Bella concomitantly obtained the B.Sc. (1st Class Hons) in Food Safety at the University of Tasmania and the Bachelor of Food Quality and Safety at the Southwest University under the Universities’ collaborative programme in 2021. She is currently a Ph.D. student with a research focus on the molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria.

Mingfang earned a Master’s degree at Nanchang University, China, and is currently undertaking his Ph.D. studies with a focus on understanding the diversity and function of mucin-degrading bacteria in the human gut. He is also keen on investigating the interaction of the gut microbiota and the host under enteric infection.

Nannur has attained B.S.c (Hons) and M.Sc. (Applied Nutrition and Food Technology, taught program) from Islamic University, Bangladesh. He pursued a Master’s degree in Science (research program) in Human Nutrition at Ghent University in Belgium with support from the prestigious VLIRUOS scholarship. He then worked in the Department of Food Technology and Nutritional Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Bangladesh. He decided to step up in his career by taking on further studies under the support of the Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS). His project focuses on the modulation of the gut microbiota under the influence of probiotics, antibiotics and other functional food.