Unleashing the Power of Functional Foods and Novel Bioactives

Dr. Tanmay Sarkar is currently working as a Lecturer in the Government of West Bengal. With 9 years of experience in both teaching and research, his areas of interest include bioactive components from natural sources, ethnic foods, mathematical modeling, and phytochemicals. He is an editor for several SCI, SCIE, and Scopus- indexed journals and has edited numerous books with Elsevier and Springer.

Dr. Slim Smaoui is an Associate Professor at the University of Sfax. His research focuses on the valorization of agro-food industry by-products as sources of bioactive compounds, and the design of functional foods enriched with bioactive ingredients.

He has authored more than 250 publications, including numerous articles in Scopus-indexed, international peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Smaoui serves on the editorial boards of several reputable international journals and is actively involved as a guest editor and reviewer for multiple ISI-indexed journals.

Dr. Petkoska has a proven track record of teaching and researching activities in cutting-edge fields such as polymer (nano) composites, antimicrobial materials and compositions, thin films and coatings, phytochemicals, nutri-cosmetics, food contact materials, liquid and crystals and their applications, etc. She has a strong academic background with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rochester. She has published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed Academic Journals, two books, ten book chapters as well as has 3 US patents.