SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Dr Diana Bogueva, PhD
GHI2024 Congress Scientific Committee Chair
GHI Working Groups Director and GHI Board member
Research Fellow, Sustainability Policy Institute, Curtin University, Australia
Prof Dora Marinova, PhD
Professor in Sustainability, Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, Curtin University, Australia
Adjunct Professor, Southern Cross University, Australia
Dr Nicola Stanley, PhD
GHI Communication Director and GHI Board member
Visiting Lecturer in Food Quality Assurance and Food Systems Management at University of Bedfordshire, UK
Independent Insight and Communications Consultant, Interim Manager and Trainer – Silver Dialogue, UK
Prof Fariba Dehghani, PhD
Director of Centre for Advanced Food Engineering
Director of Bioengineering Research
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia
A/Prof Ganyat Olatunde, PhD
Head of Department of Food Science and Technology (FST), College of Food Science and Human Ecology (COLFHEC).
Associate Professor in Food Quality Control and Assurance Food Safety and Biotechnology
Department of Food Science and Technology
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
Prof Chin-Kun Wang, PhD
Distinguished professor, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan
Honorary president of Nutrition Society of Taiwan
Dr Giovanni Sogari, PhD
Assistant Professor in Consumer Behavior, Department of Food and Drug at the University of Parma, Italy
A/Prof Michael Murkovic, PhD
Co-Chair of GHI Chemical Food Safety Working Group and Associate Professor, Institute of Biochemistry, Functional Food Group, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Emeritus Prof Arnold van Huis, PhD
Professor of Tropical Entomology at Wageningen University, the Netherlands,
Chief Editor of the Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, the Netherlands
A/Prof Đàm Sao Mai, PhD
Vice Rector, Vice Chairman of the School Self-Assessment Council, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Prof Carla Forte Maiolino Molento, PhD
Federal University of Parana, Brazil, and Head of the Animal Welfare Laboratory, Brazil
Prof Joe Mac Regenstein, PhD
Emeritus Professor, Department of Food Science, Cornell University, USA
Prof Indrawati Oey, PhD
Professor of Food Science,
Head of Department of Food Science / Te Tari Pütaiao Kai
Product Development Research Centre, University of Otago, NZ
Prof Gokare A. Ravishankar, PhD
Biotechnology Consultant, World Bank Project USA,
Vice President, R&D (Life Sciences), and Professor of Biotechnology,
Dayananda Sagar Institutions and University,
Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Kumaraswamy Layout,
Bengaluru, India
Dr Gerhard Schleining
President of ICC (International Association for Cereal Science and Technology,
Founding Board member of the ISEKI-Food Association,
Founding Board member of GHI,
President of the SEA-ABT Association (South East Asia Academy for Beverage Technology,
Chair Regional Section EHEDG Austria and EHEDG certified Trainer, Austria
Dr Peter Valtchev, PhD
Innovative Biotechnology and Food Processing
School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia
Prof Anil Kumar Anal, PhD
Department of Food, Agriculture and Bioresources (FAB)
Professor, Food and Bioprocess Technology
Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
A/Prof Denis Babanenko, PhD
Head of the International Research Centre Biotechnology of Third Millennium, Faculty of Biotechnologies (BioTech), ITMO University, St Peterburg, Russia
A/Prof Cristina L. M. Silva, PhD
Portuguese Catholic University – College of Biotechnology (ESB), Portugal
Associate Editor of the Journal of Food Processing Engineering and of the International Journal of Food Studies
Dr Helen Onyeaka, PhD
Food Microbiologist, Programme Director – Food Safety, Hygiene and Management (Masters), Food Microbiology Lecturer – University of Birmingham, UK
Prof Diána Bánáti, PhD
Academic Deputy Dean for Science, Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Szeged, Hungary
A/Prof. Christelle Bou-Mitri, PhD
Food Science, Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Notre Dame University-Louaize, Lebanon
Hon. Prof. Ruth K. Oniang’o, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND)
Founder, Rural Outreach Program (ROP) Africa
2018 “HONORIS CAUSA” University of Aberdeen, Scotland
2017 Africa Food Prize Laureate
Board Chair, Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA)
Board Member KILIMO TRUST
Prof. Dr. Stanley Brul, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology & Microbial Food Safety
Director College of Life Sciences (FNWI)
Director Biomedical Sciences UvA (FNWI-AMC)
Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dr Alie de Boer, PhD
Assistant Professor Nutrition and Food Information, Food Claims Centre Venlo, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.