Born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1968, obtained his PhD in Biology at University of Alcalá (Madrid) in 1995. After a postdoctoral period at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France), came back to Madrid to work atthe National Museum of Natural Sciences ascribed to the Department of Evolutionary Ecology. Dr. Merino is still working at the Museum, an institute of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) as Professor of Research. He was the Director of the Museum during eight years. Author of more than 200 scientific publications his work is centred in the study of host-parasite interactions in wild animals, especially birds. He collaborates with researchers all over the world in studies covering species from Antarctic to Arctic including South America, Africa and Europe.

I did my bachelor and PhD degrees in Tel Aviv University (PhD with Tamar Dayan and Dan Simberloff), and a postdoc at Imperial College London (with Ian Owens and Georgina Mace), and now I'm a professor at the School of Zoology and Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University I also attach a picture

I did my undergraduate course in Biology at State University of Campinas, where I also did my PhD in the Graduate Program in Ecology. In my PhD, I studied the interplay between sexual selection, parental care, and defense mechanisms in harvestmen, a poorly studied arachnid group. During my post-doc, I edited the book “Harvestmen: The Biology of Opiliones”, which was published by Harvard University Press in 2007. In this same year, I was hired at University of São Paulo, the best ranked Latin American university. In 2013, I edited the book “Sexual Selection: Perspectives and Models from the Neotropics”, published by Elsevier. Between 2013-2016, I worked as associated editor in Behavioral Ecology. Currently, I work as an associate editor in Animal Behavior and Advances in the Study of Behavior. The projects conducted in my laboratory integrate observational and experimental studies, comparative analyses, meta-analyses, and theoretical studies based on computational simulations. Our current projects include causes and consequences of male dimorphism, the role of paternal care on the intensity of sexual selection, and macroecology of parental care.

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Keshan Zhang received his bachelor degree in animal medicine (2003) from Henan Agricultural University, obtained his Ph.D degree in preventive veterinary medicine (2008) from Huazhong Agricultural University. As a postdoctor in China animal disease control center(2012-2015) , and As a visiting scholar in Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in MA USA (2013-2014). His research interest focus on the epidemiology and pathogenic mechanisms of FMDV and ORFV, prevention and control technology product research and development of FMDV and ORFV. In recent 10 years, more than 100 scientific papers were published online, 30 of them were published in mBio, J Virol, Front Immunol, Vet Res, Vet Microbiol etalmagazine.

The orientation of my research aims to contribute to the establishment of a framework for vector surveillance in Romania, necessary in the light of new reports on global warming and the increased risk of emergence and re-emergence of some vector-borne diseases in the country.The research regarding the study of vectors and of vector-borne diseases developed during the doctoral studies between 1999-2014, with the title:“Bio-ecologyand pathogenicity of Culicidae”, and during the postdoctoral studies between 2014-2015, with the title:“Molecular identification and the NGS for the Complex Anopheles maculipennis and pathogens transmitted, establishing the risk of malaria re-emerging in Romania”.

period of doctoral studies at “Pierre et Marie Curie”University, UMR-S INSERM/ UPMC 945Laboratory, 91 Bd. de l᾿Hôpital, F-75013, Paris, where we studied the molecular mechanism at the infection of the liver with Plasmodium (malaria parasite), with creation of the transgenic parasites Plasmodium bergheiand Plasmodium yoelii, expressing a GFP-LUC fusion protein.

The research regarding the malaria continued in the country, following the risk of re-emergence of this disease in Romania.Consequently, we followed the influence of climatic factors in the development of biological cycle of mosquito-vector, as well as in the evolution of the parasite inside it.In the attempt to demonstrate the risk of re-emergence of malaria in Romania, we conducted a study on the presence of Anopheles vector in nature. Identification of the species classified in Anopheles maculipenniscomplex (incriminated in malaria transmission) with the help of techniques of molecular biology; 4.Sequencing of the PCR product obtained. From the nine species belonging to Anopheles maculipenniscomplex, we identified 5 species: Anopheles maculipennis, Anopheles atroparvus, Anopheles melanoon, Anopheles labranchiae, Anopheles messeae. Anopheles labranchiaewas identified for the first time in Romania. PCR and sequencing were performed from the stage 4-larva (L4), demonstrating the adaptation of the species to the climate of our country, the species being probably imported from Sicilia.

Dr. Hossam E. Rushdi, an Associate Professor of Animal Breeding and Genetics, CU. He graduated in 1991 from the Faculty of Agriculture of CU. He obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Animal Production from the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (IAMZ) in 1996. In 1997, he completed his M. Sc. thesis in Animal Breeding. Thereafter, he earned a Ph. D. in animal breeding and genomics at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2002). His main research activities are in the field of Animal Breeding, Quantitative Genetics, Genetic Diversity, Climate Change, Identification of QTL, Candidate Genes and SNPs. Moreover, he has been widely involved in genetic characterization of sheep, goat, cattle and buffalo breeds by microsatellites, SNPs, and mitochondrial DNA. He is the General Secretary of the Egyptian Society of Animal Production (ESAP). He was a Visiting Professor to different universities in Spain, India, Lithuania, Poland and China. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of ESAP journal and author of a book entitled "Animal Wealth" for CU students. Currently, he is participating in 2 international research projects as Egyptian PI. He has participated in several national and international research projects along the last 25 years. He published over 28 peer-reviewed papers. He has expertise in livestock genomics, epigenetics and metagenomics, and his activity spans from the study of genes and mechanisms that control livestock production traits to the development of molecular tools for animal welfare and traceability of animal products. He has been an organizer of international scientific conferences, an invited speaker, an expert reviewer of grant proposals and research articles for several funding agencies and journals, and a student supervisor. Also, he got the Cairo Univ. Prize for International Publication in 2017 and 2020. He is a member of many scientific societies in Egypt, France, Spain, USA, Poland, China and India.

Author is working as Principal Scientist, in Directorate of Poultry Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030 since 2015. She was working earlier as Principal Scientist, at National Dairy Research Institute Karnal, Haryana, India. Her field of specialization is Endocrinology and Reproductive physiology. She has expertise in cell culture.. She has authored research papers in reputed National and International Journals. At present she is working on endocrine and molecular factors in indigenous and exotic breeds available in INDIA