I am a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Basic and Applied Nanobiotechnology Lab headed by Dr. Adam R. Hall in the Biomedical Department of Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina. Currently, I am working on a project entitled "Use of Solid-State Nanopores for the Characterization and Quantification of Hyaluronic Acid (HA) as a Disease Biomarker in Biological Fluids and Tissues".I started my career as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Hybrid Systems Lab headed by Prof. James J. Hickman at the Nanoscience Technology Center of University of Central Florida, Orlando where I was working on an NIH funded project entitled "Multi-organ human-on-a-chip system to address overdose and acute and chronic efficacy and off-target toxicity".As much as I love doing research, I feel great aversion doing it at the cost of countless animals being sacrificed. Being a passionate advocate of ethical and sustainable research practices, I am fascinated by the idea of using alternative in vitro platforms to reduce and ultimately replace animal testing methodologies. While I acknowledge the historical significance of animal testing and the complex physiological interactions that they provide, I firmly believe that the rapid advancements in the field of biomedical research and development of in vitro testing platforms such as microphysiological systems, organoids, 3D bioprinting offer a more humane and robust approach for toxicological assessments.