Professor Dr Ahmad Zuhairi Abdullah received his PhD in in chemical engineering in 2004. He was the Deputy Dean (2010-2018) and Dean (2022-2024) at the School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia. He is a registered Professional Technologist at Malaysian Board of Technologists (MBOT), a Fellow Member of Akademi Sains Malaysia and Institut Kimia Malaysia (IKM), and a Life member of the Malaysian Oil Scientists and Technologists’ Association (MOSTA). His research works mostly involve the use of ordered porous catalytic materials in oleochemical reactions, renewable energy, waste treatment, and waste valorization. He has more than 300 refereed publications in journals and book/book chapters, mainly as the main author. He is often invited to share his research experience at various international conferences held in Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan, the Philippines, and PR China. In addition, he is an evaluator for research proposals from different ministries/agencies locally as well as from several international scientific bodies in the USA, Oman, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Chile, and and was a visiting professor to Kyoto University, Japan, and Huaqiao University, PR China. He is a sought-after MBOT accreditation auditor and an external examiner or advisor for numerous academic programs across Malaysian universities, and a panel member to several local ministries in various roles. He is also an expert panel of the Department of Environment Malaysia for the evaluation of Environmental Impact Assessment reports for various proposed commercial projects related to petrochemical complexes, paper mills, metal smelting, chemical, lead-acid battery recycling plants, etc. He is one of the recipients of the Top Research Scientists Malaysia (TRSM) award in 2014. His h-index (Scopus) currently stands at 68 with nearly 16,000 citations.