Prabhu P. Mohapatra was born in Khairagarh, Orissa, India in 1969. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in synthetic organic chemistry in 1999 under the direction of Prof. Shive M. S. Chauhan at Delhi University, Delhi, India. His doctoral work focused on the biomimetic oxidation reactions using metalloporphyrins as chemical models of cytochrome P450. Then he joined Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, Gurgaon, India (1991-2001) as a Research Associate and worked on development of several active pharmaceutical ingredients. He started his post-doctoral research with Prof. George R. Newkome at The University of Akron, Ohio, USA (2001-2003), where he studied nanoassembly of fractal polymers. His second post-doctoral appointment with Prof. Alan R. Katritzky at the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA (2003-2007) involved research on benzotriazole assisted synthetic methodology development. Currently he is working at Reviva Pharmaceuticals Inc., San Jose, Californea, USA as a Scientist, Medicinal Chem