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Jyothi U Menon received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas (UT) Arlington and UT Southwestern Medical Center joint program. She completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Oxford, UK. She is currently an Associate Professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island where her research focus is on targeted drug delivery systems to treat lung and liver diseases, and in vitro disease modeling.

Lakshmi usha Ayalasomayajula is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology at M.R. College of Pharmacy, India with 9 years of teaching and research experience. She has published 30 papers in international and national journals and has presented 20 papers in various conferences as author and co-author.

Earle Radha Rani is working as assistant professor in department of pharmaceutical technology, Maharajah’s College of Pharmacy, Andhra Pradesh, India. She has 7 years of teaching experience and has published over 30 research and review articles in several reputed national and international journals. Her areas of interest include novel drug delivery systems.

AVS Ksheera Bhavani is working as assistant professor in department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Maharajah’s College of Pharmacy, Andhra Pradesh, India. She has about 10 years of teaching experience and has published over 10 research and review articles in several reputed national and international journals. Her areas of interest include novel drug delivery systems.

kishore pathivada ,an under graduate from Maharajah's college of pharmacy, Vizianagaram, during the year, 2017-21. I Qualified GPAT-2021 with AIR 705 and I also got qualified in NIPER JEE-2021 with AIR 62.Currently Iam pursuing my master's degree in Dept. of pharmaceutical Analysis at NIPER Mohali, Punjab which is one of the top most reputed colleges in INDIA in the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research.

Nikkhil K Masurkar, a research pharmacist with a dynamic entrepreneurial streak. Nikkhil K Masurkar is executive director of the ENTOD International Group - a leading specialty research-based pharma company specialising in ophthalmic, ENT and Dermatology medicines. As a third generation entrepreneur, Nikkhil took over his family’s three decade old pharmaceutical business. However, to ensure he was adequately prepared to lead the organisation into the 21st century, he delved deep into clinical pharmacy and pharmacy research for several years prior to it. He is a highly qualified research pharmacist from Kings College London (UK) with various clinical pharmacy and formulation research accreditations to his name. He also studied clinical pharmacy in Belfast and is also a member of the prestigious Royal Pharmaceutical Society in the UK. His strong leadership qualities, dynamic entrepreneurial spirit and sharp business acumen together with impressive pharmaceutical and research skills have enabled ENTOD to become one of the fastest growing speciality pharmaceutical companies in India and abroad.

Victor H. Bustos, Ph.D., is the Vice President of Preclinical R&D at Ordaos Bio. A specialist in protein engineering with a doctorate in Biomedicine, he leads the design of AI-generated mini-proteins. Previously, he spent 17 years at Rockefeller University focusing on complex cellular mechanisms and therapeutic target validation.

Alena Romanova is a Scientist I at Ordaos Bio, where she develops experimental workflows for protein characterisation and biologics discovery, including the application of cell-free protein expression and biochemical assays.

Prashant S. Kharkar, a well-respected Drug Discovery Researcher with rich industrial experience, received his B. Pharm. degree in 1998. He obtained his PG and Ph.D. (Tech.) degrees Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai, India. Dr. Kharkar completed his postdoctoral research (2006–2009) on neurodegenerative diseases and disorders.

Akash Sirsat is pursuing M.Tech in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology at the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai. He completed his Bachelor of Pharmacy from Sinhgad Institute’s SKNCOP, Pune. His research interests include pharmaceutical chemistry, process development, and applications of AI/ML in pharmaceutical synthesis. He has qualified GPAT, GATE, NIPER, and GAT-B.