Conference Main Organizers

Dr. Danik Martirosyan, PhD, Chairman of Conference, Main Organizer and International Committee Adviser, President, Functional Food Center/Functional Food Institute, Dallas, TX, USA. 

Session Organizer: Current Research and Development of New Functional Food Products.

Presentation Topic: Evaluating scientific evidence: Functional, medical and healthy foods

Dr. Ilkay Gok, PhD, Main Organizer and Local Committee Adviser, Assistant Professor, Head of Gastronomy Department, Head of Eurasia Cooks Association, Istanbul Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey

Session Organizer: Traditional Functional Foods and Beverages

Presentation Topic: Consumer preferences, marketing size, regulations and labeling of functional foods in Turkey

International Scientific Committee Members

Mikio Nishizawa, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Tovit Rosenzweig, PhD, Departments of Molecular Biology and Nutritional Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel

Srinivas Nammi, PhD, School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia

María Dolores del Castillo, PhD, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) Madrid, Spain

Blanca Hernandez Ledesma, PhD, Department of Bioactivity and Food Analysis, Spanish National Research Council (Csic-Uam) Faculty, Research Institute of Food Science (Cial), Madrid, Spain

Kota V. Ramana, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States

Kota V. Ramana, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States

Mona Boaz, PhD, Professor, Chair, Department of Nutrition Sciences Ariel University, Ariel, Israel

Yasuhito Shirai, PhD, Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Department of Agrobioscience, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Hua-Feng Zhang, PhD, Associate professor, College of Food Engineering and Nutritional Science, Director of International Joint Research Center of Shaanxi Province for Food and Health Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, P.R. China

Barbara Shukitt-Hale, PhD, Research Psychologist, Neuroscience and Aging Lab, USDA, Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States

Jun Nishihira, MD, PhD, Health Information Science Center, Hokkaido Information University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

Naresh Singh Redhu, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA, United States

Francesco Marotta, MD, PhD, Professor, Re-Genera Research group for Aging Intervention and San Babila Clinic, Gender Healthy Aging Unit, Milano, Italy

Nathan S. Bryan, PhD, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States

Debasis Bagchi, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, United States

Baojun Xu, PhD, Professor, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, China

Hiroshi Yoshida, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Vice-President, Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

Jin-Rong Zhou, PhD, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Director, Nutrition and Metabolism Laboratory, Boston, MA, United States

Garth Nicolson, PhD, Research Professor of Molecular Pathology, The Institute for Molecular Medicine, S. Laguna Beach, CA, United States

Local Organizing Committee Members

Tugba Ozdal, PhD, Assitant Professor, Food Engineering Departement, Istanbul Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey

Fikret Soner, Lecturer, Department of Gastronomy, Istanbul Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey

Sevinc Yildirim, Research Assitant, Department of Gastronomy, Istanbul Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey

Galip Tunca Arkan, Research Assitant, Department of Gastronomy, Istanbul Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey

Elif Tapan, lecturer, Department of Gastronomy, Istanbul Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey

Ahmet Karaman, Lecturer, Department of Gastronomy, Istanbul Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey

Mehmet D. Oner, PhD,Professor, Department of Gastronomy, Alanya HEP University, Alanya, Turkey

Manolya Oner, PhD, Assitant Professor, Food Engineering Department, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Alanya, Turkey

Okan Degerbilir, Food Engineer, Owner, Diyet Food, Istanbul, Turkey

Sabriye Kocabalkan, Social Media Profecional, Istanbul Gastronomy, Istanbul, Turkey

Ilkay Gok, PhD, Assistant Professor, Head of Gastronomy Department, Head of Eurasia Cooks Association, Istanbul Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey

Tugba Ozdal, PhD, Assitant Professor, Food Engineering Departement, Istanbul Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey

Beraat Ozcelik, PhD, Professor,  Food Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

Sukru Karatas, PhD, Professor, Food Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

Mehmet D. Oner, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastronomy, Alanya HEP University, Alanya, Turkey

Esra Capanoglu, PhD, Associate Professor, Food Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

Osman Erkmen, PhD, Professor, Food Engineering Departement, University of Gaziantep, Gaziantep, Turkey

Manolya Oner, PhD, Food Engineering Departement, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Alanya, Turkey

Deniz Cekmecelioglu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Food Engineering Departement, Midlle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Perihan Yolcu Omeroglu, PhD, Associate Professor, Food Engineering Departement, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey

Senem Kamiloglu Bestepe, PhD, Assitant professor, Director, Mevsim Food Ar ge, Turkey

Soojin Jun, PhD, Professor, Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, University of Hawai, Hawai, Turkey

Cigdem Aykac, PhD, Associate professor, Food Engineering Departement, University of Gaziantep, Gaziantep, Turkey