M.S.(Pharm)

PhD candidate in Pharmacology and Toxicology at NIPER Hyderabad, India. His research focuses on targeting the cytochrome bd oxidase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to develop sterilizing anti-tubercular regimens. He holds an MS (Pharm.) in Regulatory Toxicology from NIPER SAS Nagar. His expertise includes molecular cloning, protein purification, drug screening, macrophage infection models, and in vivo rodent handling. He has published in ACS Infectious Diseases and Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, and presented at ASM Microbe (Los Angeles, 2025) and ISTM 2026 (Bangkok). He is a Global Outreach Student Member of the American Society for Microbiology.