Dr. Swapnil Kajale is currently working as a Postdoctoral Scientist at the Agriculture Research Organization (ARO) - Volcani Institute in Rishon Lezion, Israel. He earned his PhD from Savitribai Phule Pune University in India. Dr. Kajale has over to years of research experience in Microbiology. He has completed several research projects in microbial ecology and microbial taxonomy, barcoding etc. using multi-omics approaches. Before joining the ARO, he was at the National Centre for Microbial Resource (NCMR) which has one of the largest microbial culture collection at DBT-National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, India. Here, he was responsible for maintaining the patent deposits in the International Depository Authority (IDA) under the Budapest Treaty. He awarded a ARO-Postdoctoral Fellowship in Israel to conduct the research within the framework of an Israeli Ministry of Agriculture project on antibiotic resistance in agro-environments. He has published 20 research papers in various international journals.