Timir Tripathi is a professor of Molecular Biology in the Department of Zoology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. He holds a Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His research focuses on protein–substrate interactions, conformational dynamics, and understanding the roles of non-catalytic domains in regulating the catalytic activity of proteins. His primary focus is studying the structural and functional characteristics of drug target proteins from Fasciola gigantica to develop novel therapeutic strategies. He has received several awards, such as the NASI-Prof. B.K. Bachhawat Memorial Young Scientist Lecture Award (2020), the ISCB-Young Scientist Award (2019), and the ICMR-Shakuntala Amir Chand Prize (2018). He is an Associate Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and a member of the National Academy of Sciences India, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Royal Society of Biology (UK). He has secured several research grants from national and international funding agencies. He has authored over 150 publications, including research papers, reviews, and editorial articles in leading international journals. He has edited six books and authored two textbooks. Currently, he is the Senior Editor for Critical Insights in Biophysics (T&F), Editor of the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (Elsevier), Associate Editor of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, and is a member of editorial boards of several esteemed international journals.
North Eastern Hill University
Shillong, Meghālaya, International