Saurab Kishore Munshi started his PhD in January 2022. His research focuses on the contribution of metabolic activities of Haemophilus influenzae to their virulence and host persistence. He is the recipient of the University of Queensland Research Training scholarships. He completed his undergraduate and master’s degree in microbiology from Stamford University Bangladesh, where he worked as an Assistant Professor. He has research experience in infectious diseases, bacterial pathogenesis, cell biology, food & environmental microbiology and molecular biology with more than 40 publications.