Editor-in-Chief

Gabriel Olaniran Adegoke

Dr. G.O Adegoke`s is currently working as Professor of Food Microbiology at Department of Food Technology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan. Nigeria. He completed his PhD in 1984 in Microbiology from same university. His research works encompass: Detection, characterization and elimination of food-borne pathogens, involving the use of phenotypic, chemo-taxonomic, genetic and epidemiological methods, Food biotechnology with respect to selection, characterization and utilization of environmentally-friendly, biodegradable and natural plant additives for foods, plasmid profiling, gene cloning and transformation experiments, Food quality assurance with respect to establishment and monitoring of hazard analysis critical control points (HACCP) in food industries, Detection of food-borne parasites like flukes and cestodes. Dr. Adegoke has authored and co-authored over 100 refereed publications which include 3 books and 6 book chapters. He has won numerous fellowships which have enabled him to conduct pre-doctoral and postdoctoral research works in several countries across the globe. He has successfully supervised and graduated 12 PhD students and over 120 MSc students. He is a member of the editorial boards of 10 different journals with high impact factors and has been and he is still a reviewer for over 20 different journals. Since 2007, he has been a member of the World Health Organization`s Food borne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) - A Group of Experts assembled by the World Helath Organisation on Food Safety. He has also been a member, of the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization/ World Health Organization (FAO/WHO) Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) 2006 to date. His prior work experience includes Head, Director, Assistant Director, Sub Dean and Associate Professor at different institutions.

Regional Editors

Mebrouk Kihal Research Director and Professor, University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria

Associate Editors

	Tarek Mohamed Abd Elghany Professor, Professor, Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University Egypt
	Wael Abbas El-Naggar Professor, Northern Border University, Saudi Arabia
	Victoria Olusola Adetunji Professor and consultant, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
	Seralathan Kamala Kannan Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Chonbuk National University, South Korea

Technical Editors

	Kuppannan Gobianand Assistant Professor, Vivekanandha Educational Institutions for Women, India
	Jeevigunta Naveena Lavanya Latha Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Krishna University, Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
	Andrew Pradeep Assistant Professor, The American College Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
	Philippe Sessou Associate Professor, Research Unit on Communicable Diseases, Polytechnic School of Abomey-Calavi, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin
	Manpal Sridhar Principal Scientist, National Institute of Animal Nutrition, India
	Rathinasamy Subashkumar Associate Professor and Head, Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science, India
	Kaushal Kishore Choudhary Assistant Professor, Dr. Jagannath Mishra College, India
	Abhishek Walia Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences, CSKHPKV, Palampur, HP, India
	Brindha Priyadarisini Venkatesan Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Bharathiar, University, Coimbatore, India
	Chetan D.M Associate Professor, Nitte Mahalinga Adyanthaya Memorial Institute of Technology (NMAM), India
	Saravanan Durai Scientist, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India
	Rui Oliveira Research Scientist, University of Coimbra, Portugal
	Seyed Davar Siadat Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran