Dharmendra Kumar Meena, PhD, ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, India
Dr. D. K. Meena, Senior Scientist working at ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, India. Dr. Meena has in his credit more than 60 international, 10 national peer reviewed articles, 30 book chapters, more than 50 popular articles. In addition, he is member of Editorial board of Research Biotica, Review Editor of Frontiers in Aquatic Physiology, sectional Editor, and World Journal of Food Science and Technology, Editorial Board member, Biotica Research Today (BRT), Editorial Board member Biotica journal, Editorial Board Member of Agriculture and Food Newsletter. Associate Editor International Journal of Zoological Investigation. Editor a book on Organic farming (Second Edition): Global Perspectives and Methods. Lead Guest Editor of ESPR Special issue on “Valorization of agroindustry and seafood waste towards blue economy: a waste to wealth concept”. Lead Guest Editor for a Special Issue on “Fisheries, Aquaculture and Agricultural Sustainability: Global Perspectives and Methods” in Biotica journal. Working as Topical Advisory Panel member of Fishes, water and life MDPI journals. Appointed as Academic Editor PLOSONE and Advances in Agriculture. Associate Editor International Aquatic Research, Guest editor in Frontiers in aquaculture. Also nominated as an editor Journal of Inland Fisheries Society of India (JIFSI) and Global Journal of Fisheries Science. Recently appointed as a Consulting Editor, Journal of Environmental Biology (JEB). Also joined as an Editorial Board Member Asian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (AJFAS). Also joined as EBM in Aquaculture International Journal, BMC Environmental Science, Blue Biotechnology, Discover Biotechnology, NPJ sustainable Agriculture, Discover Foods. Dr. Meena conferred with Young Scientist Award from Academy of Environmental Biology, Fellow of Environmental Biology, Fellow of Fisheries and Life Sciences, Fellow of Society of Biotic and Environmental Research, Fellow of Zoological Society of India. Best Presentation awards in international and national forums. Dr. Meena is working more than 10 years on conversion of waste to wealth which is witnessed by his publication in high impact journals and also commercialized brewery waste-based fish feed, silk work pupae waste-based fish feed and developed Black solder fly (BSF) based fish feed technology. Dr. Meena acted as expert member of many high-level committee of Govt of India.
Chin-Soon Phan, PhD, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Latvia
Chin-Soon Phan was PhD trained in marine natural products chemistry at Malaysia. He was then exposed to natural products biosynthesis as visiting fellow at the University of Western Australia (Yit-Heng Chooi), as JSPS postdoctoral fellow at the Hokkaido University (Tatsufumi Okino and Toshiyuki Wakimoto), and as postdoc fellow at the National University of Singapore (Brandon I. Morinaka). He started his independent research group at the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis since Dec 2023.
Jie Dou, PhD, Eurofins, United States of America
Jie obtained her bachelor's degree in Macromolecular Materials and Engineering from a university in China, followed by earning her PhD in Chemistry at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Her research at NJIT includes synthetic polymers for drug delivery and gene delivery applications. Since December 2023, Jie has been employed as a staff scientist at Eurofins, where she works under GLP regulatory guidelines. Her work encompassed a range of projects including research, development, and sample analysis for studies related to Aquatic, Avian, Pollinator, and Algae.
Partha Sarathi Tripathy, MSc, Nord University, Norway
Partha Sarathi Tripathy is a distinguished Fisheries Professional specializing in Fish Molecular Taxonomy, Genetics, and Biotechnology. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Aquatic Biosciences at Nord University, Norway. He holds a Master of Fisheries Science in Fish Genetics and Breeding from Central Agricultural University, Tripura, India, and a Bachelor of Fisheries Science from OUAT, Odisha, India. Partha's expertise includes molecular taxonomy, molecular biology, bioinformatics and a wide array of laboratory techniques. He has identified key genes responsible for color variation in ornamental fish and analyzed their expression following dietary interventions. His significant contributions to fisheries science are evident in his numerous publications in international journals and book chapters on biotechnology in biodiversity conservation and molecular markers in aquaculture. Partha has received several prestigious awards and scholarships, including a PhD fellowship from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Norway. His global exposure includes visiting aquaculture farms in Austria, enhancing his expertise in fish farming techniques. In his current role as a Assistant Professor at College of Fisheries, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, UP, India, Partha organizes training programs for fish farmers, establishes laboratories, and designs course curriculum and research projects for students. He has also organized and conducted several training sessions on molecular biology techniques, benefiting students and professionals in the field.
