Etinosa Igbinosa earned his BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in Microbiology at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria and the University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa respectively. His expertise is pathogen biology and disease transmission, water/wastewater quality, applied and environmental microbiology. His research focuses on the microbial ecology, evolution and epidemiology of antibiotic resistance, resistance and virulence genes in food, clinical and environment. He has also made critical contributions to the understanding structure and diversity in antibiotic resistant, and virulence genes in foodborne pathogens. His work finds applications nationally and internationally in the tackling antimicrobial resistant strains of leading food safety problems and in the environment. He has received wide recognition for his research nationally and internationally. He is a recipient of several outstanding awards and fellowships and has won several research grants from various funding organizations. He is a fellow of the Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Prof. Adejuwon Adewale ADENEYE [MBBS, PhD, DSc (AM)] is a young Nigerian Scientist, Pharmacologist & Physician affiliated to the Department of Pharmacology, Therapeutics & Toxicology, Lagos State University, Nigeria and specializing in Drug Discovery, Design & Development and Toxicology. He is actively involved in the discovery and development and evaluation of active novel therapeutic compounds from local medicinal plants used in the local management of diabetes mellitus, obesity and hyperlipidaemia. He has discovered a novel antihyperglycemic compound named erinidine, from an indigenous Nigerian medicinal plant, Hunteria umbellata. Recently, his research scope has widened into Functional Food in Health & Disease. He has over 80 research publications in reputable scientific journals, three chapter contributions in books and two published books. In 2013, he was awarded the Young Best Scientist National Award in the Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation category of the AU-TWAS National Award and nominated TWAS Young Affiliate. He is a Foundation Fellow, Academy of Medicine Specialties of Nigeria (FAMeds) and Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Medicine (FAMed).

Uchechukwu M. Chukwuocha is research scientist and senior lecturer in the Department of Public Health Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria. He obtained his PhD in medical and public health parasitology at the Imo State University Owerri,Nigeria(2010). He was awarded the TWAS-DFG visiting scientist at the Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health Berlin, Germany (2011-2012) where he studied the antimalarial resistance polymorhisms in South Eastern Nigeria. He was also awarded the TWAS-CONACyT post doctoral fellowship to explore the potentials of whole plant therapies as alternative antimalarials at the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (2015-2016). His research interest is in the epidemiology, sociocultural aspects and control of malaria and other endemic tropical diseases. Particularly in deriving innovative home grown solutions in controlling these diseases. He has several papers published in peer reviewed journals and presented papers in conferences globally. He is a member of the Parasitology and Public Health Society of Nigeria and the International Society for Infectious Diseases(ISID).