Affiliation: Arizona State University, Biodesign Institute, Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics

Dr. Soumyadev Sarkar received his PhD from Jadavpur University, India in 2019 for his research in yeast microbiology. After completion of his PhD, Soumyadev joined Kansas State University, USA as a postdoctoral scientist where he primarily worked on soil microbiomes. Currently, he is working as a postdoctoral research fellow at Arizona State University, USA, on understanding bacterial symbiosis. Soumyadev has more than 25 publications in international peer-reviewed journals. He is also serving editorial roles in some of the leading journals. His expertise is in microbiology, microbial ecology, and microbiomes.