Suchismita Acharya, PhD is a co-founder and CEO/CSO for AyuVis. Dr. Acharya is a highly successful pharmaceutical scientist with over 15 years of experience in drug discovery & development with companies like Alcon & Novartis where she has been involved in the entire lifecycle of drug development for commercialization. She was trained as medicinal chemist during her post-doctoral research at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. She is highly experienced in designing and optimizing lead molecules for neuroscience, ophthalmology, oncology, cardiovascular, and inflammatory drug discovery and development programs. Awards/Achievements: E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist 2023, Impact Award Finalist from TechFW 2023, “Technical Knockout” by Fort Worth Inc. in 2023, One of four “Pharma Pioneers” in DFW by D CEO Magazine in 2022, Rising Star Award from TechFW in 2022; Rising Star Award from BioNTX in 2020; and more