Dr. Ampasala earned his PhD degree in biochemistry from Sri Venkateswara University. He spent 12 years in research and teaching at Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India, and 10 years in postdoctoral studies in cancer research in United States and Canada. Dr. Ampasala's current research focuses are on functional genomics, molecular mechanisms of cancer, signal transduction, and computational neurobiology and has published nearly 70 peer-reviewed scholarly research articles and book chapters, which are extensively cited globally. He is a reviewer and editorial member for several biomedical/bioinformatics journals and has received several competitive research grants for his research accomplishments/contributions. He has been honored with fellow award from the Society of Plant Research (2019), and he has bagged other prestigious awards such as DST-Young Scientist (2008), DBT-Young Investigator (2015), Science Communicator-ISCA (2013, 2014), and the Best Teacher Award (2011, Pondicherry University). He received VA Merit Award from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States (2005-2007) for his postdoctoral studies; research associate fellowship funded by Genomic Canada, Canada (2001-2005); and postdoctoral fellowship funded by DBT, Indian Institute of Science (1999-2001).