Chika Ejikeugwu (PhD, 2017, UNIZIK, Nigeria) is a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Stiftung in Germany. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany. Dr. Chika Ejikeugwu is the Founder of the online Microbiology website, www.MicrobiologyClass.net. He was a DAAD postdoctoral fellow at the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany. He was also a MIF Postdoctoral Fellow, and had his first postdoctoral training on HIV-1 at the Laboratory of Infectious Disease Model, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (2018). He holds a PhD. in Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria (2017). Dr. Chika Ejikeugwu is a tutor in Pharmaceutical Microbiology & Biotechnology in Nigeria. His areas of research interest include antimicrobial resistance (AMR), infectious diseases, bacteriology, virology. Dr. Chika Ejikeugwu is a Senior Lecturer & Researcher at the Enugu State University of Science & Technology (ESUT), Nigeria where he mentors undergraduate and postgraduate students on microbiology & other aspects of life.

Oluwafemi Adebo is a professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), in South Africa. He received both his master’s and doctoral degree (Food Technology) at UJ. In addition to teaching responsibilities, he leads the Food Innovation Research Group involved with the improvement of various traditional food processes, enhancing food-health-promoting constituents, development of nutrient-dense food products, and value addition to underutilized food sources using conventional, novel and innovative approaches including 3D food printing, all in an effort to ensure zero hunger as well as good health and well being. He has contributed to over 100 journal articles, 23 book chapters and lead editor of a book. He has received over 15 million South African rands in grant funding and won prestigious awards, including the 2019 Institute of Food Technologists Emerging Leader Award, 2021 National Research Foundation Emerging Researcher of the Year, 2021 UJ’s Vice Chancellor’s Distinguished Award as an Outstanding Young Researcher, and UJ's Faculty of Science Top Research Award (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Category) in 2021, among others.