Nikolai Zhelev is professor of medical biotechnology and director of CMCBR at Abertay University, Dundee, Scotland. He is also honorary professor in eight universities in UK, China and Bulgaria. Prof.Zhelev has been involved in founding four start-up biotech companies and has worked as head of the departments of Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Proteomics in Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals Inc. Professor Zhelev has published three books in the field of systems biology, cancer research and treatment, DNA damage and repair as well as papers in high impact journals, including Nature Medicine, with more than 1000 citations.

Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Genomics,Western Blotting, Cell Culture.

Dr. Lew Christopher holds a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D.degree in Biotechnology. He has more than 20 years of industrial and academic experience in the field of industrial biotechnology and bioprocessing of lignocellulosic biomass. He worked as industrial research scientist and held faculty positions in departments of biotechnology, chemical and biological engineering, and environmental engineeringin South Africa and USA. Currently he serves as Director of the Biorefining Research Institute at Lakehead University in Canada leading a vibrant and multidisciplinary team of faculty, researchers and students that have the common mission of developing biobased technologies for the Forest Biorefineries as key research and innovation area of the growing Bioeconomy. Dr.Christopher is a member of the editorial board of several international biotechnology journals, advisory boards, and professional societies. He also serves as Panelist and Expert Advisor forseveral Federal Agencies in the U.S. and Canada. Dr. Christopher is the author of 9 patents, 4 books, 80peer-reviewed publications, and over 300 presentations and invited lectures delivered in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia.

Energy and Environmental Sustainability • Integrated Forest Biorefineries for Sustainable Production of Value-Added Products & Bioenergy • Advanced Consolidated Bioprocessing Technologies for Biorefining of Plant Biomass and Waste • Discovery and Exploitation of New Pathways for Production of Novel Biobased Materials as Substitutes for Petrochemicals • Environmentally Sustainable Solutions for Fiber-Processing Industries Extracting Value from Nature • Biomedical Engineering of Bioactive Plant Materials • Natural Compounds of Biopharmaceutical Significance as Anti-Cancer and Anti-Oxidant Agents • Bioprospecting for Microbial Extremophiles as Powerful Cell Factories of New Products with Unique Functionalities

Dr. Mohammed Kuddus completed his PhD in Biotechnology and joined Integral University, India in 2007.At present, he isworking as an Associate Professor at University of Hail, Saudi Arabia.Dr. Kuddus’s main research area includes microbial enzymes and protein biotechnology.He has published >30research articles in the national/international journals along with5 book chapters; and presented >35 abstracts in the national and international conference/symposia. He is serving asan Editorial Board Member and Reviewerof various international journals. Hehas been awarded Young Scientist Projects from International Foundation for Science, Sweden, and Department of Science and Technology, India.

Research interest: Biochemistry, Industrial enzymes, Microbial biotechnology.