I have been fascinated with the world of biology since I went out catching butterflies as a child with my father in my native country, Thailand. My interest in microbiology developed while studying at Chiang Mai University (Thailand) and Hokkaido University (Japan). Since my doctoral work, my research interest and focus has included cave microbiomes/new drug discovery, white-nose syndrome in bats, and alternative treatment tools against multidrug resistant infections. My work has fortunately been featured on the New York Times, Bloomberg TV network’s Spark series, Al Jazeera TV, the CBC’s Nature of Things (The Antibiotic Hunters episode), Global TV (Global 16x9 and Global Health), Knowledge Network, CBC radio (Daybreak) and in a number of International and Canadian magazines. In 2013, I chief-edited and co-authored a book entitled Cave Microbiomes: A Novel Resource for Drug Discovery, published by Springer. Besides my research interests in cave microbiology and related areas, I am also drawn to pedagogical issues in microbiology education. In 2009, I was selected as one of the biology research residency scholars in the ASM/NSF Biology Research Residency Scholars Program and participated in an NSF-sponsored residency in Washington DC. I have continuously been involved with ASM JMBE as a reviewer and was a section editor until 2018. I am a Full Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.