Dr. Abilash Valsala Gopalakrishnan is Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. He received his master’s degree in biotechnology in April 2004 from Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College (ANJAC), Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. He received his PhD in medical genetics in June 2010 from VIT, Vellore. The title of his PhD thesis was “Clinical, cytogenetic and molecular studies on human male sexual deviates associated with Y-chromosome and its derivatives”. His areas of research include human medical genetics, reproductive genetics, molecular biology, and toxicology. He has published more than 40 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. He was selected for the Japan Science and Technology (JST)-sponsored Sakura Science Programme for Biomedical Science in 2016, sponsored by the Japanese Government, and visited the Department of Applied Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Miyazaki, Japan, from 23 November to 3 December 2016. He also serves as a reviewer and editorial board member for national and international journals. He has presented many papers at conferences in India and abroad. He has guided five PhD students in the area of human medical genetics and in the toxicology field. Currently, he is guiding six PhD students in human medical genetics and toxicology research.