Dr. Monali Priyadarsini Mishra is currently working as Assistant Professor in SoPAHS, CUTM, Bhubaneswar. Her area of research belongs to “Clinical and Applied Microbiology, Biotechnology, Phytochemistry". She has completed her Ph.D. from Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar. She has authored several scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals. Currently, She is working on some biologically active antimicrobial compounds against multidrug-resistant pathogenic strains. Her field of expertise in providing lectures are Applied Microbiology, Systemic Bacteriology, Diagnostic Microbiology, Research Methodology, Public Health Microbiology etc.