Faidz A Rahman received the B.Sc. (Hons.) and MSc degrees from the Department of Physics, University of Malaya, Malaysia, in 1994 and 1996, respectively and the Ph.D. degree from the Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University (MMU), Malaysia, in 2002. From 1998 to 2008 he was at the Faculty of Engineering, MMU and was appointed to various posts with the last appointment as the Dean for the Institute of Postgraduate Studies, MMU. He has also been appointed as a Research Fellow at Telekom Malaysia Research and Development Sdn Bhd (2003-2005), i.e. the R&D arm of the largest telco company in Malaysia. He is presently (since 2008) a Professor at the Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia. Concurrently, he is appointed as the Vice President (R&D and Commercialisation) that leads the development of postgraduate programs and research activities in UTAR.Dr Faidz was an Exco member cum Honorary Secretary in the Institute Physics Malaysia (2013-2019). He serves in various capacities in agencies such as the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia and Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia to look into the R&D policies and proposals (2003-present). He was elected as Fellows to the Academy of Science Malaysia, Asean Academy of Engineering and Technology and Institut Fizik Malaysia.