Dr. Areti Sivaiah received his master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Chemistry from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, and Ph.D. in chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2016 under the supervision of Professor C. P. Rao. After a brief postdoctoral stint at National Taiwan University in 2017, he moved to Ujjain Engineering College as an assistant professor and served for about three years. He is currently working as an assistant professor at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat.  Dr. A. Sivaiah's current research interests align with the interfaces of synthetic inorganic & organic chemistry, supramolecular materials, and biology. His research objectives are the design, synthesis, and characterization of small molecules, and the recognition of biologically important ions and biomolecules for disease diagnosis and therapy.