Author: Igor Kocevski

Dr. Holmes has been PI on 2 NIH Grants (EARDA and Bridges) and Co-PI on 2 NSF grants (Partnerships for Innovation, and ATE). In addition I have had numerous biotechnology grants through the North Carolina Biotechnology Center and North Carolina Space Grant. I have been teaching bioprocessing and other biotechnology courses at UNC Pembroke for 25 years. I was on the team that planned and built the UNCP Biotechnology Research and Training Center and given the honor to “cut the ribbon” on March 13, 2009. My research is based at the Sartorius-stedim Fermentation Lab, at the Center. I have directed or collaborated with undergraduates, teachers, community college instructors, post-doctoral students and visiting international scientists. I have contributed to a fermentation technology training manual used in an IARI National Training Program, Delhi 2011. Many of my collaborations have resulted in peer-reviewed publications.

Tiffany Boury is an Associate Professor at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio USA. Her research interests are in the importance of providing opportunities for teachers to study abroad and experiencing the pedagogy of culturally relevant teaching. In 2017, she returned from a semester in Austria where she served as a visiting faculty member and worked with Austrian school partnerships created during her doctoral studies. A second school partnership that will afford Franciscan graduates the opportunity to assist with English instruction in Kowloon, Hong Kong classrooms. A team of five will begin this new program August 2018 and was recently named director of the University’s Leadership program.  Tiffany received her bachelor’s degree from West Liberty University, her Masters of Education from Walden University and her PhD in Instructional Management and Leadership from Robert Morris University. In 2017, she was named recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award from Franciscan University and Associate Editor for the European Scientific Journal.

Angelo Viglianisi Ferraro is Aggregate Professor and Dean’s Proxy for International Affairs at the Department of Law and Economics of the “Mediterranea” University of Reggio Calabria, Italy where he is also the Director of a LL. M. in European Private Law and of the “Mediterranea International Centre for Human Rights Research” (www.michr.unirc.it). He was a speaker at conferences, seminars and round tables, and an invited lecturer (for students and PhD candidates) in over 70 foreign universities in Europe, South America and China. He is an author of 2 books and coauthor of 5 books. He has also published numerous articles on civil liability, consumer law, family law, and fundamental rights.