Dr Gokul Patil earned his PhD in Biotechnology from Savitribai Phule Pune University, India, in 2021. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Blood & Marrow Transplantation at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, USA. His research focuses on thrombosis and hemostasis, thromboinflammation, platelet biology, neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), inflammasome signaling, lupus-associated thrombosis, and coagulation abnormalities in inflammatory diseases. His current work includes studies of systemic lupus erythematosus and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (Long COVID). He is a recipient of an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship and an American Society of Hematology Best Abstract Award.