Debabrata Biswas, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Bacteriology and Enteric Infections in the Department of Animal Sciences (ANSC) and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems (CFS3) at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. As an enteric infection specialist, he has committed to develop crosscutting research programs in the gut health and immunity area. He serves as editorial board member or reviewer for more than 40 journals and has published more than 75 peer review manuscripts and contributed book chapters for 12 published books. He has also edited several books for world recognized publishers including Elsevier and Springer Nature He has also mentored and trained many graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and younger scientists and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses related to food safety and gut microbiomes. He has delivered more than 60 invited talks and organized 4 international symposia.Shaik O. Rahaman, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. His laboratory is interested in elucidating the molecular signaling events underlying the pathogenesis of various inflammatory diseases, specifically, atherosclerosis and fibrosis. Dr. Rahaman earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at Jadavpur University, and an M.S. in Biophysics and Molecular Biology from University of Calcutta. From 2000-2014, Dr. Rahaman worked at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA, as a Postdoctoral Fellow, eventually as a Project Scientist. He is the recipient of the American Heart Association Scientist Development grant, National Institute of Health (NIH) R01 grant, and National Science Foundation grant. Dr. Rahaman is the author or co-author of 34 research papers in high impact peer-reviewed journals of repute. He has given numerous invited talks nationally and internationally, and is a reviewer/editorial board member in numerous scientific journals. Dr. Rahaman also served as a reviewer for NIH (USA).
