Meet the full team
Name | TitleAffiliation | Expertise | |
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Alexander Kagansky | PhD, Assoc. Professor, Director | Centre for Genomic and Regenerative Medicine, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia | Cancer Biology, Gene regulation, Phenotypic screening |
Milica Pesic | PhD, Research Professor | Department of Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research “Sinisa Stankovic”, University of Belgrade, Serbia | Anticancer potential of natural products (compounds and extracts), Drug resistance in cancer |
Uttam Babu Shrestha | CEO, co-founder | University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Australia and Nepal | Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge, Medicinal Plants, Caterpillar fungus Himalaya |
Ross Piper | PhD, co-founder | Forest Conservation Initiative and University of Leeds, UK | Natural products from terrestrial arthropods, entomology, ecology |
Edgardo J. Griffith | Director, founder | El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center, Panama | Amphibians and Reptiles Conservation, ex situ Management and threat mitigation |
Dilfuza Egamberdieva | Director, founder | The Society of Ecosystem and Biomes (EcoBiome), Uzbekistan | Diversity of medicinal plant associated endophytes and their metabolites |
Liang Song | PhD | Data Scientist, TescoBank / Visiting staff, University of Edinburgh | Biomedicine, cancer research, AI, ML and data mining |
Nerina Finetto | Director, founder | Traces.dreams FutureFramed.media, Sweden | Content and story strategist, Video producer |
Vidushi Neergheen Bhujun | PhD, Senior Lecturer | University of Mauritius, Mauritius | Applied biochemistry |
Ted Hupp | PhD, Professor, Director | University of Edinburgh and University of Gdansk, Poland | Cancer, Cancer Vaccines |
Vanny Narita | PhD, Director | Young Academy of Indonesia | Biodiversity |
Isil Kurnaz | PhD / Institute Director | Gebze Technical University, Institute of Biotechnology, Turkey | Cell and Molecular Biology, Biotechnology |
Sandra Lopez Verges | PhD, Researcher | Gorgas Memorial Institute of Health Studies, Panama | Virology, immunology, cell biology, molecular biology |
Yusuf Baran | Prof. Dr. /Rector | Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey | Natural products for cancer treatment, Drug resistance, Cell signalling |
Andrey Konevega | PhD, Head | Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Gatchina, Russia | Antibiotics, Protein biosynthesis, RNA biology, kinetics, High throughput screening |
Lahcen El Youssfi | PhD, Prof. | Khenifra Superior School of Technology. Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morocco | Agro-environment |
Godswill Ntsomboh Ntsefong | PhD | Department of Plant Biology, University of Yaounde, Cameroon | Plant Biotechnology, Genetics and plant improvement; Horticulture, Agronomy and Integrated Pest and Disease Management |
Suraj Bhattarai | Research Fellow | Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Nepal | Tropical & Infectious Diseases, Cancer epidemiology, Global vaccines, Health policies, Urban health |
Fernando Valiente | PhD, Professor | Institute of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Chile | Therapeutic potentials of natural products for emerging infectious diseases |
Orakanoke Phanraksa | PhD, Senior IP Consultant | Technology Licensing Office, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand | IP and technology transfer policy |
Erna Karalija | PhD, Asst. Professor | Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia | Plant physiology, plant secondary metabolites |
Wibool Piyawattanametha |
PhD/Director | King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang, Thailand | Biomedical engineering, Advanced imaging research |
Maysoun Mustafa | PhD Biosciences | Crops For the Future, Malaysia | Postharvest biotechnology and biochemistry of underutilised and indigenous crops |
Christian Agyare | PhD | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana | Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Antimicrobial and Wound healing agents |
Clarissa Rios Rojos | PhD, Director | Ekpa’palek, Geneva Centre for Security, Switzerland | Molecular Biology, Security policy, Science Advice, Science Diplomacy |
Mimi Haryani Hassim | PhD, Assoc. Professor | School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia | Chemical Engineering, Occupational Health, Plant Design, Engineering Education |
Thomas Edison dela Cruz | Dr. Rer. Nat., Professor | College of Science, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines | Microbiology, Fungal Systematics, Ecology and Natural Products |
Ljubica Tasic | PhD/ Assoc. Professor | Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Brazil | Bionanotechnology, NMR spectroscopy, Metabolomics |
Samuel Sojinu | PhD/ Assoc. Professor | Department of Chemistry, College of Physical Sciences, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria | Natural Products Chemistry, Synthetic chemistry and Biomarker/Environmental Geochemistry |
Shoji Komai | PhD/Assoc.Professor | Dep. Sci. and Tech., Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan | Neuroscience, Behavioral sciences |
Mari-Vaughn Johnson | Director | United States Geological Services, Climate Adaptation Science Center – Pacific Islands, USA | Plant biology, Multi-functional systems, Agro-ecosystems, policy |
Alla Krasikova | PhD, Assoc. Professor | Faculty of Biology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia | Biology of cell nucleus, Cytogenetics, chromosome biology, and genomics, |
Camila Pizano | PhD, Assoc.Professor | Department of Biology, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia | Ecology of tropical forests and plant ecology |
Pohl Milón | PhD, Head of Laboratory | Centre for Research and Innovation, Health Sciences Faculty, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Peru | Antibiotics, Ribosome, cbiology, Fluorescence spectroscopy |
Yuliya Linhares | MD, Asst. Professor | Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Samuel Oschin Cancer Institute, Los Angeles, USA | Internal medicine, Malignant haematology, Oncology, |
Dmitry Alexeev | PhD, Asst. Professor | ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia | Bioinformatics, Innovations, Gut Microbiome and Health |
Javier Antonio Alfaro | Research Fellow | International Center for Cancer Vaccine Science & University of Edinburgh | Proteogenomics and Computational Biology |
Simon Elsässer | PhD, Assoc. Professor | Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics | Chemical Biology, Epigenetics |
Florencia Tevy | CEO | Gedis Biotech, Chile | Translational biomedicine, IP |
Ulrich Loening |
PhD, Director | Centre for Human Ecology University of Edinburgh, UK | Sustainable forestry. Agro-ecology and better farming practice for health |
Myrtani Pieri | Dr, Asst Professor | University of Nicosia, Cyprus | Molecular Biology, Genetics, Outreach |
Fawzi Mahomoodally | PhD Assoc. Professor | Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science ,University of Mauritius, Mauritius | Traditional/Indigenous Medicines, Ethnopharmacology |