Mr. Muhammad Usman, Former Director General of Agricultural Research System, Government of Pakistan who retired from service after a spotless career of about 35 years with senior level experience on research and development of integrated agricultural production, industries nutrition and food science and bioenergy on a sustainable way. Mr. Usman is basically an agricultural scientist with specialization of agricultural, food and biochemistry working on the yield and quality of various products and published several research papers. Mr. Usman is consider as the senior most scientist in the world, always participated in the international conferences as a keynote speech, renowned speaker, organizing committee member as well as moderator of the conferences around the world. Mr. Usman established “Prominent Agro Based Industries, Agro Based Industries and Consultancy SDN BHD” in Malaysia and “Foundation for Rural Development in Pakistan”, with primarily aims to work on integrated agricultural project for Rural Development through improvement in agriculture and consultancy services to the former's at Malaysia.

Agriculture, food and biochemistry.

Prof. Inga Thorsdottir, Board Member in “FENS” Federation of European Nutritrition Societies. Dean of the School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland 2012, Professor in Human Nutrition, University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences (affiliation: Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition (formerly Department of Food Science, Faculty of Science) and Faculty of Nursing). Dean of the Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition from 2008-2012.

Research studies on Infant nutrition, infection, asthma and ADHD

Dr. Slimane Belbraouet received his Ph.D. from the Université de Nancy (France) in 1994. He did his Postdoctoral Fellowship in 1995 at the Center of Human Nutrition and INSERM U420 (France). Professor Belbraouet started his academic career in 1980 at the Université de Sidi-Bela-bbes (Algeria), and is currently a full professor of nutrition in Université de Moncton (Canada) teaching both in undergraduate and graduate levels.He is internationally recognized for his research expertise in the promotion of healthy eating and the etiology of diseases related to nutrition with an emphasis in Nutrition and cancer, Children obesity and Nutrition of elderly.

Research expertise in the promotion of healthy eating and the etiology of diseases related to nutrition with an emphasis in Nutrition and cancer, Children obesity and Nutrition of elderly.

Matilda Steiner -Asiedu, currently working as a professor in University of Ghana the Department of Nutrition and Food Science

Reserach on Nutrition

Dr. Lisa Herzig is an Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition at California State University. She works as in academic health educator and nutrition practitioner for over 20years, Teaching style fosters critical thinking and problem-solving strategies, challenging and supporting students towards excellence, Specialization in transformative learning and change for individuals and institutions, Lecturer on wide range of topics related to nutrition including diabetes management, metabolic syndrome, heart disease, menopause, cooking, healthy eating for all life stages, childhood obesity, medical nutrition therapy and weight management, and Faculty for California State University, Fresno, Dietetics Program Director, California State University, Fresno, and also Co-owner, Family Enrichment Program.

Dr. Lisa Herzig is interested in the fields of Effect of Pistachios on Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease, The Meaning of Food Amongst Cultures Indigenous to the San Joaquin Valley, CA, Adult and Childhood Obesity, Relationship of Obesity and Diabetes within a Obesigenic Environment, Body Image Dissatisfaction Amongst Adolescents Living in a Lower Socioeconomic Area, and Community Nutrition Program Planning.

Shabnam Pooya is an Associate professor at California State University Fresni. She received her Ph.D degree focusing on the effects of methyl donor deficiency (Vitamin B12 and Folate) during pregnancy and lactation on myocardial and hepatic tissue metabolism in rats (University of Lorraine, Nany, France). Later as a post-doctoral research fellow at theed Mical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), she studied Vasculogenesis and brain development biology, neuro-stem cell signaling and metabolism in the department of pediatrics.

Research on Vitamin Deficiency

Paolo Arese, MD, PhD, now em. Professor of Biochemistry, has a life-long interest in human red blood cell (RBC) metabolism. His first appointment as a Professor was at the University of Sassari, Sardinia, a region where approx. 10% of the population is G6PD-deficient and where faba beans were and still are a staple food. Favism was very frequent before G6PD-deficiency screening at birth was introduced in the ’70. Now favism hemolytic crises have dropped to almost nil. My group was first to show that in favism a large portion of disappearing RBC does not break down in the blood but is transformed into non-self cells recognized and destroyed by the host macrophages. My group also performed studies on the mechanism of action of vicine and convicine, the FB elements causative of favism. Lastly, after turning to malaria, we have proposed a mechanism which explains how G6PD-deficiency provides an effective anti-malaria resistance.

Nutrition and Health, Genetics and clinical Nutrition.

I am a graduate from University of Ghana, department of Nutrition and Food Science. I am currently a research and teaching assistant at the department of Nutrition and Food science, University of Ghana under the direct supervision of Dr. Frederick Vuvor. I have coauthored few articles however, two have been published recently. Also, I have made one presentation at the 3rd National Food Hygiene, safety and sanitation conference held in Ghana. I am aspiring to be a renowned research scientist and a medical doctor.

Research on department of Nutrition and Food Science