Dr. Swastika Banerjee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Science (Biology) at Alliance University, Bengaluru, India. She earned her Ph.D. in Botany from The University of Burdwan, specializing in the phytochemical profile and in vitro potential of Buchanania lanzan Spreng. With over five years of teaching and research experience, her expertise spans medicinal plants, plant-microbe interactions, plant tissue culture, phytochemistry, computational drug discovery, and environmental microbiology. Dr. Banerjee has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and collaborative research projects, with a strong focus on anticancer activity, plant stress physiology, and bioactive compound identification. She is also engaged in interdisciplinary studies exploring molecular docking, protein-ligand interactions, and ethnobotany. Her recent work investigates the systems-level role of plant-derived compounds in disease modulation, combining experimental and in silico approaches to bridge plant science and biomedical research.