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Editorial Board

Associate Editor

Didem Sanver, PhD, Springer Nature, UK
Didem Sanver pictureDidem joined the BMC series in August 2022. She holds an MSc in Bionanotechnology from the University of Sheffield and completed her PhD with an award of Research Excellence in a joint project between Food Science, Nutrition and Chemistry departments from the University of Leeds. Coming from a multidisciplinary research background in life sciences, she also worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Clinical Allergy and Immunology department at Imperial College London. She is passionate about serving the scientific community as an editor and supports openness and transparency in research publishing. Didem is based at the London office.


Editorial Quality Editors
Pooja Bhope, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India

Manuscript Editors

Akshay Ravindra Joshi, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Gayatri Kanade, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Neha Tiwari, PhD, M.Tech, B.Tech, Springer Nature, India
Noohi Nasim, PhD, Springer Nature, India
Rajasree K P, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pranitha Pandit, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pratibha Verma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pravin Giri, PhD, MSc, Bsc, Springer Nature, India
Priya Sharma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Raunaq Singh Nagi, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Swayamsidha Pati, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Varsha Shetty, PhD, Springer Nature, India


Senior Editorial Board Member

Pierluigi Marzuillo, PhD, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Italy

Pierluigi Marzuillo, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics currently working in the Nephrology and Urology Unit of the Pediatric Department at the Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli.” Prof. Marzuillo graduated with honors in Medicine in July 2008 and completed his specialization in Pediatrics, also with honors, in June 2014. In December 2017, he earned a PhD in Translational Medicine from the same university. His early clinical and research interests focused on pediatric obesity and endocrinology. In recent years, however, his work has shifted toward pediatric nephrology and urology, with particular emphasis on the impact of obesity and type 1 diabetes mellitus on kidney function.

Editorial Board Members

Vahideh Aghamohammadi, PhD, Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Ammar AL-Farga, University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Nurshad Ali, PhD, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Zakari Ali, PhD, MRC Unit the Gambia, Gambia
Charles Apprey, PhD, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Tonna Ashim Anyasi, Agricultural Research Council, South Africa
Moein Askarpour, PhD, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Wasiu Awoyale, PhD, Kwara State University, Nigeria
Tyler Barker, PhD, The Ohio State University, USA
Cicero Jonas R. Benjamim, PhD, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Halit Tanju Besler, BS, MS, PhD, Istanbul Aydin University, Turkey
Zuhaib Bhat, PhD, SKUAST of Jammu, India
Surabhi Bhutani, San Diego State University, USA
Abdulhalik Bushra, PhD, Jimma University, Ethiopia
Carla Cavallo, PhD, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Giuseppe Cerullo, PhD, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Italy
Erin Clarke, PhD, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Subhasish Das, MPH, Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Russell de Souza, McMaster University, Canada
Elisabetta DI PROFIO, PhD, University of Milan, Italy
Olivia Di Vincenzo, PhD, Federico II University of Naples, Italy
Omid Eslami, PhD, Technological University of the Shannon, Ireland
Shah Mohammad Fahim, PhD, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Emma Feeney, University College Dublin, Ireland
Zeinab Ghorbani, PhD, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Justyna Godos, PhD, University of Catania, Italy
Suparna Ghosh-Jerath, PhD, George Institute for Global Health, India
Lewis Gough, PhD, Birmingham City University, UK
Ankit Goyal, PhD, Mansinhbhai Institute of Dairy and Food Technology, India
Amanda Grech, BA, BSc, MND, PhD, The University of Sydney, Australia
Ahshanul Haque, Ph.D, Candidate in Computer Science, New Mexico Tech, USA
Majid Hajifaraji, PhD, NNFTRI, Iran
Samarendra Hazarika, PhD, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, India
Zohreh Sajadi Hezaveh, PhD candidate, The University of Sydney, Australia
Elif Inan-Eroglu, The University of Sydney, Australia
Hamed Jafari-Vayghan, PhD, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Boyang Ji, PhD, Chalmers, Sweden
Neha Khandpur, ScD, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Sayyed Saeid Khayyatzadeh, Shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran
Gar Yee Koh, PhD, Texas State University, USA
Hui Chin Koo, PhD, Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology, Malaysia
Malgorzata Kostecka, PhD, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
Elsa Lamy, PhD, University of Evora, Portugal
Sabina La Rosa, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
Martani Johanni Lombard, PhD, North West University, South Africa
María Carmen López de las Hazas-Mingo, IMDEA Food Institute, Spain
Rubina Mandlik, PhD, Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute, India
Marco Marchetti, PhD, Tor Vergata University Rome, Italy
Zandile Mchiza, PhD, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa
Regina Menezes, PhD, Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
Xikombiso Mbhenyane, PhD, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Fatemeh Mohammadi-Nasrabadi, PhD, MSc, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Jalal Moludi, PhD, Kermanshah University of Medical Science, Iran
J.A. Moses, PhD, Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, India
Arpita Mukhopadhyay, PhD, St. John's Research Institute, India
Tirang Neyestani, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Sophie Ochola, PhD, Kenyatta University, Kenya
Eibhlis O'Connor, University of Limerick, Ireland
Robert Olek, PhD, Poznan University of Physical Education, Poland
Olutosin Otekunrin, PhD, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta Nigeria , Nigeria
Laleh Payahoo, PhD, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran
Wilza Peres, PhD, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mandana Rafeey, MD, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Rajesh Kumar Rai, Society for Health and Demographic Surveillance, India
Elham Razmpoosh, PhD, Nutrition and Endocrine Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Rana Rizk, PhD, Lebanese American Univeristy, Lebanon
Nicola Segata, University of Trento, Italy
Domenico Sergi, PhD, University of Ferrara, Italy
Mojtaba Shafiee, PhD, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Sajid Soofi, MBBS, FCPS, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Beenu Tanwar, PhD, Mansinhbhai Institute of Dairy and Food Technology, India
Francesca Maria Trovato, King’s College Hospital, UK
Molla Wassie, PhD, Flinders University, Australia
Tamiru Yazew, M.Sc, Salale University, Ethiopia
Li Zhang, PhD, MD,  Nanjing University, China
Xu Zhu, Dr. med., Jiangsu Province Hospital, China

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