Almagul Kushugulova, a Doctor of Medical Sciences and the Laureate of the Al-Farabi State Prize in Science and Technology in 2017, serves as the Project Leader. She is the Head of the Microbiome Laboratory at the National Laboratory Astana, Nazarbayev University. Dr. Kushugulova is an expert in human microbiome, immunology, and functional food products. She is a member of the International Human Microbiome Consortium (IHMC), FEMS, the Kazakhstan Association of Human Microbiome Researchers. Dr. Kushugulova has authored 66 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, 4 chapters in Springer Nature, and over 100 scientific works in domestic scientific publications and international conferences. She has received state awards, and her H-index is 12 (Scopus). ORCID: 0000-0001-9479-0899.