Dr. Aseer Manilal is an Associate Professor and coordinator of the PG Microbiology Program at the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia. He has published 77 articles in Scopus-indexed international journals, having a cumulative impact value of 100 and a Scopus H index of 19. The research interests are natural antimicrobials, medical geomicrobiology, and MDR pathogens.