Haematococcus: Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Biomedical Applications

Dr. Rathinam Raja is a Professor at Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH)-Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER), Chennai, India. He pursued his Ph.D. in microalgae at the University of Madras in 2004. He did his Post-Doctoral Research at IIT Madras (India), followed by a two-year tenure as a Lead Scientist at Aquatic Energy LLC, Louisiana. He has vast work experience at universities in Taiwan, South Korea and Portugal. He has published 33 international articles, two patents, 14 book chapters and is currently editing a couple of books.

Dr. Shanmugam Hemaiswarya received her Ph.D. from the Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras, India followed by research experience at the University of Algarve, Portugal. She received a three-year Women Scientist (WOS-A) fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology, India and completed the project at AUKBC Research Centre, Anna University, Chennai. She also worked as a Project Officer at the Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras and currently working as a Project Scientist at University Innovation Cluster, Anna University, Taramani Campus, Chennai. She has published 33 international articles, 12 book chapters and co-authored five books.

Dr. Mathiyazhagan Narayanan is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai, India. He pursued his Ph.D. in Biotechnology at Periyar University in 2013. He has strong research networks and collaborations with a number of Professors in the biological field from various leading institutions in Asia and Europe. He has published 75 research articles in various national and international peer-reviewed journals, ten book chapters and edited one book.

Dr. Sabariswaran Kandasamy is a Research Professor at the Water-Energy Nexus Laboratory, Department of Environmental Engineering, University ofSeoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea. He pursued his Ph.D. in Environmental Science in 2016 at Madurai Kamaraj University, India. He has worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Jiangsu University, China, for three years and as a University Postdoctoral Fellow at Periyar University, India, for a year. Further, he has worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Vysya College, India, for one year. He has published 67 international articles, five book chapters and one patent. He has been working as a reviewer in several peer-reviewed journals and Editor-in-Chief of Chemical Science Review and Letters. He has received the Young Bioenergy Scientist Award, Young Innovator Award, Best Publications Award, and Best Young Scientist Award in Natural Resources and Waste Recycling.

Dr. K.R. Jayappriyan is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, India. He has considerable expertise in algal biotechnology for the past ten years from his Ph.D. curriculum till date. He has vast outdoor practice, especially hands-on experience in isolation, identification, compound extraction and purification and various molecular tools used for algae. Previously he worked as a Project Scientist at the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT, ) which has enhanced his field of expertise in microalgal biodiesel research. He has published an ample amount of publications on algae in peer-reviewed journals and has written a few book chapters also. He has been awarded Prof. Kalyanasundaram Memorial Prize for best thesis award for his Doctoral degree. Presently, he is involved in developing the 'Algae based nanoformulated product' research for humansupplements.

Dr. Rathinam Raja 是印度金奈 Sree Balaji 醫學院暨醫院（SBMCH）- Bharath 高等教育與研究所（BIHER）的教授。他於 2004 年在馬德拉斯大學獲得微藻學的博士學位。隨後，他在印度的 IIT Madras 進行博士後研究，並在路易斯安那州的 Aquatic Energy LLC 擔任首席科學家兩年。他在台灣、南韓和葡萄牙的多所大學擁有豐富的工作經驗。他已發表 33 篇國際文章、兩項專利、14 章書籍，並目前正在編輯幾本書籍。

Dr. Shanmugam Hemaiswarya 於印度 IIT Madras 生物技術系獲得博士學位，隨後在葡萄牙阿爾加維大學進行研究。她獲得了印度科學與技術部的三年女性科學家（WOS-A）獎學金，並在金奈安娜大學的 AUKBC 研究中心完成該項目。她曾在 IIT Madras 生物技術系擔任專案官，現在則在金奈安娜大學 Taramani 校區的創新大學集群擔任專案科學家。她已發表 33 篇國際文章、12 章書籍，並共同撰寫了五本書籍。

Dr. Mathiyazhagan Narayanan 是印度金奈 Saveetha 工程學院生物技術系的助理教授。他於 2013 年在 Periyar 大學獲得生物技術博士學位。他與來自亞洲和歐洲多所領先機構的生物學領域教授擁有強大的研究網絡和合作關係。他已在各種國內外同行評審期刊上發表 75 篇研究文章、十章書籍，並編輯了一本書。

Dr. Sabariswaran Kandasamy 是韓國首爾大學環境工程系水-能源聯結實驗室的研究教授。他於 2016 年在印度馬杜賴卡馬拉吉大學獲得環境科學博士學位。他曾在中國江蘇大學擔任博士後研究員三年，並在印度 Periyar 大學擔任大學博士後研究員一年。此外，他還在印度 Vysya 學院的生物技術系擔任助理教授一年。他已發表 67 篇國際文章、五章書籍和一項專利。他在多個同行評審期刊擔任審稿人，並擔任《Chemical Science Review and Letters》的主編。他曾獲得年輕生物能源科學家獎、年輕創新者獎、最佳出版物獎和自然資源與廢物回收最佳年輕科學家獎。

Dr. K.R. Jayappriyan 是印度馬德拉斯大學高等植物研究中心的助理教授。他在過去十年中在藻類生物技術方面擁有相當的專業知識，從博士課程開始至今。他在戶外實踐方面經驗豐富，尤其是在藻類的分離、鑑定、化合物提取和純化以及各種分子工具的使用方面。之前，他曾在國家海洋技術研究所（NIOT）擔任專案科學家，這增強了他在微藻生物柴油研究領域的專業知識。他在同行評審期刊上發表了大量有關藻類的出版物，並撰寫了幾章書籍。他因其博士學位的最佳論文獲得了 Kalyanasundaram 教授紀念獎。目前，他正參與開發「基於藻類的納米配方產品」研究，以用於人類補充劑。