Our Team
Dr. Dileep Kumar Verma, a virology scientist, earned his M.Sc. from school of life sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University and afterwards his PhD from International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology on influenza A viruses. He is very passionate and aims to employ his earned skills and expertise to contribute in virus research and develop effective...
Dr. Kodituwakku, a medical doctor specializing in community resilience and disaster risk reduction, is the Disaster Management Focal Point Medical Officer at the National Dengue Control Unit, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. He has an extensive academic background in public health and disaster management and has been instrumental in managing recent disasters, including the COVID-19...
Smriti Ravindra is a Nepali-Indian writer. She is a Fulbright scholar and holds an MFA in creative writing from North Carolina State University. Her fiction and journalism have been published globally including the US, India, and Nepal. The Woman Who Climbed Trees is her first novel. She currently resides in Mumbai, India.
Dr. Nadeera embarked on her entrepreneurial journey in 2012, driven by a belief that fear should not limit one’s vision. With her first venture and subsequent one, ImmunifyMe, she is dedicated to bridging the immunization gap and ensuring children’s health and safety from vaccine-preventable diseases. Holding a PhD in Virology from the University of Peradeniya,...
Dr. Priyanshu Srivastava, an editor at Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, leverages her extensive life sciences background to advance scientific discourse. With a PhD from ICGEB, she explored host miRNA regulation in viral replication. At AIIMS, she identified molecular signatures of human sperm cells, contributing to fertility understanding. Currently a postdoctoral researcher at MD Anderson Cancer...
Dr. Rukshan, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of New England (UNE), specializes in Microbiology & Immunology of infectious diseases. He earned his BSc from the University of Mysore, India, and MPhil in Virology from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Completing his PhD at UNE, he currently focuses on characterising an Animal model...