Dr. Harishkumar Madhyastha, faculty at Department of Applied Physiology University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan. With two Ph.D. degrees. He ignited his research career as a scientist in spirulina biotechnology at MCRC- Chennai. Later on, he pursued postdoctoral research at Miyazaki University that culminated in a faculty position in the Department of Applied Physiology at the University of Miyazaki from 2006. His current research interests include generation and delivery of nano-sized metallic payloads for regenerative diseases application. His academic credentials are credited with more than 80 Sci-E indexed papers; h-value of 29,clarivate analytic cumulative impact factor of 204.5 and RG score of 33.76 with 6 international patents. His research has been presented in conferences (poster, proceedings) more than 100 times, and has been frequently picked up by national and international media. He is also actively involved in many international projects including ongoing Indo-Japan scientific and academic collaborations. He is fellow of Biotechnology Research Society of India (FBRSI), Fellow of Royal Biological Society-London (FRBS-UK). He is an officially recognized Indo-Japan academic spokesperson of University of Miyazaki and engaged in outreach programs to further strengthen the cohesive relationship between Indian academicians and University of Miyazaki- Japan. Durgesh Nandini Chauhan completed her B.Pharm degree in Pharmacy from the Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, India and her M.Pharma in pharmaceutics from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, currently known as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow in 2006. She is presently working as Assistant Professor in Columbia Institute of Pharmacy, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. Mrs. Durgesh Nandini Chauhan has 14 years of academic (teaching) experience from Institutes of India in pharmaceutical sciences. She taught subjects as pharmaceutics, pharmacognosy, traditional concepts of medicinal plants, drug-delivery phytochemistry, cosmetic technology, pharmaceutical engineering, pharmaceutical packaging, quality assurance, dosage form designing and anatomy and physiology. She is member of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI), SILAE: Società Italo-Latinoamericana di Etnomedicina (The Scientific Network on Ethnomedicine, Italy), and so forth. She has written more than 10 publications in national and international journals, 16 book chapters, and editor in 7 books. She is also active as a reviewer for several international scientific journals and active participant in national and international conferences.
