Dr. Khalid Rehman Hakeem (PhD) is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has more both teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plant-microbe-soil interactions as well as in environmental studies. He has served as the visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. He has more than 110 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals has extensive book publishing experience as well. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is a fellow of Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, member of the World Academy of Sciences, member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan, and member of Asian Federation of Biotechnology, Korea.
Professor Faisal Alzahrani currently works as a faculty member in the Department of Biochemistry at King Abdulaziz University and serves as a principal investigator in the Stem Cell Unit at the King Fahd Medical Research Center. In these roles, he leads pioneering studies on stem cells and their applications in various fields including cancer, longevity, and infectious disease. Professor Alzahrani's research efforts have yielded remarkable results, which is evident from his record of publications. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed papers. In addition to his academic pursuits, Professor Alzahrani extends his knowledge and experience to practical applications. He provides valuable advisory services on scientific and academic matters and actively collaborates with startups in the biotechnology and healthcare sectors.
Dr. Islam M. Saadeldin is an Associate Professor at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia and adjunct associate professor at Zagazig University, Egypt. He received his Ph.D. degree from Seoul National University, South Korea in 2012. He was a visiting scholar at Niigata University, Japan (2008), and also served as a post-doc fellow at Seoul National University, South Korea (2013-2014). He has been awarded the Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) Scholar Award and a visiting professorship to Seoul National University, South Korea in 2019. He has a patent of invention (The Korean Intellectual Property Office) regarding embryo transgenesis through piggyback transposons. He has authored more than 80 SCI/SCIE papers covering the fields of advanced biotechnology such as somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), therapeutic cloning, genome editing, transgenesis, assisted reproductive techniques (ARTs), adult stem cells, and embryonic stem cells, as well as elucidating the roles of exosomes in pathophysiology and embryonic-maternal crosstalk. In addition, he focuses on comparative cellular defence against extreme hyperthermia, and the relation with cellular anastasis, and cellular resilience. He serves as an Editorial board member of various journals and an associate editor and associate editor for various journals.