Susmita Roy Riya joined the School of Pharmacy at BRAC University as a lecturer in January 2024. She completed her Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) and Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from University of Dhaka. Before joining Brac University, she worked as a Lecturer at the Department of Pharmacy, Northern University Bangladesh. Through her research inquisition, she has explored the fields of phytochemical and pharmacological potentials of ethnomedicinal plants, pharmaceutical dosage formulations and optimization.