Author: Shanmugam Hemaiswarya

Prof. Mukesh Doble is a Distinguished Professor, Saveetha Dental College & Hospitals and Professor (retd) Department of Biotechnology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. His areas of interest are biomaterials, drug design, and bioreactors. He holds B.Tech/M. Tech degrees in Chemical Engineering from IIT, Madras, a Ph. D. from Aston University, UK and postdoctoral from University of Cambridge, U.K., and Texas A&M, U.S.A. He has published 350 technical papers, 10 books, and filed 20 patents. He is a Director of two start-up companies in biotechnology. He is a fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, London, a recipient of Herdillia Award for “Excellence in Basic Research” from Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers and 5th National Award for Technology Innovation in Field of Petrochemicals and Downstream Plastic Processing Industry, Go India for “Antimicrobial Food Wrap”. He is one amongst the World’s Top 2% Scientists (list published by Stanford University, USA, 2021).  Dr. Shanmugam Hemaiswarya is a Project Officer at the Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. She did her Ph D from the Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras. Her research interests include phytomedicine and studying combinations of phytochemicals within extracts or with synthetic drugs. She did her postdoctoral at University of Algarve,  Portugal and a three-year research fellowship (Women Scientist Scheme A, DST) at Anna University, Chennai. She has 23 research publications to her credit.  Dr. Pranav Kumar Prabhakar is working as Professor in Lovely Professional University Punjab, India. He completed his master in biochemistry from Patna University Bihar and his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. His research interests include synergy, phytomedicine, metabolic disorders. He is serving as an editorial member of several reputed journals. He has authored 60+ research articles, two edited books and 11 book chapters. He is member of Royal Society of Chemistry, Indian Science Congress Association, and Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological& Environmental Engineering Society.