Dr. Anirban Basu is a Scientific Editor in the microbiology portfolio at Elsevier, based in the Bengaluru office. He obtained his PhD in Plant Sciences from the University of Hyderabad, India, and joined Elsevier in 2022. Dr. Basu has extensive research experience in plant microbiology, plant-microbe interactions, and plant and soil microbiomes. In addition to his editorial responsibilities, he serves as a GenAI Champion at Elsevier, actively promoting the responsible adoption and integration of generative AI tools in scholarly publishing.