Fungal
Frontiers

A leading expert in microbial safety and health, Professor Wu has advanced large-scale microbial strain, gene and genomic databases alongside food-safety monitoring and control technologies. His work includes over 700 papers, 190 invention patents and 23 national and local standards.

Director of the Institute of Edible Fungi and the National Edible Fungi Engineering Technology Research Center, Professor Zhang is Acting President of WSMBMP. His research spans breeding, functional components, quality control and health-focused mushroom products.

Professor Xu is a fungal geneticist, doctoral supervisor and Executive Director of the International Society for Mushroom Science. He has published more than 300 scientific articles and several books across fungal evolution, population genetics and molecular food biology.

Dr Li has worked in mycology since 2000, investigating macrofungal resources, taxonomy and edible and medicinal fungi. He and his collaborators have formally described more than 270 fungal species and successfully developed Cordyceps guangdongensis as an approved novel food.

Professor Zhao researches genetic breeding and cultivation physiology of edible and medicinal fungi. He is a scientist in China’s Agriculture Research System and has published more than 100 papers in leading international journals.

Professor Li leads the Engineering Research Center for Edible and Medicinal Fungi and serves as Secretary-General of China’s National Technical Committee on Edible Fungi Standardization. He has contributed to more than 60 major research projects.

A specialist in commercial mushroom biotechnology, John Holliday has designed and built more than 100 mushroom farms across 20 countries. His work covers edible, medicinal and industrial fungi for food, medicine, cosmetics and emerging biomaterials.

Professor Yongabi is a multidisciplinary public-health and phyto-biotechnology researcher whose work explores African indigenous mushrooms for nutraceuticals, antimicrobial applications, water treatment and soil recovery. He is a Fellow of the Cameroon Academy of Science.

Professor Alolga applies omics techniques to the quality evaluation and therapeutic potential of medicinal plants, crude drugs and finished products. His research interests include inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis and metabolic syndrome.