Dr. Srinivas Patnaik earned his MSc in Biotechnology from Goa University and Ph.D. from the Institute of Life sciences, Bhubaneswar specializing in “Molecular Oncology”. Presently, Dr. Patnaik is working as a Professor and Dean in the School of Biotechnology, KIIT University. Dr. Patnaik received STA fellowship from IARC, World Health Organisation, Lyon, France. He also conferred the young scientist by the Department of Science and Technology, Odisha. Dr. Patnaik has worked in the USA and Europe for 12 years in different capacities after his Ph.D. with eminent scientists in the field of DNA repair and cancer. He has published research articles in high-impact journals such as Gastroenterology, Cancer Research, Oncogene, Nucleic Acid Research to name a few. Dr. Patnaik has been a member of several national and international scientific societies and is actively serving on the review board in many international journals such as cancer letters, Scientific Reports, Cellular, and Molecular Biochemistry, etc. Apart from research, Dr. Patnaik has been a passionate teacher and is involved in teaching molecular biology, genetic engineering, and cell biology. In addition to the core topics, he is interested and involved in teaching soft skills such as "personality development and scientific writing" to final year M Tech and MSc students. Currently, his research group is working in the field of gastrointestinal inflammation and colorectal cancer using genetically modified mouse models.