Dr. Jayakumar Bose is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow (2022–2026) and a former ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Awardee (DECRA; 2017–2020). He received his PhD in Agriculture at the University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, Australia (2011). Dr Bose made significant contributions to plant science, with numerous publications in high-ranking journals (e.g. Nature Communications, Trends in Plant Science, Plant Physiology, New Phytologist). His work is cited more than 5400 with a h-index of 32 (Google Scholar). Seven of his publications are now placed in the top 1% of cited papers in the research field of Plant and Animal Science (Web of Science; Clarivate Analytics). His overall achievements in research excellence, collaboration, public outreach, and leadership have been recognized by numerous awards including the 2017 South Australian Young Tall Poppy Award from the Australian Institute of Policy and Science.