Dr. Jayesh J. Ahire is a Postdoc researcher in the department of Microbiology, and Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa. He received Ph.D. Microbiology in the field of probiotics and its biogenic metabolites (2013) from North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India. Dr. Ahire has 5 years of research experience in Microbiology and Nanotechnology. He has published 22 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited book on probiotics. In addition to research, Dr. Ahire serving as a reviewer for peer-reviewed international journals like Journal of Infection & Public Health, Journal of Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, Archiv der Pharmazie, Process Biochemistry, Biocatalysis & Agricultural Biotechnology and Journal of Molecular Structure etc.
Dr. Ahire’s professional interests are in the area of probiotics and antimicrobial proteins, nanofiber mediated delivery of drugs and or antimicrobial compounds to prevent biofilm and or infections of drug resistant bacterial strains.