Dr. Preethi Chandrasekaran is currently a research staff member and lab manager at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Prior to this, she was a faculty member at the University of North Texas. Preethi completed her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at Government Kilpauk Medical College, India. She then went on to earn her Master’s degree in microbiology and Immunology from Northern Illinois University. At present, she is a part of the editorial board of several journals. Currently, her research focuses on pathways of biosynthetic metabolism in the context of fatty liver, Diabetes, Atherosclerosis, lipids, and Neurological disorders. In addition, she is immensely involved in biochemical and structural aspects of G-protein coupled receptors such as Orexin and Cannabinoid receptors using NMR, Cryo-EM and X-ray Crystallography to identify potential drug targets for dyslipidemia and sleep disorders.