Maushmi S. KumarDr. Maushmi Kumar is an Associate Professor at the Somaiya Institute for Research and Consultancy, Somaiya Vidyavihar University in Mumbai, India where she is also the course coordinator for the MSc in Chemical Biology and Drug Design. Dr. Kumar earnd her PhD in Applied Zoology from Mangalore University in Mangalore, India. Dr. Kumar has more than 17 years of combined experience in academia and in industry. She teaches courses in biochemistry, pharmaceutical microbiology and pharmaceutical biotechnology while pursuing research opportunities for cancer, inflammation, and marine biotechnology. She has contributed more than 46 research publications to Scopus-indexed international and national journals, given 19 oral talks, and authored/edited 5 book chapters and one book. Her research work includes bioactivity screening and compounds isolation from marine macro and microorganisms for inflammation and cancer. She is a Fellow of the Society for Applied Biotechnology and a lifetime member of the Biotech Research Society of India. Read More Read Less