Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Combating Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections

Tripti Sharma is an Associate Professor at the Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai, India, with over 22 years of experience in teaching and research in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Development, and Pharmaceutical Analysis. She holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacy from Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, and an M. Pharm in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from BPUT, Odisha. Her research expertise includes medicinal chemistry, organic synthesis, computational drug design, molecular modeling, drug development, and analytical method development and validation. She has published 50 research articles, with a current Google Scholar H-index of 14 and an i10-index of 16. Her research focuses on the design and development of novel drug candidates, drug conjugates, computer-aided drug discovery, QSAR, molecular dynamics, and integrated computational and experimental approaches for therapeutic applications. She has contributed several book chapters and edited books with leading international publishers. Dr. Sharma has also served in several academic and administrative capacities. She is actively engaged in pharmaceutical research, teaching, academic administration, and professional activities.

Smriti Dewangan is an Associate Professor at Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University Chhattisgarh, Raipur, India, with over 13 years of experience in teaching and research. She holds a Ph.D. from NIT Rourkela, supported by an Institute MHRD Fellowship, with expertise in organometallic chemistry and biological studies of organometallic compounds. She also holds an M. Pharm in Pharmaceutics through a GPAT fellowship and was a Gold Medalist in B. Pharm. She received the Young Scientist Award from ISCA in 2019. Her research focuses on the synthesis and biological evaluation of organometallic and medicinal compounds with anticancer, antioxidant, and antimicrobial potential, along with computational chemistry and drug design. She has 30+ research publications, 6+ book chapters, 3 books, and 2 patents to her credit and has contributed to several academic and professional publications with leading publishers. She has also received a DBT-CTEP grant for conducting a Popular Lecture Series and is a life member of several professional societies.