Dr. Mohd Ishtikhar is a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston), USA. He received his Ph.D. in Biotechnology (Biochemistry and Biophysics) from Aligarh Muslim University, India, where his doctoral research focused on protein conformational changes, protein–ligand interactions, and aggregation mechanisms. Dr. Ishtikhar has over 15 years of research experience spanning structural biology, protein biochemistry, biophysics, neurodegeneration, and translational biomedical research. His current research focuses on platelet dysfunction, mitochondrial bioenergetics, and trauma-induced coagulopathy in hemorrhagic shock and traumatic brain injury. Previously, at the Mitchell Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Brain Disorders, he investigated α-synuclein aggregation, seed amplification assays, and strain-specific mechanisms underlying Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy. Dr. Ishtikhar has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications and has an h-index of 22 with over 1,500 citations. His work has appeared in journals including Nature Communications, Cells, Scientific Reports, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, PLOS ONE, and Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. He also serves as a reviewer for numerous international journals in neuroscience, biochemistry, pharmacology, and molecular biology.