Dr. Ling is a developmental neurogeneticist and a professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He heads the Department of Biomedical Sciences and the University-Driven Research Programme on Brain and Mental Health (PUTRA BRAIN). He has interest in the fields of neurogenetics, genomics, and bioinformatics. He has published various articles in peer-reviewed journals with high impact factors. He has also won various research and academic (NSF, MIFRS, AFSI, UPMSTS, ASM-Lindau Foundation, IBRO/ISN Research Fellowship) awards throughout his early career as a neuroscientist. He received his BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science and MSc in Genetics from UPM, and his PhD in Developmental Neurogenetics from the University of Adelaide, Australia. He spent about 4 years as an IBRO/ISN Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. Dr. Ling is an active Malaysian Society of Neurosciences life member and was the past vice president and honorary treasurer. He was also the Malaysian representative to the Governing Council of International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) (2012-2019) and Federation of Asia-Oceania Neuroscience Societies (FAONS) (2012-2017). He is an elected council member of the Asia Pacific Neurochemistry Society (APSN) (2020-2028). He strongly advocates science outreach programmes in the country via the Young Scientists Network-Academy of Science Malaysia (YSN-ASM) (2012-2021).