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Dr. Basant K. Tiwary is a Professor at the Centre for Bioinformatics, Pondicherry University. He previously served as a Visiting Associate Professor at the Li Lab of Molecular Evolution, University of Chicago, USA (2007-2008). He has also served as a Lecturer in Zoology under the West Bengal Education Service (2001-2002), and subsequently as a Lecturer and a Reader in Life Science (2002-2010) at Assam University, Silchar. His research focuses on the molecular evolution and systems biology of complex biological systems such as the human brain and neuroendocrine system. He has been conferred various fellowships and academic honors, including an Overseas Associateship in Niche Areas of Biotechnology (2006-2007) from the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi; being selected as an Expert Member in Bioinformatics, University Grants Commission, New Delhi; and being offered an ICCR Professorial Chair in Bioinformatics at Ain Shams University, Cairo (2017). He has successfully coordinated the Bioinformatics National Certification (BINC) Examination, a grand challenge program of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India (2014-2017). He has more than 20 years of teaching experience on various aspects of Bioinformatics such as molecular evolution, systems biology, statistical computing, and next-generation sequencing, along with core subjects in the biological sciences. He has published more than 30 papers in reputed international journals such as Molecular Biology & Evolution, Briefings in Bioinformatics, Genomics, Carcinogenesis, Integrative Biology and Neuroendocrinology. He has also served as a referee for a number of reputed international journals such as Molecular Biology and Evolution, Genomics, Gene, BMC Genomics and Scientific Report.