Speakers

Plenary Speakers

Prof. Robert Verpoorte
Professor Emeritus, expert in natural products and pharmacognosy.

Prof. Maurizio Battino
Full Professor and Chair of Nutrition at UnivPM, highly cited researcher.

Prof. Jean-Luc Wolfender
Professor at the University of Geneva (PBNP group). Specialist in LC-MS, LC-NMR, metabolomics, dereplication and natural product-based drug discovery.

Prof. Esra Capanoglu
Professor at Istanbul Technical University; research on food bioactives and polyphenols.

Prof. Jianbo Xiao
Full Professor (Analytical Chemistry & Food Science); research on nutrition, phytochemicals and functional foods.

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Jackson Almeida
Full Professor of Pharmacy; research on medicinal plants from the Caatinga biome.

Prof. Raimundo Oliveira Júnior
Associate Professor of Pharmacognosy at Université Paris Cité; expert in natural products.

Prof. Lucindo Quintans-Júnior
Full Professor of Physiology, specialist in natural products and neuroscience.

Prof. Laurent Picot
Full Professor of Biochemistry at La Rochelle University and senior scientist at CNRS LIENSs. Specialist in marine and terrestrial natural products, metabolomics, extraction technologies, and bioactive compounds for human health, dermocosmetics, and nutraceuticals.

Prof. Hye-Kyung Na
Professor of Food Science & Biotechnology; research on phytochemicals and cancer chemoprevention.

Prof. Elwira Sieniawska
Associate Professor in Natural Products Chemistry; focus on bioactive plant metabolites and drug-resistance modulation.

Prof. İpek Süntar
Professor of Pharmacognosy; plant-derived drug candidates through phytochemical and bioactivity studies.

Dr. Luísa Custódio
Principal Investigator; Blue & Green Biotechnology focusing on marine and halophyte bioactive compounds.

Prof. Renald Blundell
Professor of nutritional biochemistry and functional foods; research on bioactive compounds, polyphenols and molecular nutrition.

Prof. Francesca Giampieri
Assistant Professor in Clinical Nutrition; research on diet and bioactive compounds; author of ~240 scientific papers.

Prof. Sonia G. Sayago Ayerdi
Professor and researcher at the Technological Institute of Tepic (Mexico); works on functional foods, bioactive compounds and health.

Prof. Beraat Özçelik
Full Professor at Istanbul Technical University; research on functional foods, bioactive components, encapsulation and bioavailability.

Prof. Jelena Popović-Đorđević
Professor at the University of Belgrade (Faculty of Agriculture), PhD in Chemistry; research on natural products chemistry, food chemistry & safety, environmental chemistry, and analytical methods (Raman, FTIR/IR). Author/co-author of 80+ peer‑reviewed papers.