Debprasad Chattopadhyay Editor

Dr. Amal Kumar Dhara (MPharm, PhD) has over 20 years of teaching and research experience in the fields of Pharmacology and Toxicology, especially in the areas of neuropharmacology and anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, and free radical scavenging activities of indigenous Indian plants. He earned his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Currently, Dr. Dhara works as a Lecturer in Pharmacy (Associate Professor) at Contai Polytechnic, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India. Dr. Amit Kumar Nayak is currently working as a Professor at Seemanta Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Odisha, India. He earned his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from IFTM University, India. He worked as Senior Research Associate at IIT, Kanpur in a CSIR sponsored project. Dr. Nayak has over 13 years of research experiences in the field of pharmaceutics, especially in the development and characterization of novel biopolymeric and nanostructured drug delivery systems made of natural biopolymers. He has authored over 130 research and review articles in various high impact peer-reviewed journals and 135 book chapters in various international books. In addition, he has authored 2 books and edited 17 books published by International publisher(s). He has received University Foundation Day Research Award-2019 by Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha. He serves as a reviewer for several reputed journals and is a life member of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI). Dr. Debprasad Chattopadhyay (PhD) has over 38 years of research experience in the field of Microbiology, Virology, Traditional Medicine, Ethnomedicine, and Molecular Medicine in identifying nature-based leads against difficult-to-treat diseases through documentation and validation of purity, safety, and potency (PSP) of traditional practices of Indian tribes with mode or molecular mechanism of action. He is currently the editor of the prestigious journal Frontiers in Pharmacology, editorial board member of the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, and reviewer of more than 40 peer-reviewed journals. He is the recipient of several awards such as Outstanding Ethnopharmacologist (2016), Best Science Communicator (2009), Amiya Bose Oration (2008), R.V. Rajam Endowment of IMA 1998, and International Society of Chemotherapy Young Scientist 1991.