Program – Confirmed Speakers
Confirmed Speakers

Prof. Xingen Lei
TEMA Chairperson,
Cornell University,
Dept. of Animal Science, New York, USA

Prof. John H. Beattie
(Secretary/Treasurer)
Rowett Institute,
Univ. of Aberdeen, UK

Prof. Lothar Rink
Institute of Immunology,
Aachen, Germany

Prof. Manju Reddy
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Prof. Dr. Nancy Krebs
Univ of Colorado, USA

Prof. Miguel Arredondo
Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology,
Univ. of Chile, Santiago,
Chile.

Prof. Anatoly Skalny
Centre for Biotic Medicine,
RUDN University, Moscow, Russia

Prof. Vimal Jain
DOE Center for Excellence,
University of Mumbai, India

Prof. Christopher Williams
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine,
Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Prof. Iqbal Hamza
University of Maryland School of Medicine,
USA

Prof. Dr. Hisaaki Mihara
Department of Biotechnology,
Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Prof. Matam Vijay-Kumar
University of Toledo,
Ohio, USA

Prof. Robert Paulson
Penn State University,
University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

Prof. Paul Copeland
Rutgers University,
New Jersey, USA

Prof. Lucia Seale
University of Hawaii,
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Prof. Marla Berry
University of Hawaii,
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Prof. Dr. Elias Arner
Karolinska Institute, Sweden

Prof. Dr. Mitchell D. Knutson
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Prof. Dr. David Churchill
KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Prof. Dr. Michael Aschner
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

Prof. Yatrik Shah, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular & Integrative
Physiology, Professor of Internal Medicine,
Cancer Biology, Michigan Medicine, Ann
Arbor, MI 48109, USA

Prof. Roger Sunde
Professor of Nutritional Sciences;
University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

Prof. Yoshiro Saito
Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Metabolism,
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Tohoku University, Japan

Prof. Ulrich Schweizer,
Professor of Biochemistry
Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Germany
University of Bonn,

Prof. Dr. Wen-Hsing Cheng
Professor and Chair
Nutrition and Food Sciences
Texas Woman’s University
Denton, TX, USA

Prof. Irida Kastrati
Department of Cancer Biology
Stritch School of Medicine
Loyola University, Chicago, USA

Prof. Dr. Anna Kipp
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena,
Jena, Germany

Prof. Ryszard Lobinski

Dr. Amit Kunwar
Scientific Officer G,
Radiation & Photochemistry Division
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai – 400085, India

Prof. Hirotaka Imai
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan

Prof. Somshuvra Mukhopadhyay
Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX, USA

Prof. James F. Collins
Professor of Human Nutrition | FSHN Graduate Committee Chair, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Prof. Vishal Gohil
Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics
Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX, USA

Prof. Lutz Schomburg
Deputy Director; Working group leader
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology
Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany

Prof. Molly Jacob
Christian Medical College,
Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Prof. Daniel Plano
Full Professor Chemistry medical
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Chemistry
University of Navarra, Spain

Dr. K Indira Priyadarshini
UM-DAE Center for excellence in Basic Sciences,
University of Mumbai, India

Senior Prof. Dr. Joseph Kohrle
Institute for experimental endocrinology
Charite Universitatsmedizin
Berlin, Germany

Prof. Dr. Christoph J. Fahrni
School of Chemistry & Biochemistry
College of Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA, USA

Prof. Michael Petris
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Ophthalmology
University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA

Prof. Dr. Yasumitsu OGRA, Ph.D.
Professor and Dean
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Chiba University, Chiba, JAPAN

Prof. Arun Sharma
Department of Pharmacology
College of Medicine
Pennsylvania State University,USA

Andre P. Seale, PhD
Associate Researcher and Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Food & Animal Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources – University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Prof. Dr. Michal Hershfinkel
Professor, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Head, School of Biomedical, Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion, University of the Negev, Be’ersheva, Israel

Prof. Joana Szpunar
Ph.D., D.Sc., FRSC, Professor of Chemistry
Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physical Chemistry for Environment and Materials
UMR 5254-IPREM, UPPA-CNRS, Hélioparc

Prof. Alan M. Diamond
University of Illinois, Chicago, USA