Dr. Constancio A. Asis is a senior scientist at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF), Northern Territory Government, Australia, since 2014. Prior to joining DAF, he worked for the Philippine Rice Research Institute, Philippines (1990–2013). Dr. Asis graduated with a BS in Agriculture from Visayas State University, Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines (1990), an MS in Agriculture from Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan (1998), and a PhD in Agriculture from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan (2001). He conducted postdoctoral studies at the Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Centre, Miyazaki, Japan (2002–2004), and at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA (2012). Dr. Asis has received several awards, including Best Researcher, Best Oral Presentation (two awards), Best Posters (six awards), the Norman Borlaug Fellowship, Distinguished Service and Achievement Award, Talent Search for Young Scientists, Outstanding Young Scientists, Conferment as Scientist I, and Outstanding Alumni Award. He is a member of the International Society for Horticultural Science, the Australian Society of Horticultural Science, the Philippine Association of Career Scientists, Outstanding Young Scientist, Inc. Philippines, the Crop Science Society of the Philippines, the Philippine Society of Soil Science and Technology, the Philippine Society for Microbiology, and the National Research Council of the Philippines.