Ashok Patel is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, IIT Delhi. He has done his Ph.D. with Prof. J.V. Medicherla from M.B.U, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, India. He has been trained from Prof. David W. Rice, Prof B.W. Dijkstra and Prof. Petri Kursula through travel fellowship by BoehringerIngelheimFonds (BIF) Germany. He did postdoc with Prof. Gregory Bowman in Johns Hopkins University, USA. Ashok lab is interested to understand Chikungunya and dengue virus pathogenesis, structural and functional intricacies, host-virus interaction, identification and validation of inhibitors, compounds, medicinal plants against Chikungunya and dengue.