Siva S. Panda obtained his MS degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the Manipal University and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Delhi University, India. Before joining the Department of Chemistry and Physics at Augusta University, he was working as a senior scientist at Sigma-Aldrich, USA. He did his postdoctoral research studies at the University of Florida. He has published more than 100 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and three book chapters. He has been awarded four patents. His research interest is in new drug discovery and development.