Protein Folding Dynamics and Stability: Experimental and Computational Methods

Prakash Saudagar is an active researcher and a sterling classroom teacher, currently working as an associate professor at the Department of Biochemistry, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India. He obtained his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India, in 2013. His research has immensely contributed to exploring potential drug target proteins and inhibitors. His research interests include molecular and biochemical parasitology, infectious disease, and protein biochemistry. He has a strong command over computational and in vitro techniques used to study proteins. He has published more than 40 research articles in reputed journals like the International Journal of Biological Molecules, FEBS, FEBS OpenBio, PLOS One, Scientific Reports, Biological Chemistry, Parasitology International, Molecular Simulation, etc., and book chapters in Elsevier and Springer to his name. He has been PI/Co-PI inresearch grants from SERB and DST. He has been awarded the BS Narasinga Rao Award by SBC, India (2011); Best Presentation Award, ICIDN, Nepal (2015); Young Faculty Award, VIF India (2016); and Young Scientist Award, Telangana Academy of Science (2018). He is an associate fellow of the Telangana Academy of Science (2018) and a life member of the Indian Science Congress and Society of Biological Chemists. He has guided several PhD and MTech students, postdoctoral fellows, project fellows, and trainees. He has many interdisciplinary collaborating partners in prestigious institutions in India and abroad.

Timir Tripathi is the regional director of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Regional Centre Kohima, Nagaland, India. Earlier, he served as a senior assistant professor and principal investigator at the Department of Biochemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. He holds a PhD from the Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India. He was avisiting faculty at ICGEB, New Delhi, India, and Khon Kaen University, Thailand. He is known for his research in the fields of protein biophysics, biochemistry, structural biology, and drug discovery. He has over 17 years of experience in teaching and research related to protein structure, function, and dynamics at the post-graduate and doctoral levels. He has developed and improved methods to investigate and analyze proteins. His research areas include protein interaction dynamics and understanding the roles of non-catalytic domains in regulating the catalytic activity of proteins. He has handled several research projects as a principal investigator from various national and international funding agencies. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, India, and the Royal Society of Biology, UK. He has published over 100 research papers, reviews, commentaries, viewpoints, and editorial articles in international journals and published several book chapters. He has editedfive books and authored a textbook on spectroscopic methods for UG and PG students. Currently, he serves as the editor of the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules and is the editorial board member of Scientific Reports, PLoS One, and Acta Tropica.

Prakash Saudagar 是一位活躍的研究者和優秀的教室教師，目前擔任印度國立技術學院瓦朗加爾分院生物化學系的副教授。他於2013年在印度工業技術學院古瓦哈提獲得博士學位。他的研究對於探索潛在的藥物靶蛋白和抑制劑做出了巨大貢獻。他的研究興趣包括分子和生物化學寄生蟲學、傳染病以及蛋白質生物化學。他對於用於研究蛋白質的計算和體外技術有著深厚的掌握。他在《International Journal of Biological Molecules》、《FEBS》、《FEBS OpenBio》、《PLOS One》、《Scientific Reports》、《Biological Chemistry》、《Parasitology International》、《Molecular Simulation》等知名期刊上發表了超過40篇研究文章，並在Elsevier和Springer出版了多篇書章。他曾擔任SERB和DST的研究計畫的首席研究員/共同研究員。他曾獲得印度SBC頒發的BS Narasinga Rao獎（2011年）、尼泊爾ICIDN最佳報告獎（2015年）、VIF印度青年教師獎（2016年）以及泰倫甘納科學院青年科學家獎（2018年）。他是泰倫甘納科學院的副研究員（2018年）以及印度科學大會和生物化學家協會的終身會員。他指導過多位博士和碩士學生、博士後研究員、專案研究員及實習生。他在印度及國外的多所知名機構擁有許多跨學科的合作夥伴。

Timir Tripathi 是印度納加蘭邦科希馬的印度甘地國立開放大學（IGNOU）地區主任。此前，他曾擔任印度東北山大學生物化學系的高級助理教授和首席研究員。他擁有來自印度勒克瑙中央藥物研究所的博士學位。他曾在印度新德里的ICGEB和泰國孔敬大學擔任訪問教員。他以在蛋白質生物物理學、生物化學、結構生物學和藥物發現領域的研究而聞名。他在研究生和博士生層級的蛋白質結構、功能和動力學方面擁有超過17年的教學和研究經驗。他開發和改進了研究和分析蛋白質的方法。他的研究領域包括蛋白質相互作用動力學以及理解非催化域在調節蛋白質催化活性中的作用。他作為首席研究員處理了多個來自各國和國際資助機構的研究項目。他是印度國家科學院和英國皇家生物學會的當選成員。他在國際期刊上發表了超過100篇研究論文、評論、觀點和編輯文章，並出版了多篇書章。他編輯了五本書籍，並撰寫了一本針對本科生和研究生的光譜方法教科書。目前，他擔任《International Journal of Biological Macromolecules》的編輯，並是《Scientific Reports》、《PLoS One》和《Acta Tropica》的編輯委員會成員。