Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Department of pharmaceutical engineering;
Professor Senka Vidovic is a Full Professor at the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, Serbia, where she has completed her PhD exploring supercritical fluid extraction of bioactive compounds from mushrooms. She is an expert in green extraction technologies, especially the high pressure ones, and by-products and waste utilization. She has published more than 120 works which have been cited by more than 4000 documents. She is a former Vice-dean for Science at her institution, where now she is leading a research group XtractTeam. She was a Vice-Chair of COST Action GREENERING. She was a mentor of 10 doctoral thesis and more than 30 master and bachelors.

University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology;
Marina Cvjetko Bubalo is an Assistant Professor at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Croatia. Her research interests focus on preparation, characterization, and implementation of deep eutectic solvents in food technology and biotechnology, with special emphasis on fine tuning of deep eutectic solvents’ composition for application in biocatalytic reactions, and stabilisation of target compounds (such as proteins and active pharmaceutical ingredients). MCB has so far >50 peer-reviewed publications (h-index 24, Web of Science), whereby five of them are highly cited papers in the top 1% of the academic field. In the period of 2021-2023 she has been listed in the top 2% scientists list of the world under the category of Biotechnology by a survey conducted by Stanford University.

Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa; IST-ID;
Vânia André is an assistant researcher at Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa and invited assistant professor at the same university. Her research is focused on applying Crystal Engineering and Supramolecular Chemistry towards improved crystal forms of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Currently, she is developing antibiotic coordination frameworks for enhanced properties and antibacterial activity. From the point of view of synthesis, Vânia is devoted to mechanochemistry since 2008. She published >100 papers in international journals.