Tareq Ossaili is a Professor of Food Safety at the Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE. He is also a professor at the Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. He is a member of the AGYA. He joined AGYA to find more opportunities to develop and implement innovative interdisciplinary research projects. Currently, he is working on using nanoparticles, irradiation, and microwaves to inactivate pathogenic microorganisms in food. His research focuses on the detection and inactivation of pathogenic microorganisms in food using innovative techniques and the assessment of food safety knowledge and practices of the local community.