Dr. Joydeep Das is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India. He received M.Sc. from Jadavpurpur University, Kolkata, India and Ph.D. from Bose Institute, Kolkata, India. During his Ph.D., he worked on the extraction of small bioactive natural products and investigated their beneficial role against drug and toxin-induced organ pathophysiology, type 1 diabetes and its associated organ pathophysiology. During his post-doctoral research in Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, he carried out research on nanoparticle synthesis for targeted gene and drug delivery. His current research interests include nanoparticles-mediated targeted drug/gene delivery for cancer treatment, exploration on the mechanism of drug action, and designing nanomaterials for catalytic and sensing applications.