Dr. Muniappan Ayyanar works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, A.V.V.M. Sri Pushpam College, Poondi, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, India. He has teaching experience of 12 years and research experience of 20 years. His research interest is in the field of plant taxonomy and plant-based drug research. He has figured in the list of the World's Top 2% of scientists released by Stanford University for the years 2021, 2022, and 2023. He was awarded Senior Research Fellowship by ICMR in 2007, Post Doctoral Fellowship by UGC in 2009, and Young Scientist by DST-SERB in 2013. He has published 82 research articles in SCI/Scopus-indexed journals and contributed 10 book chapters published by reputed publishers. He has delivered several guest lectures in various scientific forums and participated in different workshops and training programs in his field of interest. He also completed three major projects funded by UGC and DST-SERB, Govt. of India. He is an active life member of the Ethnobiological Society of India, Lucknow, and the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy, Calicut, India.