Prof. Riyaz Sayyed is currently working as a professor at the University of Nizwa, Oman. He has 21 years of teaching, and research experience and has authored and co-authored over 377 research papers, 36 books and 85 book chapters in global publishers. Prof. Sayyed is a Fellow of Royal Society of Biology, Indian Phytopathological Society etc. and a Member of American Chemical Society. He is a visiting scholar at INTI University, Malaysia, and the Academy of Sciences, Uzbekistan. He has been an invited speaker at many international conferences in the country and, and abroad.
Dr. Noshin Ilyas is Chairperson/ Associate professor at the Department of Botany, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan. She has 16 years of teaching experience and has published more than 100 papers and edited four books. She is the president of the Pakistan Asian PGPR Society and a member of various professional societies. She has received two research awards from PMAS-Arid University, and 1st Prof. Dr. Abdul Hameed Gold Medal in applied and environmental microbiology from the Applied Zoological Society of Pakistan.
Prof. Dilantha Fernando is a professor at the Department of Plant Science and Dean of Studies at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Fernando is an internationally renowned host-pathogen interaction researcher, specializing in the epidemiology and spread of the pathogen on canola and cereals. Dr. Fernando has published more than 200 peer-reviewed research articles and 17 book chapters. He has been a co-developer of 37 canola/HEAR cultivars, bringing prestige and royalty funds to the University of Manitoba, adding millions to the Canadian economy and grower profits.