Francesco Puoci is Associate Professor in Polymers and Biomaterials of Pharmaceutical Interest at the Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences at University of Calabria, Italy.He has professional expertise in the area of functional food and nutraceuticals. His research activities include the development and characterization of bioactive food ingredients and novel approaches for their stabilization and preservation.Prof. Puoci participates to a relevant research activity in the functional materials field in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies and research center, he was Principal investigator and co investigator for University of Calabria of different research project.

Dr. Noureddine Benkeblia is a Professor of Crop Science, and holds a Doctorate of Natural Sciences and a Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Sciences. his main research areas are pre- and post-harvest biochemistry, physiology and metabolisms of fresh crops. Prof. N. Benkeblia is the head of the laboratory of crop science in the life science department and the head of the tree and aromatic crops laboratory in the biotechnology center, the university of the West Indies, Mona Campus. Prof. N. Benkeblia research work focuses on pre- and post-harvest physiology and biochemistry of fresh crops, and the effects of environmental factors, biotic and abiotic stresses on the metabolism and the metabolome of plant tissues.

Dr. Devendra Kumar Bhatt is working as Associate Professor in the Inst of Food Technology (A Center of Excellence) of Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, a premier University of State of Uttar Pradesh (India). He did his PhD in the International Rice Research Institute Manila, Phillipines project on Scented rice, from G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, a well known University in the world for its work in the field of agriculture. His area of Interest are Product development, Neutracetical foods, Food Safetry, Quality management Systems, extrusion etc. He has completed many projects funded by state and Central government. He is a consultant / advisor of many food Industries and Institutes.

Dr Camiña is Professor of Chemometrics and Adjunct Researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Researches in Argentina. He completed his PhD in Chemistry and Master in Analytical Chemistry at the National University of San Luis, Argentina. He has published 36 scientific works and two chapters of books. He is director of four research programs in chemometrics and food analysis in Argentina, as well as director of doctoral theses and fellows. In 2013 he has been awarded in 2013 with the XIII Edition of Agricultural Excellence Prize (Argentina).

Dr. Giuseppe Maurizio Campo was born in Novara di Sicilia, Italy, September the 16th, 1963. He followed doctoral Degree Courses in Biological Sciences at the University' of Messina from 1987 to 1998 he attended the Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine at the University' of Messina. In years 1990-1992 he worked as scientific adviser of the FIDIA Research Laboratories of Abano Terme and the Cifa-gesco Consortium of Rome for the study and development of new drugs. In the October 1992 he obtained the Specialization Degree in "Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry" at the University' of. Messina. In the year 1993 he obtained a postdoctoral scholarship of the CNR for a stage at the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Technology, at the Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. In 1994 he got the PhD in "Experimental Medicine", at the University' of Messina. Since December 1998 Dr. Campo is Aggregate Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Messina. In June 2014 he obtained the eligibility to became full Professor of General Biochemistry.

Dr. Reza Khodarahmi (Professor in Biochemistry) was born in Nahavand-Iran, 1974. He received his Bsc degree in general Biology from the Razi University-Kermanshah and then graduated in Biochemistry (Msc) from the Tarbiat Modarres University-Tehran. He received his PhD degree in 2005 from the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran for his studies on the effects of artificial chaperones on protein misfolding and aggregation. Since 2007, he has held a position in the school of Pharmaceutical Sciences (and Medical Biology Research Center), Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. His research interests focus on the in vitro characterization of oxidative events accompanying amyloid aggregation, drug-protein interaction and enzyme inhibition, using both experimental and computational tools.

Alessandro Laviano, MD, is associate professor of Internal Medicine at the Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Dr. Laviano also holds a position of Visiting Research Professor at Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA. Dr. Laviano’s main research interests are: regulation of food intake under physiological and pathological conditions, disease-associated anorexia and cachexia, hyperphagia and obesity, impact and treatment of hospital malnutrition. Dr. Laviano’s studies have been funded by private and public institutions. Dr. Laviano has a total of more than 170 publications in international peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Begoña Olmedilla-Alonso obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Pharmacy from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM, Spain), and holds a degree in Methodology in Clinical Research (UAM, Spain). She is an Research Scientist at the Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN-CSIC),Madrid, Spain, since 2006. Previously, she worked at the Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro (Spain), for more han 20 years. She has published more than a 100 scientific publications (Researcher ID: D-1337-2012). Research lines: carotenoids and vitamins (analysis, nutritional status, bioaccesibility and bioavailability in humans), carotenoids biomarkers (of intake, status, visual function, CV risk, etc) and functional foods (design and assessment of their effect in humans).

Dileep Sachan is a Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism in the college of Health, Education and Human Sciences at the University of Tennessee where he spent 27 years, teaching and research. He has been a faculty at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH and at Vanderbilt and Meharry medical colleges in Nashville, TN. He lives in a Nashville suburb and spend some time at the Vanderbilt and an active in reading and writing including scientific papers and sharing experience with former students and colleagues around the world. His fun projects are academic consulting and real estate investments.

Dr. Tang is a full professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology of South China University of Technology. Dr. Tang obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Food Science from South China University of Technology, China, and a Master in Food Engineering from Wuxi University of Light Industry (Jiangnan University now), China. Dr. Tang has published more than 120 peer-reviewed papers in international journals, and edited two books. Currently he serves as an associate editor of Food Biophysics, and editorial board memberships of many international journals. His recent research interests include the development of plant proteins as functional ingredients, food colloids, and encapsulation and delivery of bioactives.

Dr. Prasad S. Variyar obtained PhD in chemistry from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He currently holds the position of Scientific Officer (H) and Head, Food Flavor and Aroma Chemistry Section at the Food Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India and is also a adjunct professor at the Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai. He has authored over 150 publications three patents and has transferred three technologies to industry. He has been a reviewer for several international food science and food chemistry journals. He is an expert member of The Scientific Panel on Oils and Fats of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, is a fellow of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences and an honorary member of the American Chemical Society.

Dr. Klaas R. Westerterp is professor of Human Energetics in the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences and the School of Nutrition & Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM) at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. His field of expertise is energy metabolism, physical activity, food intake and body composition, and energy balance under controlled conditions and in daily life. He has over 300 peer-reviewed publications and over 50 book chapters.

Dr. Prasant Kumar Jena received his BSc in Biological Sciences and MSc in Biotechnology from Berhampur University. Later, he obtained a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Nirma University (India). He has more than 9 years of research experience in studying the impact of diet and gut microbiota on the development of metabolic diseases including obesity, diabetes, and carcinogenesis. In his graduate studies, he developed a sugar diet-induced diabetes rat model to study the effect of microbiota and probiotic intervention in lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. Currently, Dr. Jena is working at University of California Davis as a researcher.