Dr Kalimullah Saighani, born in 1991 in Afghanistan, is a distinguished scholar specializing in biological science. He completed his high school in Kabul, pursued his BSc in Agronomy at Kabul University, and obtained his MSc and Ph.D. degrees from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan. The main area of his research is transcriptional responses to high- and low-temperature stresses in barley to discover the mechanisms that are altered to adapt the plant to its future growth. Currently, he is a Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews, UK. Previously, he was a postdoctoral researcher at TUAT and an assistant professor at Kabul University. He is a member of the Japanese Society of Breeding (JSB), and the British Educational Research Association (BERA). Dr Saighani has presented his research findings at numerous international academic conferences and has several major publications. Moreover, Dr. Saighani has been awarded prestigious scholarships and fellowships from institutions around the globe. Dr Saighani is multilingual, with proficiency in Persian, Pashto, English, and Japanese.  Key Words: seed viability, aging treatments, high- and low-temperature stresses, acclimation, gene expressions, digital RT-PCR, bioanalyzer software, RNA stability, 3D RNA-seq app, rice, and barley.