Md. Abul Kalam AzadMd. Abul Kalam Azad (A. K. Azad), an expert in Polymers and Biomaterials science and encapsulation technology with a focus on composite materials and surface technologies for targeted drug delivery, is currently the senior lecturer at Department of Parmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University MAIWP International, Malaysia. In 2023, Dr. Azad was listed as Top 2% scientist by Stanford University for his extraordinary achievement on polymers related research. He has published over 100 publications, 20 book chapters and several patents. All of his efforts lead to become organizing and scientific committee member of many international conferences including PRISAL-UCMI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. 19th August 2023, (Organizing Committee Member), 4th Malaysian Congress of Toxicology (MYCOT 2023), IIUM, Kuantan, Malaysia, 5th Malaysian Congress of Toxicology (MYCOT 2024), TBC, Malaysia., Secretariate, 2nd AIMST Conference, 2022, AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia. Dr. Azad also invited as a keynote speaker in national and international conferences on Polymer Nanocomposites. Dr. A. K. Azad obtained his Masters, PhD from the International Islamic University Malaysia and has postdoctoral research fellow for academic & research experience, having been head of the Pharmaceutical Engineering Department at the MAHSA University, Malaysia for 2 years. This is complemented by his long academic and research experience as leading guest editor in Journal of Herbal Medicine, (Q2, impact factor 2.3) Elsevier, Leading guest editor in Polymers, (Q1, impact factor 5.0) MDPI and Editor-In-Chief (2018-present), Research and Review: Drugs and Drugs Development, Editorial Board member (2018), Trends in Pharmaceuticals and Nanotechnology and Editorial Board member (2018), Journal of Pharmacological Research and Developments. He has reviewed more than 200 articles from Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor and Francis, Dove Press, Bentham Science, John Wiley & Sons and Nature as well. He also received numerous National and international awards (The Best Award (Open Category) in Innovation and Invention, MTExpo-2018, PWTC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and gold medal (MTExpo-2018, PWTC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) for his outstanding research findings. Recently, He awarded US Green Card in the category of EB-1A for his extraordinary contributions in pharmaceutical formulations development. Read More Read Less