Ipsita Mohanty, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology in the Departments of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences and Nutritional Sciences at Pennsylvania State University. Her research focuses on understanding how gut microbial metabolites influence human health and disease, particularly through their effects on metabolism, inflammation and immune regulation. Her laboratory combines advanced mass spectrometry, metabolomics and computational approaches to investigate host–microbiome interactions, with a particular emphasis on bile acids and microbial signaling molecules. Dr. Mohanty earned her PhD in Chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology and completed her postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Diego. Her research has been published in leading scientific journals, including Cell and Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. She received the 2024 Early Career Rising Star Award from the Metabolomics Association of North America.