Dr. Cheol-Ho Pan
Dr. Cheol-Ho Pan earned his Ph.D. in Agricultural Chemistry from Seoul National University in 2001. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at National Jewish Health in the United States and subsequently joined the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) as a Research Scientist. He is currently serving as Principal Research Scientist at the Natural Product Informatics Research Center, KIST Gangneung Institute of Natural Products, South Korea. In addition to his academic role, Dr. Pan is the CEO of Microalgae Ask US Co., Ltd. (maus2020.com), a company specializing in microalgae culture and extract manufacturing R&D services. With nearly 30 years of research experience—including over 15 years dedicated to microalgae research—he has published more than 80 scientific papers and holds 20 patents.
Dr. Mario Daniel Galigniana
Dr. Mario Daniel Galigniana is an Argentine biochemist and professor at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), where he also serves as Principal Investigator at CONICET and directs the Nuclear Receptors Laboratory at IBYME. He earned his B.Sc. in biochemistry, followed by a Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry from the University of Buenos Aires in 1996. After postdoctoral work at the University of Michigan with Dr. William Pratt, he returned to Argentina to lead groundbreaking research on steroid receptors, particularly Hsp90 binding immunophilins FKBP51/52, nuclear transport, and chaperone dynamics. A Distinguished Fellow of the Cell Stress Society International, he has authored nearly 100 publications, with over 5,000 citations.