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ICATSD 2026 · INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY

Keynote Speakers — LifeTech 2026

The International Symposium on Life Science and Sustainable Technologies

October 9, 2026

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Ovarian status, androgenic sensitivity and the ovarian transcriptome in the cultured Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica

BIOGRAPHY

Yung-Sen Huang is Professor of Life Sciences at National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where he has served on the faculty since 2004. He earned his Ph.D. in Reproductive Physiology from Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), France, in 1998. His research centers on the physiological and molecular mechanisms of reproduction in marine and aquatic species, with a particular focus on ovarian development and androgen sensitivity in the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica), together with sustainable aquaculture, marine biotechnology, and marine resource conservation.

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Anti-inflammatory Lead Compounds from Natural Fungi

BIOGRAPHY

Ping-Chung Kuo is Professor at the School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. He received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from National Cheng Kung University in 2004. His research focuses on structurally diversified natural products of plant and fungal origin, the synthesis of bioactive natural products, and anti-inflammatory constituents from natural sources. He has published more than 150 research papers in refereed journals.

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Bioactive food peptides: production and their role in the sustainable food system

BIOGRAPHY

Quang D. Nguyen is a full professor of food science and engineering at the Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in Food Biotechnology from Szent István University, Hungary, in 2003. His research focuses on applied biotechnology, functional foods, bioactive peptides, fermentation technology, biomass valorisation, and sustainable production systems for foods, feeds, and bioproducts. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers with over 4,900 citations and serves as editor of several international journals.

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Development of a UVC–Photocatalysis–Ozone Advanced Oxidation Process for Shrimp Aquaculture Water Treatment in the Mekong Delta

BIOGRAPHY

Professor, University of Liège, Belgium.

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Environment-microbiome “cross-talk”: complex interplay influencing human health

BIOGRAPHY

Francesca De Filippis is Associate Professor of Microbiology at the Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Italy. She received her Ph.D. in Food Science in 2014 and carried out research at the APC Microbiome Institute, Ireland, and Argonne National Laboratory, USA. As a microbial ecologist, her research spans from food microbiome to the interconnections among diet, human microbiome, and health. She has been listed among the world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University every year from 2019 to 2025.

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