Mahesh Kandasamy is a UGC assistant professor of the Department of Animal Science at Bharathidasan University. He obtained his B.Sc and M.Sc degrees from the University of Madras and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Regensburg. He previously worked as a Junior Research Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (2002-2004), Research Fellow at Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg (2005-2009), Postdoc at  Paracelsus Medical University (2010-2011), Research Associate at Charité University of Medicine (2011-2012), and Research Scientist in Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (2012-2014). His research is in the field of Stem cell biology, Adult Neurogenesis, Cognition, Gut-Brain axis, HPG axis, and COVID-19.