लेखक: Shailendra K. Saxena

Prof. Shailendra K. Saxena is a Vice Dean and Professor at King George”s Medical University, Lucknow, India. His primary research interest is to understand molecular mechanisms of host defense during human viral infections and to develop new strategies for predictive, preventive and therapeutic strategies for them. Prof. Saxena’s work has been published in several reputed international journals with high impact factor. His work has been highly cited by numerous investigators globally and he has been honored by several prestigious National and International Awards, Fellowships and Scholarships in India and abroad, including Young Scientist Awards, BBSRC India Partnering Award and he has been named as the Global Leader in Science by The Scientist magazine (USA) and International Opinion Leader/Expert involved in the vaccination for JE by IPIC (UK).  Prof Saxena has been elected as Fellow of The Royal Society of Biology UK (FRSB), The Royal Society of Chemistry UK (FRSC), The Academy of Environmental Biology, India (FAEB), Indian Virological Society (FIVS), The Biotech Research Society, India (FBRS); and Fellowship of the (European) Academy of Translational Medicine Professionals, Austria (Facad TM). He has been awarded Dr. JC Bose National Award by Department of Biotechnology (DBT, Min. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India) in Biotechnology.