Manish Kumar PatelManish Kumar Patel is currently a visiting scientist of the Department of Postharvest Science, Agriculture Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, 7505101, Israel. He obtained his M.Sc. in biotechnology in 2009 from Annamalai Univerity, India and Ph.D. in biotechnology in 2016 from CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute/Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, India. He completed his postdoctoral research at two research institutions in India, including the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, and National Institute of Plant Genome Research. Between 10/2016 and 04/2019, he worked in the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, and National Institute of Plant Genome Research as a research associate and national postdoctoral fellow, respectively. His current research interests are the elucidation of the roles of primary and secondary metabolites, and their interactions in abiotic stress responses and tolerance, as well as genomics and stress physiology. He has published 27 peer-reviewed papers and 12 selected abstracts presented at national and international conference. He has edited 2 special issue on current topics in "Plant Metabolites and Their Reprogramming for Plant Tolerance under Environmental Stress" published by international journal of molecular sciences. He is a reviewer for a number of plant journals including frontier in plant science, journal of plant growth regulation, bio-protocol, international journal of molecular sciences, and more. He is a topical advisory panel member for number of journal including international journal of molecular sciences, foods, and metabolites. Read More Read Less