diff --git a/__tests__/validation.test.ts b/__tests__/validation.test.ts
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index 0000000..b82e433
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+++ b/__tests__/validation.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { validateEmail, sanitizeEmail, getEmailValidationError } from '../lib/validation';
+
+describe('Email Validation', () => {
+  // Valid email test cases
+  const validEmails = [
+    'user@example.com',
+    'john.doe@example.co.uk',
+    'john+tag@example.com',
+    'user-name@example.org',
+    'user123@example.net',
+    'first.last@example.com',
+    'email@subdomain.example.com',
+    'very.common@example.com',
+    'disposable.style.email@example.com',
+    'other.email-with-hyphen@example.com'
+  ];
+
+  // Invalid email test cases
+  const invalidEmails = [
+    '',
+    '  ',
+    'invalid-email',
+    'invalid@email',
+    '@missingusername.com',
+    'username@.com',
+    'username@domain',
+    'username@domain.',
+    'username@-domain.com',
+    'a'.repeat(321) + '@example.com', // Exceed max length
+    'email@111.222.333.44444', // Invalid IP domain
+    'email@[123.123.123.123]', // IP in square brackets
+    'much."more unusual"@example.com', // Unusual but invalid local part
+    'admin@mailserver1' // Missing top-level domain
+  ];
+
+  // Test valid emails
+  test.each(validEmails)('validates valid email: %s', (email) => {
+    expect(validateEmail(email)).toBe(true);
+    expect(getEmailValidationError(email)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  // Test invalid emails
+  test.each(invalidEmails)('invalidates invalid email: %s', (email) => {
+    expect(validateEmail(email)).toBe(false);
+    expect(getEmailValidationError(email)).not.toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  // Sanitization tests
+  describe('Email Sanitization', () => {
+    test('trims whitespace', () => {
+      expect(sanitizeEmail('  test@example.com  ')).toBe('test@example.com');
+    });
+
+    test('converts to lowercase', () => {
+      expect(sanitizeEmail('Test@Example.COM')).toBe('test@example.com');
+    });
+
+    test('handles empty input', () => {
+      expect(sanitizeEmail('')).toBe('');
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Specific error message tests
+  describe('Email Validation Error Messages', () => {
+    test('returns error for empty email', () => {
+      expect(getEmailValidationError('')).toBe('Email is required');
+    });
+
+    test('returns error for short email', () => {
+      expect(getEmailValidationError('a@b')).toBe('Invalid email format');
+    });
+
+    test('returns error for extremely long email', () => {
+      const longEmail = 'a'.repeat(322) + '@example.com';
+      expect(getEmailValidationError(longEmail)).toBe('Email is too long');
+    });
+  });
+});
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diff --git a/jest.setup.js b/jest.setup.js
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index 0000000..b832999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jest.setup.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Add any global Jest configuration or setup here
+// For now, it's an empty file, but it can be expanded later
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diff --git a/lib/validation.ts b/lib/validation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..058be04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/validation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/**
+ * Comprehensive email validation function
+ * @param email - Email address to validate
+ * @returns boolean indicating if the email is valid
+ */
+export const validateEmail = (email: string): boolean => {
+  // If email is undefined or null, return false
+  if (!email) return false;
+
+  // Trim and convert to lowercase
+  const trimmedEmail = email.trim().toLowerCase();
+  
+  // Check length constraints
+  if (trimmedEmail.length < 5 || trimmedEmail.length > 320) return false;
+
+  // Comprehensive email validation regex
+  // Follows RFC 5322 standard with some practical constraints
+  const emailRegex = /^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*$/;
+  
+  // Additional checks
+  const [localPart, domainPart] = trimmedEmail.split('@');
+  
+  // Validate local and domain parts
+  if (!localPart || !domainPart) return false;
+  if (localPart.length > 64 || domainPart.length > 255) return false;
+  
+  // Must contain at least one dot in domain
+  if (!domainPart.includes('.')) return false;
+  
+  // Final regex test
+  return emailRegex.test(trimmedEmail);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Sanitize email by trimming and converting to lowercase
+ * @param email - Email address to sanitize
+ * @returns sanitized email
+ */
+export const sanitizeEmail = (email: string): string => {
+  return email ? email.trim().toLowerCase() : '';
+};
+
+/**
+ * Get detailed email validation error
+ * @param email - Email to validate
+ * @returns Error message or null if valid
+ */
+export const getEmailValidationError = (email: string): string | null => {
+  if (!email) return 'Email is required';
+  
+  const trimmedEmail = email.trim().toLowerCase();
+  
+  if (trimmedEmail.length < 5) return 'Email is too short';
+  if (trimmedEmail.length > 320) return 'Email is too long';
+  
+  if (!trimmedEmail.includes('@')) return 'Email must contain @ symbol';
+  
+  const [localPart, domainPart] = trimmedEmail.split('@');
+  
+  if (!localPart) return 'Email is missing local part';
+  if (!domainPart) return 'Email is missing domain part';
+  
+  if (localPart.length > 64) return 'Local part of email is too long';
+  if (domainPart.length > 255) return 'Domain part of email is too long';
+  
+  if (!domainPart.includes('.')) return 'Domain must contain at least one dot';
+  
+  return validateEmail(email) ? null : 'Invalid email format';
+};
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diff --git a/models/User.ts b/models/User.ts
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index 0000000..13136c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/User.ts
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+import mongoose from 'mongoose';
+import { validateEmail } from '../lib/validation';
+
+// Define interface for type safety
+interface IUser extends mongoose.Document {
+  email: string;
+}
+
+const UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema<IUser>({
+  email: {
+    type: String,
+    required: [true, 'Email is required'],
+    unique: true,
+    trim: true,
+    lowercase: true,
+    validate: {
+      validator: function(v: string) {
+        return validateEmail(v);
+      },
+      message: 'Invalid email format'
+    }
+  }
+}, { 
+  timestamps: true 
+});
+
+// Create a compound unique index to ensure case-insensitive unique constraint
+UserSchema.index({ email: 1 }, { 
+  unique: true, 
+  collation: { locale: 'en', strength: 2 } 
+});
+
+// Pre-save middleware to normalize email
+UserSchema.pre('save', function(next) {
+  if (this.isModified('email')) {
+    this.email = this.email.trim().toLowerCase();
+  }
+  next();
+});
+
+// Handle duplicate key error with a more informative message
+UserSchema.post('save', function(error: any, doc: any, next: any) {
+  if (error.name === 'MongoServerError' && error.code === 11000) {
+    next(new Error('An account with this email already exists'));
+  } else {
+    next(error);
+  }
+});
+
+// Create the model, avoiding re-compilation
+export const User = mongoose.models.User || mongoose.model<IUser>('User', UserSchema);
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5f77db5..eae27c0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,73 +7,35 @@
     "build": "next build",
     "start": "next start",
     "lint": "next lint",
-    "ionic:build": "npm run build",
-    "ionic:serve": "npm run start"
+    "test": "jest",
+    "test:watch": "jest --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@hookform/resolvers": "^3.1.1",
-    "@radix-ui/react-accordion": "^1.1.2",
-    "@radix-ui/react-avatar": "^1.0.3",
-    "@radix-ui/react-checkbox": "^1.0.4",
-    "@radix-ui/react-collapsible": "^1.0.3",
-    "@radix-ui/react-dialog": "^1.0.4",
-    "@radix-ui/react-dropdown-menu": "^2.0.5",
-    "@radix-ui/react-label": "^2.0.2",
-    "@radix-ui/react-popover": "^1.0.6",
-    "@radix-ui/react-select": "^2.0.0",
-    "@radix-ui/react-separator": "^1.0.3",
-    "@radix-ui/react-slot": "^1.0.2",
-    "@radix-ui/react-switch": "^1.0.3",
-    "@radix-ui/react-toast": "^1.1.4",
-    "@reduxjs/toolkit": "^1.9.5",
-    "@types/node": "20.4.1",
-    "@types/react": "18.2.14",
-    "@types/react-dom": "18.2.6",
-    "autoprefixer": "10.4.14",
-    "chart.js": "^4.4.1",
-    "class-variance-authority": "^0.6.1",
-    "clsx": "^2.0.0",
-    "cookies-next": "^4.1.1",
-    "date-fns": "^2.30.0",
-    "eslint-config-next": "14.0.3",
-    "eslint-config-standard": "^17.1.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-tailwindcss": "^3.14.1",
-    "i": "^0.3.7",
-    "lucide-react": "^0.259.0",
-    "moment": "^2.29.4",
+    "mongoose": "^7.6.3",
     "next": "14.0.3",
-    "next-themes": "^0.2.1",
-    "postcss": "8.4.25",
     "react": "18.2.0",
-    "react-apexcharts": "^1.4.1",
-    "react-chartjs-2": "^5.2.0",
-    "react-day-picker": "^8.8.0",
-    "react-dom": "18.2.0",
-    "react-hook-form": "^7.45.1",
-    "react-icons": "^5.0.1",
-    "react-redux": "^8.1.1",
-    "redux-persist": "^6.0.0",
-    "tailwind-merge": "^1.13.2",
-    "tailwindcss": "3.4.1",
-    "tailwindcss-animate": "^1.0.6",
-    "uuid": "^9.0.1",
     "zod": "^3.21.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/uuid": "^9.0.8",
-    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.12.0",
-    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.12.0",
-    "eslint": "^8.44.0",
-    "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.0.0",
-    "eslint-config-standard-with-typescript": "^40.0.0",
-    "eslint-config-xo": "^0.43.1",
-    "eslint-config-xo-typescript": "^1.0.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.27.5",
-    "eslint-plugin-n": "^16.3.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^6.1.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.32.2",
-    "prettier": "^3.0.0",
-    "prettier-plugin-tailwindcss": "^0.4.0",
+    "@types/jest": "^29.5.11",
+    "@types/mongoose": "^5.11.97",
+    "jest": "^29.7.0",
+    "ts-jest": "^29.1.1",
     "typescript": "^5.1.6"
+  },
+  "jest": {
+    "preset": "ts-jest",
+    "testEnvironment": "node",
+    "transform": {
+      "^.+\\.tsx?$": "ts-jest"
+    },
+    "moduleFileExtensions": [
+      "ts",
+      "tsx",
+      "js",
+      "jsx",
+      "json",
+      "node"
+    ]
   }
-}
+}
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