Dr. Dhananjaya Bhadrapura Lakkappa is currently working as Senior Scientist at Sastra University, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Venom Biochemistry from University of Mysore, India in 2009. Dr. Dhananjaya received number of honors includes Awarded Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India, Awarded BOYSCAST Fellowship by DST, Government of India for the year, Awarded Post Doctoral Research Fellowship, The Penn-State University, Hershey, USA, Awarded Post Doctoral Research Fellowship by University of Malaya, Malaysia for the year, Prize for Best Poster Presentation, and Certificate of Merit For passing the examination on Awareness of Leprosy with Distinction. He is also serving as Associate Editor/Regional Editor/and member of editor board in journals. He also reviewed 22 papers in journals. His area of research interest related to OMICS Biology, Toxinology, Venomics, Management of venomous bites & Human Health, First-aid Methodologies Development for Envenomations, Development of Diagnostic kit, Structure-Function Studies of Toxins, Biochemcial & Pharmacological charcterization of Venoms of various Organisams, Characterization of Less studied components (Toxins) of Venoms, Identification of Therapeutic Molecules from Venoms in treatment of Various Diseases, Ethanopharmacological investigations in Search of Antidote for Envenomations, Venominformatics, Application of Computational Biology in Toxinology, Nanotoxinology, Characterization of Secretary Bio Molecules from diverse sources for their Therapeutic Utility, Ethanopharmacological Investigation for discovery of Lead Molecules for Various Diseases, Biochemical & Toxicological Studies, and Application of Computational Biology in Diseases. He supervised 1 M.Phil, 20 MSc, and 3 M.Tech students, 2 PhD currently in his supervision. He successfully completed 4 international and 5 national research projects and also received grants for his research work. He has published (2) books, (12) book chapters, (3) patents, (20) research papers in peer reviewed journals, (12) research papers communicated, (66) papers in national and international conferences/symposium contributed as author/co-author. He also participated in 27 national and international meetings. He is professional member of 26 scientific societies.