International Organizing Committee

Monika Stojanova is a Doctor of Science in the field of food microbiology. She has published more than 80 original research papers in eminent international journals, as well as in conference proceedings. With oral presentations, Dr. Stojanova has participated in numerous conferences in North Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Japan, France, Azerbaijan, and Turkey. She is the author of two innovations: Bio-soups and Macedonian traditional sausage. At the World Fair of Women Innovators in Seoul, North Korea, she won two gold medals, one silver medal, and a certificate for the best innovation. Moreover, she is a winner of numerous national and international awards and recognitions.

Elżbieta Patkowska is an associate professor of Phytopathology at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland. She studied Biology at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland, and then got a Ph.D. (2000) and Habilitated Doctor degrees (2012) at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin in the subject of biodiversity of microorganisms colonizing soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] and susceptibility of different varieties of plants to infection by fungi with special regard to Phomopsis sojae Lehman. She is interested in the interactions between plants and pathogenic/non-pathogenic microorganisms and the possibility of applying biological methods in plant protection. At present, she is concerned with the occurrence, symptomatology, and etiology of vegetable plants caused by fungi, as well as with beneficial microorganisms and biostimulants as the factors promoting plant growth and ensuring their resistance to biotic stress. She has published about 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 2 monographs, and about 100 conference proceedings

Sumeyra Gurkok is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biology, Atatürk University, Turkey. She earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Biotechnology at Middle East Technical University, Turkey, completing her doctoral studies between 2003 and 2012. With a robust academic background, Sumeyra has become a distinguished figure in the field of Biology and Biotechnology.

Throughout her career, Sumeyra Gurkok has made significant contributions to the scientific community through her extensive research publications. Her expertise spans various areas, including microbial-industrial Biotechnology, Fungal Biology and Genetics, Bacteriology, Enzyme Production, Purification, and Characterization, as well as Industrial Enzymes such as Alpha-Galactosidase, Lipases, Proteases, and Cellulase.

In 2005 Sirma Todorova Angelova gained a Master's degree at the University of Economics in Varna, Bulgaria, and in 2011- a Master's Degree in Dental Medicine at the Medical University-Varna. From 2011 to 2018 she worked as an assistant professor and since 2018 as a Chief Assistant Professor at Medical University-Varna. In 2015 Angelova gained a Certificate of Specialization in Pediatric Dentistry. In 2017 she earned a postgraduate degree with independent research: “Caries Risk Assessment and Prevention in Children Suffering from Some Renal Disorders”. In 2019, her monograph “Epigenetic and Genetic Aspects of Oral Health in Children with Pyelonephritis". In 2024, Sirma Angelova held the academic degree of Associate Professor in Pediatric Dentistry at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University Varna. Angelova authored and co-authored more than 90 papers and reports and participated in more than 60 scientific congresses.  

Her research interests are related to the scopes of caries risk evaluation and its control in children; gingival disorders and their management in different periods of childhood; nutrition-oral health interrelations in children; dental prophylaxis; preventive Pediatric Dentistry; oral diseases associated diagnostic and prognostic capacities of saliva in children;     
 
 

Dr. Cristina-Crenguta Albu is an Associate Professor of Department of Medical Genetics at Bucharest, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania and General Manager of Bucharest "Alco San" Medical Clinic, Romania.
 
She received her M.D. degree in Medicine from Bucharest, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania, in 1991 and her Ph.D. degree in Medicine (Ophthalmology) from Bucharest "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania in 2001.
 
Dr. Cristina-Crenguta Albu is a member of several scientific societies including International Society for Genetic Eye Disease & Retinoblastoma, American Society of Human Genetics, European Society of Human Genetics, Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology, American Academy of Ophthalmology, European Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology.
 
She serves on the editorial board of International Journal of Medical and Clinical Research, Journal of Genetics and Genomes, Genetics and Genetic Disorders, Journal of Chemical Biology & Pharmaceutical Chemistry, International Gazette Of Research and ePublishers.
 
Dr. Cristina-Crenguta Albu is the author and co-author of over 200 publications (medical textbooks, articles, and studies published in medical journals and conferences) in the fields of prenatal genetics diagnosis and ophthalmology.

AP. Dr. Mohammed A. M. Alhoot is an Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology at Management & Science University (MSU). He holds a PhD degree in Medical Microbiology and Immunology. He taught medical microbiology subjects to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Currently, he is supervising six PhD students and three M.Sc. students. Three PhD students and four master's students have graduated. He also supervised 15 honour students.

His research focuses on molecular microbiology, drug discovery, natural products, and public health. More specifically, he works in this field to design small molecules and peptides to inhibit the different pathogenic microorganisms and find natural products that can be used as alternative medicine. He published 36 articles, one book chapter, and seven refereed proceedings/abstracts. In addition, he presented at international and national conferences, with 12 presentations, two of which were invited. He was awarded several awards, including the President's Award of Recognition, the 2017 Service Excellence Award (MSU), the Young Scientist Award, the Best Poster Rank, and the University of Malaya Excellence Awards in 2012.

He carried out many consulting activities for a wide variety of organizations. He has been invited as a judge for many conferences and symposiums and an evaluator for the Deanship Scientific Research Fund 2017 at Jazan University. Currently, he is a member of the Editorial Team of PLoS One and PLoS Global Public Health Academic Journals. He also contributes as a reviewer in many other scientific journals.

He was granted his degree in Medical Laboratories in 1997 and a master's degree in microbiology in 2003 from Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen. He graduated with a PhD from the University of Malaya in Malaysia in 2012.
He worked previously as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Malaya. He was involved in Bacterial and Viral research projects, assisting in supervising MSc and PhD students, writing research proposals and academic journals, the basic running of the laboratory, and handling expenditures from various grants. In addition, he was a lecturer at Sana'a University (1998-2008). Other than that, he also worked in a private hospital as Head of the Laboratory Department.

Lijuan Luo acquired her PhD degree in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia in 2022. She was then hired as a postdoctoral researcher in computational biology in the Hinton lab at the University of Liverpool in England, UK. In 2023, Lijuan was awarded a European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) postdoctoral fellowship. Lijuan’s research is focused on investigating the functional genetics of invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella using multi-omics data.

    Dr. Mihail Lucian Birsa is currently a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. In 2003 he was selected as a member of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, working with Professor Henning Hopf in TU Braunschweig - Germany. Since then, numerous return fellowships have been granted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He has more than 125 publications in peer-reviewed journals and published +45 books/book chapters (John Wiley & Sons, Thieme, etc.). Also, is an editorial board member in more than 50 journals such as Applied Sciences, Arkivoc, BioChem, Edelweiss Chemical Science Journal, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design, Journal of Fine Chemical Engineering, Modern Approaches in Drug Designing, Pharmaceutical Toxicology.

My name is Oluwatoyin Rebecca Afolabi. I am a Professor of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology in the Department of Microbiology, College of Biosciences, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.

I graduated from the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria with a BSc. Honours (Microbiology), in 1991, MSc. (Food and Industrial Microbiology), from the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria in 1992. I bagged a PhD. (Food Microbiology and Biotechnology), from the University of Ibadan in 2001.

I was at the Centre for DNA fingerprinting and Diagnostic, Hyderabad, India for my postdoctoral training between 2005 - 2006, under the postdoc fellowship of DBT-ICGEB.

I have attended several conferences and workshops in Nigeria and abroad

Prof. Dr. Essam Fadel A. Al. Juamily. Academic Qualification Ph.D. Degree: 1989, Biochemistry dept(enzymology), Southampton University, U.K.

Research Interests are Microbial Biotechnology; Enzyme Biotechnology; Biosafety and Biotechnology and Purification of Biotechnology materials with downstream production published 225 scientific research papers.

Dissertation Supervision: Ph.D., Master, and Higher Diploma in Biotechnology; Supervised the thesis of 90 graduate students in different molecular research, projects and asfollows:30 Ph.D. students;50 MSc students; 9 Graduate Diplomas.

My scientific career spans 34 years during which I worked in academic teaching, supervision, scientific administration, and consultancies. In 1999, I founded the Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (IGEB) for graduate studies at the University of Baghdad, with Prof. Dr. Ali A. Al-Zaag deanship, the IGEB has been recognized as one of Iraq’s advanced research institutions.

Dr. Laura Gabriela SARBU is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. She received a Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry in 2015. During the Ph.D. program, she joined several times the Prof. Dr. Henning Hopf research team in TU Braunschweig – Germany. She has more than 55 publications in peer-reviewed journals and published 4 books. Also, is editorial board member in several journals such as Advance in Medical and Clinical Research, Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Recerca, Chemical Glycobiology Journal, International Journal Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, Journal of Biomedical Research & Environmental Sciences - Green Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Research and Reports, Journal of Molecular Biology and Drug Design, International Journal of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Clinical Pharmacy.