Prof. Dr. Arinthip Thamchaipenet is a Full Professor of Genetics at the Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand. She completed her Ph.D. at the Department of Genetics, University of Glasgow, UK. Her research areas are in plant microbiome, plant–microbe interaction, plant-growth promoting bacteria, endophytic actinomycetes, and drug discovery via Streptomyces genome manipulation.