Dr. Sesan Abiodun Aransiola is Lecturer at the Department of Microbiology, University of Abuja, Nigeria. He obtained his BTech, MTech, and PhD in Microbiology from the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria. His area of interest is environmental microbiology with a focus on biosorption and bioremediation. Dr. Aransiola is a member of both the Nigerian Society for Microbiology and the American Society for Microbiology, and has co-edited several books on the topic, including Elsevier’s Microbial Technology for Bioenergy (2024).Prof. Ebenezer Esenogho is a Distinguished Professor and the Head of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Multidisciplinary Innovation Studies (CAIMIS) at the University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria campus where is mentoring over thirty postdoctoral research fellows and hosting over ten Research Associate. He is also a Visiting Professor at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Uganda, where he supports postgraduate supervision and mentor junior staff members in the field of AI/ML. Prof. Ebenezer is a recipient of numerous grants, scholarships, awards, and fellowships, including the CEPS/Eskom HVDC (2013, 2014), J.W. Nelson Award (2015), GES Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2017, 2018, 2019/20), the French/South Africa Institute of Technology (F' SAIT) SARChi Chair (2021) and NRF research grant award (2025). In 2025, he was awarded the prestigious National Research Foundation (NRF) C2-rating for researchers of international repute. His research interests include but not limited to Fifth Generation (5G) Wireless Networks, Cognitive Radio Networks, Network Security/Cybersecurity, Smart Grid, IoT/IoE, SDN/SDR, Wireless Sensor Networks, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Big Data, and Mobile/Cloud Computing. Dr. Naga Raju Maddela is Professor of Microbiology at the Technical University of Manabi. He obtained his MSc and PhD in Microbiology from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, India, and conducted post-doctoral research at Sun Yat-sen University, China. His area of interest is environmental microbiology with a focus on the ecological impacts of industrial effluents and insecticides. Dr. Maddela is a member of the Microbial Society, England, the International Biodegradation & Bioremediation Society, Great Britain, and the American Society for Microbiology.
