Prof. (FH) PD DI Dr. Maximilian Lackner MBA is technical chemist and process engineer. He has been lecturer at Vienna University of Technology (VUT) since 2005, at JKU (Linz, Austria) since 2014 and at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien since 2015, where he is leading 2 study programmes, with additional teaching assignments at Arcada University of Applied Sciences (Finland), Junia University of Applied Sciences (France), Xidian University (China) and Comenius University (Slovakia). He studied Technical Chemistry at VUT, where he also earned his PhD degree and completed his habilitation in chemical engineering. He obtained a Global Executive MBA from LIMAK University in Linz, Austria. Between 2004 and 2011 Dr. Lackner has held several senior positions in the petrochemical industry in Europe and Asia. He has founded five companies. His expertise spans process engineering, chemical engineering, gas fermentation technology, climate change mitigation, materials science, proteins for feed/food, with his main research interests being bioplastics (polyhydroxyalkanoates, PHA) and bacterial single cell protein (SCP). At CIRCE Biotechnologie, he is responsible for R&D as CTO.
Mr. Oyibo Joel Enupe is a master degree holder in Medical Microbiology and Immunology and recently working as lecturer in the department of microbiology at the Nasarawa State College Of Nursing Sciences Lafia, Nigeria. He has 3 years teaching experience in microbiology and his interest expands to Antimicrobial Resistance, phytomedicine, Nanotechnology, Gram-negative bacteria and bacteriophage. He is recognized as the author of 3 published articles in reputable journal. He is a member of Nigerian Society of Microbiology, American Society of Microbiology, and Nigerian Redcross Society.
Prof. Dr. Emel Çankaya, who is the Head of Statistics Department of Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Sinop University, holds MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Sheffield, UK, and continues her studies on topics such as "Classical, Robust and Bayesian Regression Modeling of Medical and Ecological Problems, Classification Problems of Rare Events, Machine Learning". She also took part in BAP, TUBITAK (1001 and 1002) projects as either manager or researcher.