Congratulations to Murali Kumar for completing his PhD this year, 2021. Murali’s thesis is “A study of the abiotic factors influencing the biofilm and spore formation of dairy isolates of Geobacillus stearothermophilus and characterization of spores based on their heat resistance”. Murali went to a post doc position at the University of Limerick in Ireland before moving to Abbott Laboratories in Ireland.