Dr. Bing Lu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University. His research is focused on remote sensing (e.g., drone- and satellite-based imaging) and its applications in ecosystem monitoring. He has been trying to use remote sensing as an agritech for evaluating crop health and soil health and investigating the impacts of climate change and extreme events (e.g., heatwave, flooding).

Dr. Jiahan Zou currently serves as a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Food Science and Technology at UC Davis. With an interest in sustainable bio-based functional materials, she has been engaged in research for over 11 years. As part of her doctoral work, Jiahan is a key inventor of “Jelly Ice” and has been instrumental in its development. She transformed this visionary idea into a tangible prototype in three years and is now leading the effort to transition Jelly Ice from a laboratory innovation to a practical, everyday application. 

Prof. Woo Soo Kim is a Professor at the School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering, Simon Fraser University, Canada. His research interests include advancing 3-D printing technologies and exploring their applications in engineering. He received B.Sc. degree from Yonsei University, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea. He completed Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA.

Prof. Ermias Kebreab is the Sesnon Endowed Chair in the Department of Animal Science at UC Davis. He has conducted extensive research in developing strategies for using feed additives to reduce methane emissions from livestock. He received his B.S. in biology from the University of Asmara, followed by an M.S. in integrative biology and a Ph.D. in ecological modeling from the University of Reading, UK.

Dr. Shih-Fang Chen is an associate professor in the Department of Biomechatronics Engineering at National Taiwan University. Her research focuses on applying image processing and spectral techniques to monitor plant status and evaluate quality. Specific research topics include plant growth monitoring, pest and disease identification, harvest time prediction, agricultural product grading, pesticide residue detection, and flavor prediction.

Dr. Matthew Wilson is a senior lecturer at The University of Adelaide with a research background in food quality and preservation, horticulture, new crop development, plant physiology and sustainability. His research focuses on understanding how environmental conditions influence primary production, and the resulting effects on food chemistry and sensory perception. He is interested in further investigating the factors determining food quality, as measured by microbiological, instrumental and human based means.

Prof. Ming-Ju Chen is a Distinguished Professor at the National Taiwan University (NTU). Her research interests include isolation and identification of new bacteria and yeasts from different resources and application these strains in human food and animal feed. She also involves the development of a new platform to evaluate the functionality of probiotics and study the possible mechanism and pathway using multi-omics. She earned the PhD in Food Science and Technology at Ohio State University and Master in Animal Science at National Taiwan University.

Dr. Matthew Knowling is a lecturer and research program lead in Decision Agriculture at The University of Adelaide. His work aims to achieve sustainable agricultural futures. His expertise is in the use of process simulation models and data analytics to help farmers, businesses and policy makers better manage their resources in the face of uncertainty. An area of particular focus is his research using mathematical optimisation and data assimilation approaches to translate the many disparate data streams that are increasingly available in agriculture, into actionable information for decision makers.

Dr. Yansong Miao is an associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr. Miao received his B.S. from Zhejiang University, China, followed by a Ph.D. from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was a Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, before joining NTU in 2015. 

He leads an interdisciplinary research group focused on general cell signaling and sustainable agriculture. Dr. Miao’s innovative research contributes to agrifood technology significantly, earning him accolades such as the EMBO Global Investigator by the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and the Singapore National Research Foundation Investigator (NRFI) award by Singapore. 

Dr. Dan Li is an assistant professor at the Department of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore. She also works as Associate Director of the Faculty Research Centre on Sustainable Urban Farming (SUrF) at NUS. Dr. Li obtained her Ph.D. in Applied Biological Science from Ghent University, Belgium in 2012. In 2011 and 2014, She won grant support from the Flanders Research Foundation (FWO) and worked as a visiting scholar at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in the USA and Nantes University in France, respectively.

Her research interests include detection and mitigation of foodborne viruses; emerging microbial threats in urban food production systems; and alternative antimicrobial and food preservation strategies.

Prof. Kah Leong Lim is Associate Vice President of Research (Biomedical and Life Sciences) at the President’s office of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is also a President’s Chair in Translational Neuroscience. Professor Lim works closely with the Vice President of Research and Senior Vice President (Health and Life Sciences) to advance institutional initiatives for research excellence in Biomedical and Life Sciences. He was Vice Dean for Research at LKCMedicine from 2019-2023.

Prof. Thorsten Wohland is Director of Research Governance & Enablement at National University of Singapore. He also serves as Director of the Centre for BioImaging Sciences, an interdisciplinary research unit founded by faculty from Biological Sciences, Chemistry, and Physics. 

Prof. Wohland’s research interests include biophysical fluorescence, construction and development of new optical tools, and study of selected proteins and protein complexes on a single molecule level and in living cells.