Dr. Mohd Amin Mir is an Assistant Research Professor at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India (2018-2020). With more than 125 research publications in international and national journals, his work spans diverse areas of chemistry and biomedical sciences. His active research focuses on the isolation and characterization of various biosignatures for the development of anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, and anti-leukoderma medicines. Dr. Mir has received numerous accolades, including the Young Researcher Award in Pharmaceutical Chemistry under the Allied Health Sciences discipline at the Venus International Healthcare Awards (VIHA) 2018; the InSc Young Achiever Award from the Institute of Scholars, Bengaluru, India; and the Outstanding Scientist Award in 2020 in Engineering, Science and Medicine from VDGOOD. He also serves on editorial boards of more than 30 journals and reviews for 10 others.

Dr. Bimal Krishna Banik is a Full Professor at Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia. Previously, he served as a tenured full professor and the first president's Endowed Professor of Science & Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin, and was Vice President of Research and Education Development at Community Health Systems of South Texas, United States. Dr. Banik has conducted extensive research in synthetic chemistry and chemical biology, focusing on cancer, antibiotics, catalysis, and natural products. He has chaired more than 20 symposiums at the American Chemical Society (ACS) national meetings and has published more than 735 articles and approximately 530 abstracts, with more than 11,500 citations. His numerous awards include the Indian Chemical Society's Lifetime Achievement Award, the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Medal of Honor from the United Kingdom Parliament, the University of Texas System Board of Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award, and the ACS Member Service Award.