Bella concomitantly obtained the B.Sc. (1st Class Hons) in Food Safety at the University of Tasmania and the Bachelor of Food Quality and Safety at the Southwest University under the Universities’ collaborative programme in 2021. She is currently a Ph.D. student with a research focus on the molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria.

Nannur has attained B.S.c (Hons) and M.Sc. (Applied Nutrition and Food Technology, taught program) from Islamic University, Bangladesh. He pursued a Master’s degree in Science (research program) in Human Nutrition at Ghent University in Belgium with support from the prestigious VLIRUOS scholarship. He then worked in the Department of Food Technology and Nutritional Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Bangladesh. He decided to step up in his career by taking on further studies under the support of the Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS). His project focuses on the modulation of the gut microbiota under the influence of probiotics, antibiotics and other functional food.

Hector was involved in the joint program between Tianjin University of Science and Technology (TUST), China, and National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, where he obtained his B.Sc. in Biotechnology and M.Sc. in Food Science and Human Nutrition from TUST and NUS, respectively. His research focuses on MRSA infection and invasion in 3D cell culture systems and animal models. He is also interested in the effects and mechanisms of novel antimicrobial agents, such as antimicrobial peptides.

Ruiqi has obtained a master's degree in biotechnology from the Autonomous University of Madrid and a master's degree in Big Data Analytics from Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain. With seven years of dedicated experience as a bioinformatics researcher, she has developed expertise in metagenomics, gene screening, and machine learning. Currently a Ph.D. student, her research focuses on investigating the spread of multidrug-resistant pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes in both environmental and human populations using metagenomic and whole-genome data analysis.