Name: Dr. Gorka Santamarina García
Affiliation: Food Technology Area, Department of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Basque Country, Spain
Homepage: https://ekoizpen-zientifikoa.ehu.eus/investigadores/129410/detalle
Research interests: dairy products; fermented food; metagenomics; metabolomics; food quality; food safety; antibiotic residues; antibiotic resistances

Name: Dr. María Nadia Pantano
Affiliations: 1. Instituto de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de San Juan (IIQ-FI-UNSJ), San Juan 5400, Argentina
2. National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Buenos Aires 1425, Argentina
Homepage: https://www.conicet.gov.ar/new_scp/detalle.php?id=44293&datos_academicos=yes
Research interests: dynamic optimization; process systems engineering; nonlinear control; process modeling; fermentation process

Name: Dr. Minhua Cui
Affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, School of Environment & Ecology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
Homepage: https://see.jiangnan.edu.cn/info/1018/6172.htm
Research interests: (bio)electrochemical technology; waste treatment; resource recovery; bioreactor optimization; computational fluid dynamics; anaerobic biotechnology

Name: Dr. Christopher Chukwudi Okonkwo
Affiliation: Biotechnology Program, College of Science, The Roux Institute, Northeastern University, 100 Fore Street, Portland, ME 04103, USA
Homepage: https://roux.northeastern.edu/people/christopher-okonkwo/
Research interests: bioprocess; bioenergy; metabolic engineering; biotechnology; fermentation

Name: Dr. Deepika Awasthi
Affiliation: Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Homepage: https://biosciences.lbl.gov/profiles/deepika-awasthi/
Research interests: bioprocess; microbial fermentation; gas fermentation; strain engineering

Name: Dr. Bin Zhang
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Homepage: https://biotech.ecust.edu.cn/2025/0303/c7935a175760/page.htm
Research interests: industrial biotechnology and biorefinery engineering for bioproduction of biofuels and bio-based chemicals; synthetic biology and metabolic engineering on biorefinery microorganisms for high-performance utilization of lignocellulose

Name: Dr. Gianmaria Oliva
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biology “A. Zambelli”, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
Homepage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gianmaria-oliva-041831139/
Research interests: environmental microbiology; microbial physiology; plant growth-promoting bacteria; indole-3-acetic acid production; wastewater treatment

Name: Dr. Giulia Maria Curcio
Affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
Homepage: https://diam.unical.it/storage/teachers/gmaria.curcio/
Research interests: water purification; adsorption processes; zero-valent; metals; waste recovery; biogas; anaerobic digestion

Name: Dr. Hongxiao Guo
Affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
Homepage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FObgJKAAAAAJ
Research interests: anaerobic digestion; waste-activated sludge; bioenergy; pretreatment

Name: Dr. Jimmy A. Martínez-Ruano
Affiliation: Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad de La Frontera, 01145 Francisco Salazar, Temuco 4780000, Chile
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4505-1982
Research interests: fermentation technology; bioelectrochemical systems; biomass conversion; biorefineries; techno-economic analysis

Name: Dr. Miguel G. Acedos
Affiliation: Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Unit, Department of Energy, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Madrid, Spain
Homepage: https://rdgroups.ciemat.es/en/web/biocar/miguel-g-acedos
Research interests: environmental biotechnology; industrial microbiology; biochemical engineering; bioprocess; anaerobic digestion

Name: Dr. Minsoo Kim
Affiliation: School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
Homepage: https://bioenergy.pusan.ac.kr/bioenergy/index..do
Research interests: biogas upgrading through microbial electrosynthesis; green hydrogen production using microbial electrolysis cells; optimization and operation of bioelectrochemical reactors; microbial electrosynthesis for biological carbon capture and utilization (CCU); resource recovery and environmental remediation via microbial fuel cells; electrochemical sensor development for toxic substance detection and removal; control of electrochemically active microbial communities; scale-up reactor design and optimization for industrial applications

Name: Dr. Octavio García-Depraect
Affiliation: Institute of Sustainable Processes, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7881-1143
Research interests: dark fermentation; biohydrogen; anaerobic digestion; acidogenic fermentation; organic acids

Name: Dr. Siran Wang
Affiliation: Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
Homepage: https://newias.jaas.ac.cn/rcpy/zjml/yjrc/art/2025/art_76c462e0af154ca981a4880ce40b0f26.html
Research interests: silage; fermentation; lactic acid bacteria; ensiling; microbial community; fermented feed

Name: Dr. Yukun Zhang
Affiliation: Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0056, Japan
Homepage: https://researchmap.jp/zhangyukun?lang=en
Research interests: fermentation; nutrition; bio-enzyme; intestinal microorganism; immunology; water quality control

Name: Prof. Dr. Cristiano José De Andrade
Affiliation: Chemical and Food Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, SC, Brazil
Homepage: https://eqa.ctc.ufsc.br/cristiano-jose-de-andrade/
Research interests: biosurfactants; algae; mass spectrometry; petroleum; chemical engineering; food engineering; bioreactor; bacterial fermentation; biosurfactant production

Name: Prof. Dr. Henry Daniel Ruiz Alba
Affiliation: Escola de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8916-2238
Research interests: ruminant nutrition; environmental pollution; byproducts; feed evaluation; meat quality; animal production; pastures; silage

Name: Prof. Dr. Xuedong Zhang
Affiliation: School of Environment & Ecology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
Homepage: https://see.jiangnan.edu.cn/info/1017/5488.htm
Research interests: anaerobic fermentation; bioenergy and resource recovery from organic waste; biogas upgrading; biochemicals production

Name: Dr. Dingkang Wang
Affiliation: Global Health Institute, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
Homepage: https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E7%8E%8B%E5%AE%9A%E5%BA%B7/65221741
Research interests: probiotics; yeast; resist environmental stress

Name: Dr. Suman Lama
Affiliation: School of Molecular Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Homepage: https://www.fritz-lab.org/people/suman-lama
Research interests: metabolic engineering; synthetic biology

Name: Dr. Eric Charles Peterson
Affiliation: The INRS Eau Terre Environnement Research Centre, Quebec, QC, Canada
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1513-6106
Research interests: fermentation; circular bioeconomy; alternative protein; microbial ecology

Name: Dr. Yang Sun
Affiliation: College of Food Science and Light Industry, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
Homepage: https://spy.njtech.edu.cn/info/1092/4641.htm
Research interests: synthetic biology; microbial metabolism; enzyme engineering; fermentation engineering

Name: Dr. Jie Cheng
Affiliation: Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sichuan Engineering & Technology Research Center of Coarse Cereal Industrialization, School of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
Homepage: http://www.lianpp.com/cdu/smu_bio/info/1010/7824.htm
Research interests: metabolic engineering; synthetic biology; fermentation engineering

Name: Dr. Teresa Faddetta
Affiliation: Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, via Archirafi 32, 90123 Palermo, Italy
Homepage: https://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/f/teresa.faddetta
Research interests: streptomycetes; actinobacteria; membrane vesicles (MVs); fermentation; bioactive compounds; antibiotics; multi-omics; microbial interactions; plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB)

Name: Dr. Marina Simona Robescu
Affiliation: Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Homepage: https://unipv.unifind.cineca.it/get/person/048313
Research interests: fermentation; biocatalysis; circular economy

Name: Dr. Bartłomiej Zieniuk
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Institute of Food Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, 159C Nowoursynowska Str., 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
Homepage: https://bw.sggw.edu.pl/info.seam?affil=&ps=20&id=WULSd043895c1d894ced80f8f2b6e082addb&lang=en&pn=1&cid=264819
Research interests: enzyme biosynthesis; enzymatic synthesis of compounds with antioxidant activity; lipases; Yarrowia lipolytica; chemistry of natural compounds

Name: Dr. Elisa Ale
Affiliations: 1. Instituto de Lactología Industrial (INLAIN), Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL)-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Santiago del Estero 2829, Santa Fe, Argentina
2. Center for Dairy Research (CDR), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1605 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Homepage: https://www.conicet.gov.ar/new_scp/detalle.php?id=41267&datos_academicos=ye; https://www.cdr.wisc.edu/staff/elisa-ale
Research interests: fermented food; lactic acid bacteria; exopolysaccharides; probiotics; prebiotics and synbiotics; gut microbiota; rheology; bioactive peptides; sensory properties

Name: Dr. Ni Wang
Affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University，Suzhou, China
Homepage: http://web.suda.edu.cn/niwang
Research interests: biofilm; digestion; probiotics; fermentation

Name: Dr. Amanda Vaccalluzzo
Affiliation: Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A), University of Catania, 95131 Sicily, Italy
Homepage: https://www.di3a.unict.it/phd-students/amanda.vaccalluzzo
Research interests: food microbiology; probiotics; functional food; microbiota; lactobacilli; omics