Aloys Tan is a medical practitioner by profession with 40+ years of experience in the health care industry in the Netherlands and Asia. His interest lies in bridging the gap between fundamental research and its daily applications, particularly in the Healthcare realm in the European-Asia base. Between 1980 and 2000 he was chairman of the Pulmonology department of St. Joseph Hospital Veldhoven. Ever since, he has held various management positions in the areas of health care, social services and IT. Currently, Dr. Tan is partner and advisor in Landcent Europe Division and is instrumental in guiding Landcent’s regulatory initiatives in the region.

M Lavae-Mokhtari is a consultant in the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit in General Hospital Ibbenburen in Germany since 2013. He has seven publications, 17 national and international poster publications, one book publication, and three scientific international and one national oral presentation. He has 152 citations and a 17.48 RG Score by research gate. He is a member of the German Respiratory Society, Section Intensive-Care and Ventilation Medicine, European Respiratory Society, Section Intensive-Care and Ventilation Medicine, and Section Thorax oncology and German Interdisciplinary Society of Outpatient Ventilation.

Gediminas “Gedi” Mainelis is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, USA. He has a Bachelor’s degree in physics from Vilnius University, Lithuania, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Health from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. His research focuses on various aspects of bioaerosol science, including sampling and analysis methods, exposure assessment, and airborne microbiomes. Over the past years, his research expanded to investigate exposures to manufactured nanoparticles and explore indoor air issues. Several of his current projects focus on COVID-19 issues. His research efforts have resulted in more than 110 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and several patents. In addition, multiple papers from his group have been included in the most downloaded article lists of various peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Mainelis has served as Chair of the Bioaerosols and Health-Related Aerosol working groups of the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR). He is currently an editor (associate) of the Aerosol and Air Quality Research journal. Prof. Mainelis is a recipient of the Research Excellence Award from Rutgers University and the Lyman A. Ripperton Environmental Educator Award presented by the A&WMA.

Iveta Madzharova is a biologist at the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, National Laboratory "Influenza and SARS", Sofia, Bulgaria since the beginning of 2022. She has а bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology - Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Biological Faculty and started a master's degree in 2021 in the field of Microbiology and microbiological control - Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Biological Faculty. She is developing a master's thesis on the research topic. She participated in two projects related to the research topic. She published one article with impact factor in a reputable journal on the topic "Clinical significance and role of co-infections with respiratory pathogens among individuals with confirmed coronavirus-2 infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome". She participated in an international congress.

Sadia Saber, currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, at Bangladesh Medical College, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh for the last 4 years. She completed her MBBS at the university of Dhaka in the year July 2010 with honors marks in Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, and Pathology. She also secured 4th position in the merit list during her 2nd Professional MBBS Examination. Then she completed her 5 years of Post-graduation Clinical Training at Bangladesh Medical College Hospital From January 2012 – December 2016. She acquired her Fellowship (FCPS) in Internal Medicine from the Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) in the session of January 2017. She obtained her MRCP (UK) & MRCP (Ireland) in the year of November 2017 & October 2019 respectively. She has passed MRCP SCE in Respiratory Medicine (UK) in the year of October 2021. She has also completed her Postgraduate Diploma in Respiratory Medicine, at the University of South Wales, Cardiff (UK) in the session of 2021-2022. She acquired European Diploma in Respiratory Medicine (Switzerland) in 2022. Currently, she is doing her Master’s Degree in Sleep Medicine at the European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. She is working as an active member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (UK), the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (UK), the American College of Physicians (USA) & the American College of Chest Physicians (USA). She has got more than 35 publications in both national and international levels, among those she is the 1 st author for more than 25 publications.