Thirumal Kumar D is an Assistant Professor (Jr.) in School of BioSciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree from the same Institute since 2015. His research interests focus on the analysis of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), drug designing and drug repurposing. The topic of his dissertation is about Computational profiling and discovery of new lead compounds targeting breast cancer-causing mutations of the genes in PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway. More @ www.thirumalkumar.com