From January 2026, Dr Vijay Rayamajhi has served as a research assistant professor in the biology department at Soonchunhyang University in Asan, Republic of Korea. He focused on the biochemical characterisations of the nargenicin A1 pathway in Nocardia sp. (CS682) while pursuing his Ph.D. in bioengineering from Sun Moon University in the Republic of Korea in 2020. He has been a researcher at Sun Moon University (2016–2021), a postdoctoral researcher at the University of North Texas, USA (2021–2022), a biotechnology lecturer at Nobel College and SANN International College for Higher Studies, Kathmandu, Nepal (2022–2023), and a postdoctoral researcher at Soonchunhyang University (2023–2025). His research interests include microalgae, Haematococcus lacustris, antibiotics, astaxanthin, lipids, synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, actinomycetes, Nocardia sp. CS682, nargenicin A1, biosynthetic pathways, proteins, natural products, biological contaminants, fungi, bacteria, biochemical assays, biological assays, analytical instrumentation, software applications, and genetic experimentation.