S.B. Sainath is Assistant Professor in the Biotechnology Department at Vikrama Simhapuri University in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, India. He obtained his PhD from Sri Venhateswara University in India, and has held positions at DST-SERB, and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Foundation of Science and Technology, at the University or Porto in Portugal. His research focuses on nuclear signaling mechanisms across metazoan phyla. He has published four books, and over 30 articles.