Dr. Debaki R. Howlader currently is a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology at Bond Life Science Center, University of Missouri. He earned his Ph.D. in Life Science and Biotechnology from ICMR-NICED, Jadavpur University, India. Since his Master's and Ph.D., he has been working on the development of vaccines against intra- and extra-cellular bacterial pathogens. His present research interest is to study the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of TTSS sub-unit protein vaccines against Pseudomonas in various animal models. Dr. Howlader was a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH) in 2021. He is a member of various other organizations, such as, the Royal Society of Biology (MRSB), the Council of The American Association of Immunologists (AAI), Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA). He was a former member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was a recipient of the Newton Bhabha Fund Ph.D. placement programme in 2017 and has worked at the University of Cambridge as a visiting Ph.D. student for four months. He has a BS and MS in Microbiology.