As an Associate Professor of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health, Mr. Lowe teaches CPH 500 Foundations of Public Health as well as the ENV 970 Doctoral Seminar in Environmental Health. In addition, his research areas of focus are in infectious disease microbiology, disaster preparedness, and environmental exposure assessment.

More specifically, Mr. Lowe's core focus is on remediation of biological weapon contamination, highly infectious patient transport, nosocomial environmental contamination, environmental sampling, and gaseous decontamination. This includes source evaluation, source tracking, and decontamination methods to reduce exposure. His research utilizes a wide array of research techniques including molecular biology, environmental microbiology, bioinformatics, and training assessment.

Mr. Lowe has a long history of ongoing projects in a wide range of environmental health topics from decontamination, highly infectious patient care, community-acquired pneumonia, as well as public health and healthcare disaster preparedness.

Specialties: Mr. Lowe has been training in the fields of epidemiology, molecular virology, environmental & occupational health, and disaster preparedness. His accomplishments and activities have established his skillset, which includes: advanced viral and bacterial molecular laboratory methods, field research methods, scientific writing, public speaking, strategic planning, group facilitation, and project management. 

Dr. Macgregor-Skinner has more than 25 years of technical experience in emergency management and infectious disease surveillance and response and has worked with the U.S. and international governments, United Nations agencies, and the private sector in the U.S., Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Latin America. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Penn State Hershey College of Medicine and Director of Global Disaster Response for the BIDMC Fellowship in Disaster Medicine affiliated with Harvard Medical School.

He has appeared on CNN, BBC, Canada CTV, Australia ABC, C-SPAN, and other news outlets to share his expertise on Ebola, Influenza, Measles, Cholera, Zika outbreaks, and other global health threats. After serving in the Australian and British militaries, he was selected by the U.K. Department for International Development for its Associate Professional Officer Scheme. He learned epidemiology as an epidemic intelligence service officer at the U.S. CDC and was a global health fellow at USAID. His passion is engaging networks of experts who share knowledge and experiences to risk the global understanding of risk and safety.

Ms. Patricia (Patty) Olinger is the Executive Director of GBAC, the Global Biorisk Advisory Council, a division of ISSA. GBAC is recognized as a leader in training, education, and certification in Forensic Restoration®, Biorisk management, decontamination, and infection/contamination control disciplines. 

Patty has been a champion of international Biorisk management quality programs and standards development for many years. From the conception of the international CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA) 15793 in the early 2000s to the new international standard ISO 35001:2019; Biorisk Management for Laboratories and Other Related Organizations. She is the current ISO Convener for ISO TC212- WG5 that developed the new standard.

Previous to joining ISSA-GBAC, Patty was an Assistant Vice President in the Office of Research Administration and the Executive Director of the Environmental, Health and Safety Office (EHSO) at Emory University. During her 13-year tenure, EHSO had University-wide responsibility for all aspects of
Environmental, Health, and Safety support, including EHS compliance support to Emory Healthcare. This included Biosafety support to the Emory Serious Communicable Diseases Unit (SCDU), which cared for 4 Ebola patients in 2014.

Prior to joining Emory in 2006, Patty spent 21 years in the Pharmaceutical Industry, providing support to both human and animal health research, developing a true OneHealth perspective. From 2013-2018, Patty supported the Elizabeth R. Griffin Foundation (ERGF), as both a board member and leading initiatives on global Biorisk management obtaining practical experience with staff and facilities in extremely low resource environments worldwide.

Over the years Patty has served on several councils and committees including;

• The External Laboratory Safety Working Group to the Director of CDC
• The APLU/AAU Laboratory Safety Taskforce
• The American Biological Safety Association (ABSA)
• The Scientific Advisory Board member of the U.S. NIH National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program (NBBTP)
• Past President and council member of the Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA)

Ms. Olinger is a Registered Biosafety Professional, a Certified Forensic Operator, a Certified Bio-Forensic Restoration Specialist, has a BS in Biochemistry, and a Masters of Law with a focus on International Global Health. Patty has a true passion for Global Health Biorisk Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.

Mr. Gabriel Guo joined ESG in 2018. He is in charge of comprehensive facilities management and all medical businesses at ESG, as well as operations of its branches in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanchang, Beijing, and Shenzhen.

With 17 years of experience in facility management and the healthcare industry, he was formerly the marketing director of American-Sino Women’s & Children’s Hospital, and the regional director of Sodexo. 

Graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Mr. Guo also has a Master of Medical Management (MMM) at The University of New South Wales.

Prof. Haidong Kan, he obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2003 at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. In 2007, he completed his postdoc training at the National Institute of Environmental Health Science of the US. He is a Distinguished Professor of the Cheung Kong Scholars Programme by the Ministry of Education. He is a member of the China National Advisory Committee of Environment and Health, associate editor of the International Journal of Epidemiology and Environmental Pollution, and editorial board member of the journal Epidemiology. He is named in the Clarivate Analytics list of Highly Cited Researchers for 2018 and 2019, and the Elsevier list of Most Cited Chinese Scientists from 2014 to 2019. He is the recipient of the Wu Jieping-Paul Jessen Medical & Pharmaceutical Award, China Medical Board (CMB) Distinguished Professorship Award, US EPA Scientific and Technological Achievement Award, and the American Thoracic Society David Bates Award. His research investigates how ambient air pollution and global climate change affect human health. 

Mr. Ling Yongfu, postgraduate and party member of CPC, is the CEO of ESG Holdings Limited, and also the Vice President of the Medical Science and Food Safety branch of the National Association of Health Industry and Enterprise Management, Vice President of Shanghai Air Cleaning Industry Association and Deputy Secretary and Executive Director of China Cleaning Industry Association preparatory committee.

With a career spanning more than 40 years in the cleaning industry, Mr. Ling has become one of the industry leaders. He has previously served as the Vice President of Shanghai Trade Association of City Appearance and Environmental Sanitation (STACAES) and the Director of its Professional Construction Committee, leading enterprises, and associations to make great progress. In 2000, under the leadership of Mr. Ling, ESG obtained the first ISO certification in China cleaning industry.

As a professor-level senior engineer, Mr. Tian Xiaobing is mainly engaged in the research of nanomaterials, ceramic materials, and novel catalytic materials for the environment, from designing and synthesizing to structure and application.

Since 2005, Mr. Tian Xiaobing has participated in 2 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1 project of the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program), 2 projects of the Shanghai Science and Technology Major Project, and chaired 2 projects of the Innovation Foundation of National Science and Technology Ministry of China, 1 project of Suzhou Science and Technology Program. Mr. Tian has helped draft 12 national and association standards respectively. He has also applied for 40 patents, 15 among which are for invention, and published more than 30 academic essays.

Mr. Tian Xiaobing is now the Deputy Dean of Qingdao Rongchuang Institute of Novel Material Co.Ltd, member of COVID-19 Ward Purification and Infection Prevention and Control Equipment Research Group of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Distinguished Professor of Qingdao University, Director of Industrial Ceramics Specialized Committee of The Chinese Ceramic Society (CCS), as well as a member of Committee of Ecological Habitat - The Architectural Society of China (ASC), Committee of Building Material Environmental-Friendly and Healthy Building Material Standardized Technology, Ecological Building Materials Association (EBMA), etc.