Aryadeep Roychoudhury, PhD, has over 20 years of research experience in the field of abiotic stress responses in plants with perspectives of physiology, molecular biology, and cell signaling under diverse stress conditions. He currently is Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College, India, and also handles several government-funded projects on abiotic stress responses in rice. To date, he has published over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals, books and book chapters. He is a regular reviewer of articles in high-impact international journals, a life member of several scientific associations and societies, and a recipient of a Young Scientist Award 2019, conferred by the International Foundation for Environment and Ecology, at the University of Allahabad, India. His name is included in the Stanford University’s List of the World’s Top 2% Scientists.