Omics and Biotechnological Approaches for Product Profile-Driven Sorghum Improvement
暫譯: 基於產品特徵驅動的高粱改良：組學與生物技術方法

Prof. Dr. Ephrem Habyarimana is a Principal Scientist, head of Sorghum Breeding at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics headquartered in Patancheru, Telangana, India; he is also a Professor of Agricultural Genetics at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka, India. He has more than 25 years of experience in crop science, genetics, and plant breeding with a particular focus on sorghum, integrating diverse technologies and skills i.e., agroecological and genomic modeling, big data analytics e.g., phenomics, genomics for sustainable, resilient, cost-effective, environment and biodiversity-friendly crop improvement, and for optimizing the breeding program to deliver higher rates of genetic gains. He trained in North and Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe, and authored several specialized scientific articles and books as documented under Scopus and other certified databases. He is recognized as an inventor by the European Commission in the fields of Exploratory and market-ready DeepTech innovations, and he was a finalist for the 2019 European DataSci & Artificial Intelligence Awards

Dr. Muhammad Azhar Nadeem, working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Sivas University of Science and Technology, Türkiye has documented great skills and expertise in crop science, plant genomics, and molecular plant breeding. Dr. Nadeem has been actively engaged in research activities involving the assessment of genetic diversity, and population structure and performing genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for the identification of genomic regions associated with the traits of interest. Dr. Nadeem has numerous research publications and has served as the editor and co-editor of four published books.

Dr. Faheem Shehzad Baloch is working as Professor of plant genetics and breeding at Mersin University, Turkey. He received his Ph.D. with a dissertation on 'QTL mapping in wheat' from University of Çukurova, Adana, Turkey. He has more than 11 years of teaching and research experience in the plant phenomics, genetics and genomics, and biotechnology. He has led and participated in many projects funded by national and international organizations. He has visited more than 30 countries over different continents for research and collaborative purposes and serve as Management Committee and active member of various COST actions and playing important roles in different work packages of various COST actions. He has more than 120 SCI publications in WOS and edited 9 books and written over 19 book chapters on important aspects of molecular genetics in relation to plant species. He has extensive array of citations with over 4300 times as per google scholar with an h-Index of 35. He serves as Editorial board member of several high impact factor journals.

Dr. Nusret Zencirci is a graduate of Çukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops. He worked as a wheat breeder in the Central Research Institute for Field Crops, Ankara and served as National and international Coordinator to Wheat programs including International Winter Wheat Improvement Program carried by Türkiye, CIMMIYT, and ICARDA. He is a molecular biology professor now at Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Science and Art Faculty, Biology Department, Bolu, Turkey. He is a member of various editorial boards in many international journals. He is, with his team, breeder of 22 bread and durum wheat cultivars. His research interests are Cereals, Biotic and Abiotic Stresses, Plant Genetic Resources, and Wheat Breeding.

教授 Dr. Ephrem Habyarimana 是位於印度泰倫甘納邦帕坦切魯的半乾旱熱帶國際作物研究所的首席科學家及高粱育種部門負責人；他同時也是印度卡納塔克邦農業科學大學的農業遺傳學教授。他在作物科學、遺傳學和植物育種方面擁有超過 25 年的經驗，特別專注於高粱，整合多樣的技術和技能，例如農生態學和基因組建模、大數據分析（如表型學、基因組學），以實現可持續、韌性、具成本效益、環境友好和生物多樣性友好的作物改良，並優化育種計劃以提供更高的遺傳增益率。他曾在北美、拉丁美洲、非洲、亞洲和歐洲接受培訓，並在 Scopus 和其他認證數據庫中發表了多篇專業科學文章和書籍。他被歐洲委員會認可為發明人，專注於探索性和市場準備的深科技創新，並曾是 2019 年歐洲數據科學與人工智慧獎的決賽入圍者。

Dr. Muhammad Azhar Nadeem 現任土耳其西瓦斯科技大學農業科學與技術學院的副教授，在作物科學、植物基因組學和分子植物育種方面擁有卓越的技能和專業知識。Nadeem 博士積極參與研究活動，涉及遺傳多樣性和種群結構的評估，並進行全基因組關聯研究（GWAS），以識別與感興趣性狀相關的基因組區域。Nadeem 博士擁有多篇研究出版物，並擔任四本已出版書籍的編輯和共同編輯。

Dr. Faheem Shehzad Baloch 現任土耳其梅爾辛大學植物遺傳學與育種教授。他在土耳其阿達納的丘庫羅瓦大學獲得博士學位，論文主題為「小麥的 QTL 標定」。他在植物表型學、遺傳學和基因組學以及生物技術方面擁有超過 11 年的教學和研究經驗。他曾主導和參與多個由國內外組織資助的項目，並為多個 COST 行動的管理委員會成員及活躍成員，在不同的工作包中扮演重要角色。他在 WOS 上擁有超過 120 篇 SCI 出版物，編輯了 9 本書籍，並撰寫了 19 篇有關植物物種分子遺傳學重要方面的書章。根據 Google Scholar，他的引用次數超過 4300 次，h-Index 為 35。他還擔任多本高影響因子期刊的編輯委員會成員。

Dr. Nusret Zencirci 是丘庫羅瓦大學農業學院田間作物系的畢業生。他曾在安卡拉的中央田間作物研究所擔任小麥育種師，並擔任包括土耳其、CIMMYT 和 ICARDA 進行的國際冬小麥改良計劃在內的小麥計劃的國家和國際協調員。他目前是土耳其博盧阿班特伊茲特貝薩爾大學科學與藝術學院生物系的分子生物學教授。他是多本國際期刊的編輯委員會成員。他和他的團隊育成了 22 個麵包小麥和硬小麥品種。他的研究興趣包括穀物、生物性和非生物性壓力、植物遺傳資源和小麥育種。