Dr. Farhat Afrin received Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India. She did her postdoctoral research at Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A. and Centre for Immunology and Infection, The Hull York Medical School, University of York, U.K. She served Department of Biotechnology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi, India for 16 years. She then moved to Saudi Arabia where she worked in the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Madina for five years. Presently, she is a Faculty member at Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, JIS Institute of Advanced Studies and Research, JIS University, Kolkata, India.

Dr. Afrin is a recipient of several honors including American Association of Immunologists Young Faculty Travel Grant, Commonwealth Academic Staff fellowship, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Overseas Associateship, Indian Council of Medical Research International fellowship for Young Indian Bio-medical Scientists, Department of Science and Technology (DST) Fast Track Proposal for Young Scientists besides grant-in-aids from DBT, DST, Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, Government of India. Her research interest is microbial immunology and nanomedicine with emphasis on immunotherapeutics of leishmaniasis and other infectious diseases. She has active collaborations with distinguished scientists in India as well as in Africa and Saudi Arabia. She has published over 62 papers in Journals of International repute and is an Associate Editor and Editorial Board member and reviewer of several Journals and Editor of quite a few books.

I have received Ph.D. from Jadavpur University and have worked at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata. I did postdoctoral research at Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A. and Centre for Immunology and Infection, The Hull York Medical School, University of York, U.K. I have served the Department of Biotechnology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi, as a Faculty member for 16 years. I then moved to Saudi Arabia where I worked in the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Madina for five years. Presently, I am an Associate Professor at Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, JIS Institute of Advanced Studies and Research, JIS University, Kolkata, India.

I am a recipient of several honors including American Association of Immunologists Young Faculty Travel Grant, Commonwealth Academic Staff fellowship, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Overseas Associateship, Indian Council of Medical Research International fellowship for Young Indian Bio-medical Scientists, Department of Science and Technology (DST) Fast Track Proposal for Young Scientists besides grant-in-aids from DBT, DST, Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, Government of India. My research interest is microbial immunology and nanomedicine with emphasis on immunotherapeutics of leishmaniasis and other infectious diseases. I have had active collaborations with distinguished scientists in India as well as in Africa and Saudi Arabia. I have published over 62 papers in Journals of International repute and am an Associate Editor and Editorial Board member and reviewer of several Journals and Editor of quite a few books. I have presented my work in several International Conferences as an invited speaker and chaired scientific sessions. Further, I have organized several Conferences. I have also been an expert member of several Committees.

Dr. Farhat Afrin received Ph.D. from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. She did her postdoctoral research at National Institutes of Health, USA and at University of York, U.K. She served Department of Biotechnology, Jamia Hamdard (University), New Delhi, India for 16 years as an Assistant Professor and then in the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia for five years. Presently, she is an Associate Professor at Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, JIS Institute of Advanced Studies and Research, JIS University, Kolkata, India.

Dr. Afrin is a recipient of several honors including American Association of Immunologists Young Faculty Travel Grant, Commonwealth Academic Staff fellowship, Department of Biotechnology Overseas Associateship, Indian Council of Medical Research International fellowship for Young Indian Bio-medical Scientists, Department of Science and Technology Fast Track Proposal for Young Scientists besides several research grant-in-aids. Her research interest is immunotherapeutics and nanomedicine for leishmaniasis and other infectious diseases. She has active collaborations with distinguished scientists in India as well as abroad. She has published over 62 papers in Journals of International repute and is an Associate Editor and Editorial Board member and reviewer of several Journals and Editor of quite a few books.