Advisory Board and Editors Microbiology
Xiaotian Tang
Dr. Xiaotian Tang is now an assistant professor (ZJU100 Young Professor) at Zhejiang University. He was a postdoctoral associate at Yale School of Medicine. His research interests include vector-borne diseases of animals and plants, and arthropod-pathogen-host interactions. He is also interested in evolutionary biology of arthropods.
He has over 40 publications in high-quality peer-reviewed journals, including Cell, PLOS Biology, eLife, Cell Reports, and Science Translational Medicine. He has served as academic or review editor for 4 journals and reviewer for over 20 journals.
Cindy Shuan Ju Teh
Associate Professor from the Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. As a microbiologist by training, Dr. Cindy is actively involved in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research. She has been investigating the resistance mechanisms of multidrug resistance organisms (MDRO), the spread and persistence of MDRO in the hospital and community, as well as the effects of AMR on gut microbiome. More recently, she is also involved in behavioural psychology studies to determine the risk factors that accelerate AMR.
Since 2013, she has been the principal investigator of more than 40 projects funded by national and international funding bodies. She has accumulated more than 100 publications and graduated 18 postgraduate students
Jose A. Teixeira
Professor of Biological Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Universidade do Minho
Director of Research Unit, Centre of Biological Engineering
Program Director, PhD Program in Food Science and Technology and Nutrition
2006 Award of Excellence from Portuguese Science Foundation.
Since 2013: Member of the Editorial Board of "BioMed Research International"
Since 2013: Member of the Editorial Board of "The Scientific World Journal"
Since 2012: Member of the Editorial Board of "PeerJ"
Since 2011: Member of the Editorial Board of "CyTA - Journal of Food"
Since 2010: Member of the Editorial Board of "Biotechnology Letters"
Since 2009: Editor-in-Chief of "Boletim de Biotecnologia"
Since 2009: Associate Editor of "Food and Bioprocess Technology"
Since 2008: Member of the Editorial Board of "Brazilian Journal of Microbiology"
Since 2008: Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of "Chemical Papers"
Nagendran Tharmalingam
I started my career as a Med. Lab Tech and microbiologist. After my bachelor's and master’s graduation in Microbiology at the Department of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University, India, I did a Ph.D on the Inhibitory effects of piperine compound on Helicobacter pylori and its effects on gastric cancer. Then I moved to the Rhode Island Hospital, U.S.A, for my Post-Doctoral studies with Prof. Eleftherios Mylanokis, where I am actively involved in research projects and engaged in teaching research to undergrad students.
My primary interests are Novel antibiotic molecules against ESKAPE pathogens and gastric cancer-inducing pathogen- H. pylori. I am involved in repurposing clinical and novel synthesized molecules to combat bacterial pathogens.
Currently working as a Assistant Professor of Medicine at Houston Methodist Academic Institute and Assistant Research Member at Houston Methodist Research Institute
Jonathan C Thomas
I am currently a Senior Lecturer in Microbial Genomics at Nottingham Trent University and one of the curators of the S. epidermidis MLST database.
Cristiane C Thompson
Professor of Genetics of the Institute of Biology of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Our research group focuses mainly on marine microbiology.
Fabiano Thompson
Oceanographer and Professor of Marine Biology of the Institute of Biology and SAGE-COPPE of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Our research group focuses mainly on marine microbiology.
Steven YC Tong
Infectious diseases physician at the Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital. Co-head Translational and Clinical Research and Co-head Indigenous Health at Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne. Deputy Chair of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Network.
Jana M U'Ren
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University. PhD in Plant Pathology and Microbiology from The University of Arizona. Research focus on the ecology and evolution of fungal endophytes.
Francois Vandenesch
Professor of Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine. Head of the clinical microbiology department and head of a research INSERM team in the field of staphylococcal pathogenesis. Head of the French Reference Center for Staphylococci.
Thiago M Venancio
Associate Professor (UENF; Brazil), 2010-present; Postdoctoral fellow at NCBI-NIH (USA), 2008-2010; PhD in Bioinformatics (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2004-2008.
My lab focuses on genomic and transcriptomic studies of plants, fungi and bacteria. Our main goals involve the generation and analysis of big biological datasets using computational methods to understand key aspects of living organisms, such as: 1) the evolution of multidrug resistance genes in Fungi; 2) the evolutionary basis of gene essentiality in Bacteria and Archaea; 3) the transcriptional landscape and regulatory apparatus of land plants, particularly legumes.
Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran
Dr. Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, Japan
Dr. Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, Japan. He previously served as an Associate Professor at the Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Malaysia, from 2017 to 2023. Before that, he was a Research Professor at Chonnam National University, Pukyong National University, and Kyungpook National University, South Korea (2015–2017) and a Scientist at the Korean Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Busan, South Korea (2011–2015).
Dr. Venmathi Maran earned his Ph.D. in Marine Biology from Hiroshima University, Japan, and has 25 years of research experience in marine science and aquaculture. His expertise includes the taxonomy of marine fish parasites and the application of natural products for parasite control in aquaculture. Additionally, his research focuses on jellyfish biodiversity, harmful jellyfish toxins, and the potential of jellyfish collagen in cosmetics.
Currently, he is engaged in a marine science and technology project utilizing artificial intelligence in biological imaging. His significant contributions to research and innovation have been recognized with multiple awards and gold medals from UMS.
Dr. Venmathi Maran has authored over 100 research articles, 10 book chapters, and has edited three books published by Springer and UMS Press. As the principal investigator of several research projects, including an international project on marine biodiversity, he plays a key role in advancing marine research.
Additionally, he serves as an Academic Editor for PeerJ (Q1), International Journal of Microbiology (Wiley), and Diversity (MDPI) as a Guest Editor, along with several other scientific journals.