Dr. Shalini Saxena Ph.D. in Structure-Based Drug Design BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus With over 11 years of expertise in drug design and in-vitro biological screening, I am a seasoned researcher specializing in molecular modeling, docking, pharmacophore modeling, QSAR, and protein modeling. I am holding a Ph.D. from BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, with research focused on "Structure-based drug design and in vitro biological screening of various enzymes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis." Currently, I am working as a DST-Women Scientist in the University of Hyderabad. Areas of Expertise: Molecular Modeling: Proficient in molecular modeling, docking, pharmacophore modeling, QSAR, protein modeling and molecular dynamics. In-Silico Lead Optimization: Skilled in both structure-based and ligand-based drug design using industry-standard software such as Schrodinger, Accelrys, CRESST, GOLD, Discovery Studio, PHASE, and OpenEye. Molecular Docking: Extensive experience with docking tools such as Glide, GOLD, Molgro Virtual Docker, and Autodock. Molecular Dymanics using Amber and Desmond Bioinformatics & Computational Biology: Adept at primer design, sequence analysis, protein modeling, and induced-fit docking, with familiarity in sequence alignment tools like ClustalW. In Vitro Biological Screening: Specialized in antimycobacterial screening techniques. Achievements: Authored 40 publications in leading international journals, with a citation count of 1001 and an h-index of 19. Recipient of the DS Kothari Fellowship from UGC. Awarded a DST grant under the Women Scientist Scheme. Successfully contributed to multiple research projects requiring an in-depth understanding of both computational and experimental methodologies.