Dr. Mehran Ghasemlou, an Alfred Deakin Research Fellow at Deakin University, Australia, collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to develop innovative bioplastic products. His research focuses on bio-inspired materials, food packaging solutions, and bioplastics technology. With a master's degree in food science and engineering from the University of Tehran, Iran, he earned a Ph.D. in biobased polymers from Michigan State University, USA. His doctoral work at RMIT University led to the creation of a new bioplastic mimicking the lotus leaf's surface properties. He is an active member of various scientific organizations and contributes to prominent journals in food science and materials engineering.

Dr. Shima Jafarzadeh is an Alfred Deakin Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Bioproducts, School of Engineering, Deakin University, Australia. She specializes in bioplastics, thin film composites, and biopolymeric materials with applications in food packaging. Previously, she was a Research Fellow at Edith Cowan University, collaborating on multidisciplinary projects to develop innovative bioplastic products. She also contributed to a collaborative project with Curtin University and CSIRO on biomaterials development. Dr. Jafarzadeh earned her PhD in Biopolymer from the University of Sains Malaysia, where she developed a novel hydrophobic bioplastic for food packaging. She has received several awards for publication excellence, including the Sanggar Sanjung and Hadiah Sanjungan awards from Universiti Sains Malaysia.