Dr Vijai Kumar Reddy Tangadanchu completed his M.Sc. degree and secured University 7th rank (Organic Chemistry) from Kakatiya University, and became interested in Organic Synthesis of natural products. Under the guidance of Dr. B.L.A. Prabhavathi Devi, he worked on the total synthesis of bioactive lipids and evaluation of their bioactive studies at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, India. He completed his Ph.D. in 2015, and for his outstanding contributions in the area of Lipids, he has been awarded for the “O P Narula Young Scientist Award, 2016” from Oil Technologist’s Association of India (OTAI-SZ). After his completion of doctoral studies, started his postdoctoral position with Professor Cheng-He Zhou research group at the Southwest University, China. During this period (March 2016-April 2018), he has been awarded for Research Fellowship for International Young Scientists from “Chongqing Special Foundation for Postdoctoral Research Program in China, 2016" and also awarded for Research Fellowship for International Young Scientists from “State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) P.R. China in 2017". Currently he is working (April 2018-present) as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. His current research is focuses on the design and development of novel PET radio pharmaceuticals for quantifying receptors, enzymes and transporters in the central nervous system (CNS).