6th International Conference on Nutrition, Food Science & Human Health

Manasvini Sai will be a rising senior at Spring-Ford High School. With a strong interest in psychology, she intends to pursue her PhD. She is president of the Psychology Club through which she met Dr. DaCosta. Manu expressed interest in shadowing in Dr. DaCosta’s lab and joined in fall 2024. She has been an active team member since that time.

Dr. Ioannis Agadakos is an Assistant Professor in Cybersecurity at Montclair State University's School of Computing. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology (2019), focusing on Internet of Things (IoT), system security and their intersection with Artificial Intelligence. Previously, he served as an Applied Scientist at Amazon Web Services and held positions at Northeastern University and SRI International. Dr. Agadakos has authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications in premier venues and holds 2 US patents. His research focuses on Agentic AI Systems, IoT applications, privacy engineering, with a focus on building robust and reliable AI-driven systems.

Hailie Davis is a rising senior at Ursinus College, majoring in psychology. Her aim is to attain her MD and PhD. She has worked in the lab of Prof. Susan Lawrence studying grief and trauma and honing interview skills. In fall 2024, she joined Dr. Kneia DaCosta’s Human Development lab.

Vintila Iuliana is actually Associate Professor, PhD in Food Science and Engineering. She is author of 23 books and book chapters in international and national publishing houses (Elsevier, Wiley, Lambert, etc.), first author and co-author for 19 articles in ISI journals and relevant ISI proceedings, 114 BDI scientific papers indexed in recognized international databases, articles presented in national & international conferences and published articles revues. Also, she is member of prestigious international organization such European Federation of Food Science and Technology (2009), Co-Chair (since 2013) and Chair (since 2022) of Nutrition WG in Global Harmonization Initiative, International Society of Food Engineering (2010), Balkan Environmental Association (2008), Global Environmental Standard (GES) Community of Interest (2011), European Academy for Education and Social Research (2012). She acts as international projects Expert for European Science Foundation, Eurostar Program, EC « Expert area in the Participant Portal » and « Connecting Europe Facility », Horizon Europe Program, Innovation Fund Denmark Expert, EU TAIEX, COST, EACEA, Erasmus Mundus (2010). She is Guest Associate Editor and Research Topic Editor for “Frontiers in Food Science and Technology”, Regional Editor “Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology”, Academic Editor “European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety”, Editorial Board Member SciEdTech, Editorial Board Member “African Journal of Water Conservation and Sustainability”, “Journal of Agriculture” Canada Editorial Board Member, “EC Nutrition” Editorial Board, Editorial board “Clinical Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics”, Editorial Board “Discoveries in Food Technology and Nutrition Sciences”, etc.