Amin N. Olaimat is an Associate Professor of Food Safety and
Hygiene, and is currently working as Vice-Dean of Scientific Research
Deanship at the Hashemite University, Jordan. Olaimat completed his Ph.D. in
Food Science from the University of Manitoba in Canada and obtained his BSc.
and MSc. degrees from the Jordan University of Science and Technology. Olaimat
has a remarkable research profile, where he published more than 105
peer-reviewed papers that addressed many aspects of food safety and microbiology
and published in the most renowned international journals of food microbiology
and safety. Olaimat has participated in 30 conferences and has three published book
chapters. His research is mainly focused on the food safety issues of traditional
foods common in the Mediterranean area, and he utilized medicinal plants and
natural preservatives to control foodborne pathogens and bacterial antibiotic
resistance. Further, Olaimat is actively involved in conducting research with
investigators in Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Canada, the United
States, and several other countries. Olaimat has also a good citation record,
where his publications have been cited 4300 times, with an H-index of 30 and an
i10-index of 64 according to Google Scholar, and he has been featured among the
World’s Top 2% Most Influential Scientists (Single Year) List in 2022 and 2023,
created by Stanford University.
Anas A. Al-Nabulsi is a Professor at the
Department of Nutrition and Food Technology,
Jordan University of Science and Technology. He graduated in Nutrition
and Food Processing from the University of Jordan in 1993 and received an MSc
in Food Science from the University of Jordan in 1996, and a Ph.D. in Food
Microbiology and Safety from the University of Manitoba in 2006. He served as
Head of the Department of Nutrition and Food Technology from 2017 to 2018 and
Dean of the Deanship Of Student Affairs from 2018 to 2022. He served as
Assistant Dean at the Faculty of Agriculture from 2009 to 2011 and has been
Dean at the Faculty Of Agriculture since 2022. His research interests include
risk analysis and the evaluation of the safety of traditional foods, the
development, use, and evaluation of natural antimicrobials to enhance the
safety and extend the shelf-life of fresh food and processed food products, the
mechanism of action and resistance of antimicrobials and antibiotics, the
development of active packaging materials to delay spoilage and improve product
safety, the use of lactic acid bacteria as biological control agents to inhibit a
wide range of spoilage and foodborne pathogens, and bacterial stress response in
the food environment and its impact on the irradiation and thermal inactivation
of foodborne pathogens.
Murad A. Al-Holy graduated with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees
in Nutrition and Food Technology from the University of Jordan and got his PhD
from the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Washington State
University in 2003. He is currently a Professor of Food Microbiology and
Safety and Head of Department at the Department of Clinical Nutrition and
Dietetics in the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences at Hashemite University. He has
received several awards and scholarships; most importantly, the Fulbright
scholarship and the Abdulhameed Shuman Foundation award for the most distinguished
researcher in the Arab world. He has 84 publications with 2266 citations and an
h-index of 28 (Scopus, 15 December 2023).
Ma’mon M Hatmal is a Professor of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology at the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hashemite
University. He graduated from Hashemite University in 2004 and received a
Master’s and Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. He has been the
Vice Dean of Scientific Research since 2021. He won the Distinguished Research
Award from the Ministry of Higher Education/Jordan in 2017. His main research
interests include Bioinformatics, in particular computer-aided molecular
discovery towards new bioactive compounds, and computational predictions of 3D
structures of biological macromolecules; exploring the anti-cancer properties
of natural products; and determining genetic factors associated with different
diseases.
Jihad A.M Alzyoud is an
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Histology at the Department of
Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry / Faculty of Medicine / The Hashemite
University. Dr. Alzyoud graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in dentistry (BDS) from
the University of Jordan 1993, finished his Master's degree (M.Sc.) in Anatomy
and Histology from University of Jordan 2010, and received his PhD from Swansea
University in 2015. Currently, Dr. Alzyoud is the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of
Dentistry and Faculty of Medicine at the
Hashemite University, Jordan. He is the Head
and member of several academic committees at Hashemite University, Jordan. He
is the Head of the Accreditation and Quality Assurance Faculty of Medicine
committee at the Faculty of Medicine. He is a Member of the Accreditation and
Quality Assurance Commission for Higher Education Institutions (AQACHIE)
committee in Jordan for the WFME accreditation of several faculties of Medicine
in the Middle East. His research is mainly focused on anatomical and
histological changes in musculoskeletal tissue. Further, Dr. Alzyoud is
actively involved in research related to health informatics and responsible research conduct.
Iman Aolymat is an Assistant Professor at the Department of
Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Hashemite
University. She graduated with a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from Hashemite
University in 2013 and received an MRes degree in Biomedical Sciences and
Translational Medicine with Distinction from the University of Liverpool in
2016 and a PhD degree in Cellular and Molecular Physiology from the University of Liverpool in 2020.
She has been Head of the Department of Anatomy, Histology, Physiology and Biochemistry,
Faculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan, since 2020. She has 14 publications with 782 citations and an h-index of eight (Google Scholar, 18 December 2023), and is actively involved in research related to medical physiology, in specific, and Medicine in general.
Mahmoud Abu-Ghoush is a Professor at the Department of
Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences. He has
been the former Dean of Applied Medical Sciences College at the Hashemite
University, Jordan, since 2017. He completed his Ph.D. in Food Chemistry, Food
Safety and Processing, and undertook a minor in Nutrition in 2003 from Kansas State
University, USA. He earned his B.Sc. in Nutrition and Food Science from The
University of Jordan in 1989 and his M.Sc. in Food Science from The University
of Jordan in 1992. From 2004 to 2020, he worked as a manager for food quality
control labs at the Ministry of Health, Jordan, from 1992 to 2000. He has published
more than 37 papers in reputable journals and has been serving as an Editorial
Board member of many scientific journals. He has extensive experience in training
in many fields including food production and processing, product development,
food safety, HACCP and ISO 22000, quality control, and sensory analysis
training programs. He also has much consultation experience in many fields of
food production problem detection, food safety and quality control issues
service, and food product development.
Tareq Ossaili is a Professor of food safety at the
Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Sharjah, Sharjah,
UAE. He is also a professor at the Department of Nutrition and Food Technology,
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. He participated in
the AGYA community to find more opportunities to develop and implement
innovative interdisciplinary research projects. His research focuses on the
detection and inactivation of pathogenic microorganisms in food using innovative
techniques and the assessment of food safety knowledge and practices of the local
community. Currently, he is working on using nanoparticles, irradiation, and
microwaves to inactivate pathogenic microorganisms in food.
Mutamed Ayyash joined UAEU in 2014 as an
Assistant Professor of Food Science at the Department of Food Science. He was
promoted to Associate Professor in 2019. He received a Doctor of Philosophy in
Food Science from Victoria University, Australia, in 2013. His research
interests focus on probiotics from indigenous sources, prebiotics,
exopolysaccharides, fermented foods, dairy products (cheese and yogurt),
probiotics and functional foods, probiotics and their impact on foodborne
pathogens, and transforming traditional foods into healthy products.
Kevin M. Coombs is a Professor of medical microbiology and
infectious diseases at the Max Rady College of Medicine, University of
Manitoba. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology and English, a Master of
Arts degree, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in microbiology from the State
University of New York at Geneseo and the University of Texas at Austin,
respectively. He completed his Post-Doctoral fellowship in Molecular Genetics
at Harvard Medical School. He has received numerous accolades, including the
Dr. Fred Aoki Career Achievement Award, the Faculty of Medicine Ed Kroeger
Mentorship Award, the University Merit Award for Teaching, and the Faculty of
Medicine Graduate Student Association Mentorship Award (inaugural recipient).
He has also served on various local, national, and international grant-funding
panels and has held several administrative roles, including Scientific Officer and Chair for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Virology and Viral Pathogenesis panel, Acting and
Associate Head for the Department of Medical Microbiology, Associate Dean,
Faculty of Graduate Studies, and Associate and Assistant Dean of research in
the Max Rady College of Medicine. His research interests are focused on the
molecular characterization of ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses, specifically
their structure, function, assembly, and pathogenesis.
Rick Holley is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Department of Food Science at the University of Manitoba. He is a member of the academic advisory panel of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and provides media interviews on food safety. He also sits on international food security and food safety committees and has served in numerous leadership, editorial and adjudication capacities, including Killam Prize panels. Throughout his career, Dr. Holley has received many distinctions, including a University Merit Award, a Science Technology Award (Canadian Meat Council), and the WJ Eva Award for Outstanding Research in Food from the Canadian Institute of Food Science & Technology (CIFST). He is a fellow of the CIFST and the International Union of Food Science & Technology.
