Dr. Farhat Afrin, Associate Professor, JISIASR, JIS University, Kolkata is a researcher and academician with expertise in microbial immunology, nanomedicine, vaccinology and epigenetics. She completed her Ph.D. at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, followed by postdoctoral research at NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA, and the Centre for Immunology and Infection, University of York, UK. Dr. Afrin has previously served at Hamdard University and Taibah University, Saudi Arabia, and has guided 16 Ph.D. scholars. She has authored more than 65 publications in international journals, with an h-index of 37 and 2,956 citations (Scopus). Her recognitions include the American Association of Immunologists Young Faculty Travel Grant, Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship, Biotechnology Overseas Associateship and ICMR International Fellowship for Young Indian Biomedical Scientists. She has served as Principal Investigator on research projects funded by DBT, DST, ICMR and CCRUM, and is currently leading two CCRH-funded projects. She has also contributed as an editorial board member for international journals including Frontiers in Immunology, Antibodies, Frontiers in Microbiology and PLOS ONE, and as an editor of academic books. Her current research focuses on targeting epigenetic mechanisms for therapeutic intervention in drug-resistant infectious and metabolic diseases. Five Ph.D. scholars are currently working under her supervision.