diff --git a/content/metadata.yaml b/content/metadata.yaml
index cb723f1..7ada10d 100644
--- a/content/metadata.yaml
+++ b/content/metadata.yaml
@@ -278,6 +278,14 @@ authors:
     affiliations:
       - The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (CGIAR)
     corresponding: false
+  - name: Asis Hallab
+    initials: AH
+    github: https://github.com/asishallab
+    orcid: 0000-0002-2421-5431
+    email: a.hallab@fz-juelich.de
+    affiliations:
+      - Jülich research center, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG), Bioinformatics (IBG-4) and Bingen Technical University of Applied Sciences, Germany
+    corresponding: false
   - name: Laszlo Lang
     initials: LL
     github: LzLang