John Pierce Wise, Sr. is currently Professor of Toxicology and Molecular Epidemiology, the Director of the Maine Center for Toxicology and Health and the head of the Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology at the University of Southern Maine. He holds a Ph.D. in pharmacology focused on metal carcinogenesis from the George Washington University. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular epidemiology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which led to a faculty position as an Assistant Professor at Yale University. After several years at Yale, Wise joined The University of Southern Maine.

Particulate Cr(VI) Toxicology in Human Lung Epithelial Cells and Fibroblasts, Mechanisms of Altered Gravity Potentiation of Metal-Indued, Genotoxicity, Toxicology of Metal and Lunar Particles in Biological Systems, Genotoxicity and Carcinogenicity of Particulate Depleted Uranium

Vasilis Vasiliou is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Denver, USA.

Toxicology

Fang Liu is a scientist in the Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)/United States Food & Drug Administration. Dr. Liu has been actively involved in biomedical research for more than ten years and has been an author and a co-author for more than 30 peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters in the areas of pharmacology, toxicology and molecular biology. Currently, she focuses her research on developmental neurotoxicity. She is a full member of the Society of Toxicology, Society for Neuroscience and the Arkansas Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience. She is also an editor and a reviewer of several reputed peer-reviewed journals.

Neurotoxic effects of anesthetics on developing brain, using in vitro, in vivo models, including stem cell-based models to evaluate the neurotoxicity of anesthesia during development, to delineate the mechanisms and search for approaches/agents to prevent or minimize the toxic effects.

Xia Huo has received her PhD in The First Military Medical University during the period of 1998. Currently, she is working as Professor and Director of Analytical Cytology Lab in Chief of Research Administration Office Shantou University Medical College. She has successfully completed her Graduate Training in Anatomy, Histology and Embryology in Guangxi Medical University, China. She is serving as an editorial member of several reputed journals likeChinese Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry.

Environment medicine, toxicology and epidemiology with special focuses on the developmental effects of prenatal and early postnatal exposure to environmental pollutants in infants and children. Assess health hazards and outcomes in populations exposed to environmental toxicants. The relationship and mechanism of environmental pollutants and disease.

Zheng is a Professor of Toxicology and the Head of School of Health Sciences at Purdue University. He is a recognized researcher in the fields of metal-induced neurodegenerative disorders such as Mn-caused Parkinsonism andPb-associated cognitive deficiency. Zheng received his Ph.D. in Toxicology from University of Arizona. He was an Assistant/Associate Professor at Columbia University (1993-2003) and joined Purdue in 2003. Zheng has served in various NIH study sectionsand journal editorial board, and published one book, 137 research manuscripts. His research has been supported by NIH/NIEHS (since 1994), Dept of Defense and awards from pharmaceutical companies.

Abdel-Tawab H. Mossa has received his completed Ph.D on Pesticide Chemistry and Toxicology in Alex. University. Currently, he is working as Associate Professor in Environmental Toxicology Research Unit (ETRU), Pesticide Chemistry Department, National Research Centre, Egypt. Dr. Mossa has more than 30 research published in national and international scientific journals. He is Editor in 8 international journals and Reviewer in more than 15 pree reviewed international journals. He is a member of Egyptian Society of Toxicology and the Arab Society of Medicine.

Toxicology

Rajat Sethi completed his Ph.D. in Physiology from University of Manitoba, Canada and is currently the Assistant Dean for Research and Evidence Based Practice at the Texas A&M Health Science Center- College of Nursing. He has published more than 30 peer reviewed papers in cardiac pathology, holds 15 patents, has authored 5 books and serves in the editorial board for many journals.

Christine Nellemann is head of the Division of Toxicology and Risk Assessment at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark. The Division of Toxicology and Risk Assessment works on promoting health and preventing illness by performing research, teaching and advising authorities on the human effects of chemical substances and naturally occurring compounds in our food and environment. The Division employs approximately 70 employees and offers an inspiring working environment. The research of Division of Toxicology covers many areas from reproductive toxicology, endocrine disruption, cancer, nanotoxicology, risk-benefit evaluations, food allergy and QSAR. The researchers use human samples, animals as well as cellular and computer models in order to predict the effects of chemicals in humans.

Cheng Wang, M.D., Ph.D. is a Senior Scientist at the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)/US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He is also an Adjunct Faculty member in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He is currently the P.I. on 4 research protocols supported by the NCTR/FDA, National Toxicology Program and NICHD. He is currently responsible for leading a research team that provides unique and highly specialized skills in toxicology, pharmacology, stem cell biology and systems biology research. He has published about 60 peer-reviewed research articles in prestigious journals and 10 book chapters. He is an Editor-in-Chief of the book entitled “Developmental Neurotoxicology Research: Principles, Models, Techniques, Strategies, and Mechanisms.” He also serves on the editorial board of 3 reputed journals and as a reviewer of 10 other journals. He was awarded the Outstanding Performance Award at the Society of Toxicology 44th Annual Meeting and the 2007 FDA Scientific Achievement Award for Excellence in Laboratory Science. He also was awarded a 2008 FDA Group Recognition Award for his participation in the Pediatric Anesthesia Research Group.

To minimize the risks to children resulting from the use of anesthesia; by using in vitro, in vivo, stem cell-derived models and preclinical research approaches (including molecular imaging, pharmacogeneomic/system biology approaches) to assess the neurotoxicity and to allow for the confirmation of toxicological outcome and biological pathways of anesthetic-induced cell death in the developing nonhuman primates and rodents.

Tarek Heikal has received his PhD in Cairo University during the period of 2005. Currently, he is working as Associate Professor of Narcotics and Poisons in Environmental Toxicology Research Unit. He has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities as Research Assistantin Chemical Industries Research Division. He is member of Egyptian Society of Toxicology.

Toxicity evaluation of different environmental pollutants on experimental animals and studying their hazard effects, where, behavioral signs, biochemical parameters, growth rate, hormonal assay disrupters, amino acids concentration disturbance, histology, as well as DNA damage (Comet assay) were the criteria for the manifestation of such hazards. Recently, Interests with the interaction between drugs and toxins such as pesticides, and the role of antioxidants (natural or synthetic origin) in ameliorating the hazards of pollutants. Using medicinal plant extracts of Hypericm perforatum as antidepressant drugs.