Bio
Prof. Xiangyu Sun holds a Ph.D. in Food Science and completed postdoctoral research in Horticulture. He is currently a Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at the College of Enology, Northwest A&F University. His research focuses on green production of grapes and directed design and processing of fruit products. He serves as Vice Dean of the College of Enology, Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Grape and Wine Processing of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Deputy Director of the Shaanxi Engineering Research Center for Directed Design and Processing of Specialty Fruits. Prof. Sun has received awards from and been supported by several provincial talent programs, including the Shaanxi Provincial Outstanding Young Scientist Fund, the Shaanxi Sanqin Talent Program for Young Top-notch Talent, the Shaanxi Innovation Talent Climbing Program (Leading Young and Middle-aged Scientific and Technological Innovator), and the Shaanxi Innovation Talent Climbing Program (Young Science and Technology Star), and he serves as the Chief Scientist of a “Scientist + Engineer” team under the Qinchuangyuan Innovation Initiative. He has also been selected as a Shaanxi Provincial “Three-Area Talent”.

Email
geqing@nwafu.edu.cn

Biogography
Dr. Qing Ge is an Assistant Professor at the College of Enology, Northwest A&F University, China. Her research mainly focuses on the study of grape stress physiology and the regulation of grape fruit quality. She has led one national natural science foundation project and two provincial/ministerial projects. She has also participated in many projects. She has been selected for the "Youth Talent Support Program of Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Association". In recent years, she has published 9 SCI-indexed papers as the first author or corresponding author in journals such as Industrial Crops and Products and Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.

Email
jiao.jiang@nwafu.edu.cn

Biogography
Dr Jiao Jiang is an Associate Professor at Northwest A&F University, China. She holds a PhD degree in wine microbiology and biotechnology from the University of Adelaide, Australia. Her research focuses on wine microbial biodiversity, breeding of novel wine yeast/lactic acid bacteria for better performances, and modulation of wine quality by yeast and bacteria. She is the principal investigator of 14 projects, including two national grants and seven provincial grants. She has published more than 40 peer reviewed papers, and holds three invention patents.

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Dr. Minaxi Sharma is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. She holds a PhD in Dairy Chemistry from the ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, India. Her research focuses on bioactive natural products, nanoencapsulation, functional foods, and food waste valorization. She has published 190 peer-reviewed papers, 28 book chapters, and 11 books (h-index 56, citations 10,400+). A Marie Curie Fellow (2021–2024), she has been twice listed among the world's top 2% scientists (Stanford/Elsevier 2023, 2025).

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Dr. Archana Tiwari is a Professor at the Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Allahabad and an M.Sc. in Botany with a Gold Medal from Gauhati University. With 18 years of teaching and research experience, her research interests focus on microalgal biorefinery, biomass valorization, biofuels, and high-value products. She has published 118 international papers, authored 13 books, and filed 5 patents. Dr. Tiwari has supervised 14 Ph.D. scholars and received numerous accolades, including the Research Excellence Award from the International Bioprocessing Association and Visiting Professorships in Argentina and Brazil. She is currently leading projects on sustainable microalgal biorefinery and carbon dioxide mitigation.

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Mohammad J. Taherzadeh, Full Professor in Bioprocess Technology at the University of Borås, Sweden. He holds a Ph.D. in Bioscience from Chalmers University of Technology (1999). His research focuses on resource recovery, biogas, and filamentous fungi. He chaired the Swedish Research Council panel (2013–2015) and served as Associate Editor of Bioresource Technology (2015–2023) and Editor-in-Chief of Bioengineered (2019–2022). He has led 80+ research projects and examined 60+ PhD theses. He is ranked among the top 5 researchers globally in biogas and filamentous fungi. h-index: 100, citations: 38,000+.