Philip Kwasi Banini is the Team Lead and a co-founder of iWatch Africa (www.iwatchafrica.org); a non-governmental organization and a Policy Think-Tank aimed at shaping the national and regional discourse, deepening transparency, accountability and citizen participation in the governance process in Africa. He holds a Master of Philosophy Degree in Aquaculture,  a Master of Science Degree in Petroleum Geoscience and a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth Sciences from the University of Ghana, Legon, and a Certificate in Business and Entrepreneurship from Administration Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Badagry-Lagos, Nigeria.

Diego Carvalho Viana holds degrees in Veterinary Medicine (UEMA) and Pedagogy (Centro Paula Souza), with a Master’s in Animal Science (UEMA/CCA) and a Ph.D. from FMVZ/USP. He is a professor of Animal Anatomy at UEMASUL and participates in the Animal Science Graduate Program (UEMA), focusing on Animal Conservation and Reproduction. A member of the Brazilian Society of Anatomy and Immunology, he serves as a journal reviewer and has over 100 publications. He organized the National Science and Technology Week in Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil, and founded the Maranhão Scientific Literacy Fair (FEMALEC) and the Biodiversity Conservation Olympiad (OCBio). He is an evaluator for INEP-MEC and a FAPEMA productivity grant holder, with projects in morphology and educational technologies.

Chris Parrish is a University Research Professor in the Department of Ocean Sciences in Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN). He is cross-appointed to MUN’s Department of Chemistry. He works at the interface of chemistry and biology in the area of marine lipid research. He studies aquaculture nutrition as well as food web connections in the natural environment and has authored or co-authored over 225 articles in refereed journals.

Min Wan has completed her Ph.D in 2010 from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and continued her
postdoctoral studies in Karolinska Institutet. At present, she is working as a distinguished professor
and the Vice Dean of Fisheries College in Ocean University of China. The research interests of Min
Wan focus on the host-microbe interaction in fish, and aim to clarify how gut microbiota influences
the metabolism and immunity in fish. She has received a series of competing external funding to
support her research and published nearly 40 papers in reputed journals.