Dr. Nidhi Puranik is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Science at Yeungnam University in Gyeongsan, Korea of Republic. She did her Ph.D. at DRDO-Defence Research & Development Establishment (Research Center) and her degree was awarded from Bharathair University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. She has more than 10 years of research and teaching experience in the field of disease therapeutics and diagnostics. Her current research is focused on the screening and development of plant-based drugs for various diseases. She has been awarded the prestigious GATE, CSIR-NET, ICAR-NET, DRDO Junior research fellowship, MPCST Young Scientist award, MPCST Young Scientist training fellowship (National), and Young Investigator award (International). She has worked in various prestigious institutes of India- ICMR-NIREH, Bhopal, ICAR-IISR, Indore, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, DRDE, Gwalior, and Barkatullah University, Bhopal. She has authored over 40 highly cited research articles, secured an Indian patent, and edited books for Springer Nature, IOP Publishing, and CRC Press.