Dr. Asok Dasmahapatra is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology in the Department of Pharmacology and Research Scientist at the National Center for Natural Product Research at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Mississippi University, Oxford Mississippi, USA. He holds a BSc Honours MSc degrees in Zoology from the University of Burdwan West Bengal, India and Ph D Degree in Zoology from the University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India