Dr. Mukund Pandurang Tantak received his Ph.D in Chemistry from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Pilani Campus, India, in 2017. After completion of the Ph.D, Dr. Tantak worked as postdoctoral researcher at Acadia University, Canada; University of Texas at Dallas; University of Central Florida and Florida International University. Currently, Dr. Tantak is working at Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida. His research topics mainly include: development of small molecules as potential anti-cancer agents, polyamines, antibiotics and peptidomimetics. Apart from medicinal chemistry, he worked on the hypervalent iodine-mediated construction of heterocycles.