Dr. José C. J. M. D. S. Menezes completed his Ph.D. in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from Goa University, India, in 2009, focused on synthesis and characterization of natural flavonoids, coumarins, indanones, flavans, and hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives by using various spectroscopic techniques. Subsequently, he carried out the post-doctoral projects with Prof. J.A.S. Cavaleiro in the Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal, on the synthesis of natural and synthetic porphyrins, chlorin e6, and protoporphyrin-IX and studied their photophysical properties for applications in photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancers. Later, at Nagasaki International University in Sasebo, Japan, the post-doc funded by Chugai Foundation for Innovative Drug Discovery Science (“C-FINDs”), formerly known as Tokyo Biochemical Research Foundation with Prof. Hideaki Fujita in Biochemistry, enabled him to screen several natural compounds for modulating effects on host restriction factors (HRFs) like BST-2 and MARCH8 for anti-viral therapy. He has published ~ 31 papers and reviews in international scientific journals with h-index of 15 and holds 1 US patent application. Since 2018, he works at Esteem Industries, an R&D laboratory specialized in surfactant and allied chemical development and manufacturing based in Goa, India with the current role of Associate-General Manager— New Technologies.