Jaya Chakraborty is an enthusiastic research personnel specialized in the field of Environmental Microbiology. She is now presently associated with CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India as a National Post Doctorate fellow. She was selected for the National Post Doctorate Fellowship by SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India in 2018. She completed her doctorate from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India from the Department of Life Science. She is an active member of Association of Microbiologists of India and has presented several oral and poster presentations in national and international conferences. She has nine years of research experience and has published numerous research papers and book chapters in international journals. She endeavours to become a revolutionary scientist in the field of microbial ecology and functions using next generation sequencing technologies. This could be motivation for many students in developing inquiring minds and curiosity about science.