Dr. Kandhasamy Sowndhararajan is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, India. He completed his Ph.D. studies in Botany at the Bharathiar University in 2011. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Daegu University (2012-2013), the Kangwon National University (2013-2014), the Universiti Putra Malaysia (2014-2015), and the Kangwon National University (2015-2018). He joined the Kongunadu Arts and Science College in 2018. His research area includes microbiology and plant pathology, phytomedicine, and functional foods.