Dr. Settumba Mukasa is an Associate Professor of Crop Science at the School of Agricultural Sciences, Makerere University, Uganda. He obtained a PhD in Plant Virology from the Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden; an MSc (Genetics/Plant Breeding) from the University of Queensland, Australia; and a BSc in Agriculture from Makerere University. He carried out postdoctoral research in 2006 on phytoplasma infecting Napier grass at the University of Helsinki. Over the last 20 years, he has taught both undergraduate and postgraduate courses including Genetics, Biometrics, Plant Biotechnology, Plant Tissue Culture, and Plant Virology. He has supervised 50 graduate student (MSc and PhD) theses up to completion. He has won several competitive research grants, actively carried out research, and led a number of biotechnology research projects in Uganda, in the East African region, and projects involving international partners and collaborators. His research interests are in the area of seed systems for propagated vegetal crops including bananas, cassava, potato, and sweet potato. He has published over 60 publications in various international and peer-reviewed journals, and is a reviewer for a number of scientific journals. He is also a Science Editor for the Makerere University's Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (MUJAES). He has served as a member of the National Biosafety Committee of the National Council for Science and Technology (2017–2020).