Advances in Antifungal Drug Development: Natural Products with Antifungal Potential

Dr. Nikhat Manzoor is a Professor in the Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. She has also served as a Visiting Scientist at Department of Oral Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (2009-2010) and Associate Professor in the College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2014-2018). Her research interests include antifungal drug discovery and development, antifungal mode of action of natural compounds and their derivatives, drug resistance, and antifungal drug targets. She has completed five major research projects funded by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), University Grants Commission (UGC), Department of Science and Technology (DST) and CCRUM, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India. She has delivered several invited talks, both in India and abroad and was awarded the prestigious DST-BOYSCAST Fellowship (2009) and DST-Young Scientist (2001-2004, 2004-2007). She has more than 25 years of teaching experience and has published more than 130 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and several book chapters. She has supervised 16 PhD students, 2 post-doctoral fellows and several post-graduate students. She is a life member of the Association of Microbiologists of India and Society of Biological Chemists.

Dr. Nikhat Manzoor 是印度新德里 Jamia Millia Islamia 生物科學系的教授。她曾擔任紐西蘭達尼丁奧塔哥大學牙科學院口腔科學系的訪問科學家（2009-2010），以及沙烏地阿拉伯麥地那泰巴大學應用醫學科學學院的副教授（2014-2018）。她的研究興趣包括抗真菌藥物的發現與開發、天然化合物及其衍生物的抗真菌作用機制、藥物抗性以及抗真菌藥物靶點。她已完成五個主要的研究項目，這些項目由印度醫學研究委員會（ICMR）、大學補助委員會（UGC）、科學與技術部（DST）及印度政府 AYUSH 部的 CCRUM 資助。她在印度及國外發表了多場受邀演講，並獲得了享有盛譽的 DST-BOYSCAST 獎學金（2009）及 DST-青年科學家獎（2001-2004，2004-2007）。她擁有超過 25 年的教學經驗，並在同行評審的期刊上發表了超過 130 篇研究論文及數篇書籍章節。她指導了 16 位博士生、2 位博士後研究員及多位研究生。她是印度微生物學會及生物化學學會的終身會員。