Dr. Sunil K. Panchal started his current position as a Lecturer in Nutrition and Food Science at the School of Science at Western Sydney University in 2020. He completed his bachelor’s degree in 2005 and master’s (Biochemistry) in 2007 from Nagpur University, India. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Science in 2012 from the University of Southern Queensland (USQ). During his PhD and postdoctoral research (2012–2019) at USQ, his research focused on the characterisation of potential health benefits associated with food components, including anthocyanins. His current research focus is the valorisation of food waste and by-products for the isolation of nutraceuticals.

Dr. Kirsten Heimann is an Associate Professor at the College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Australia. She served as the President and Vice President of the Australasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany from 2016 to 2020. She founded the world’s first tropical microalgal research facility (the North Queensland Algal Innovation Facility (NQAIF)) and was its director from 2008 to 2015. Her research focuses on designing, enabling, implementing, and advancing industry-driven research on closed-system approaches using high-yield microbes in environmental, aqua- & agricultural, and commercial applications for developing renewable products and sustainable industries.

Prof. Lindsay Brown is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Griffith University, Australia. He holds a BPharm (Hons) (1974) from The University of Queensland and a PhD (1981) from the University of Sydney. He was a Professor of Biomedical Sciences and headed the Functional Foods Research Group at the University of Southern Queensland. His research focus has been on functional foods and their roles, mainly using rat models of chronic human diseases such as metabolic syndrome, IBD and chronic renal failure.