Dr. Touseef Amna is Professor (Associate) of Microbiology at Al-Baha University, Saudi Arabia, with over 19 years of experience in research, teaching and academic administration. She ranked among the World’s Top 2% Scientists (2023-2026) based on Stanford and Elsevier Data consecutively for past 4 years. Earlier she has served as Assistant professor, Research professor and Senior Lecturer at CBNU, South Korea. Dr. Touseef Amna received her PhD in 2006 from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU, Central University), India in Microbiology. During her PhD she worked as Senior research fellow at IIIMJ in an Indo-German collaborative project and was able to isolate Camptothecin, a vital anticancer drug, from an endophytic fungus. This groundbreaking discovery, the first of its kind globally, has led to US patent and publications. Throughout her research career, she was afforded advanced academic opportunities, including postdoctoral scientist position at University of Dortmund, Germany; Universidad de Talca, South America; CBNU, South Korea; and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India. Additionally, she has been a recipient of numerous prestigious awards and research grants, further underscoring her distinguished contributions to the scientific community. She has two patents (US patent and Korean) to her credit, one book, 21 chapters and more than 100 research article with current h-index 35 and i10-index-77.