Muhammad Taqiuddin bin Zakaria was a full-time doctoral student in Exploration Geophysics at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). He was experienced in the geosciences industry, a university research assistant, and involved in geophysical research including environmental and engineering, slope failure assessments, groundwater exploration, and archaeo-geophysics in Malaysia. He has published several journals and presented several research papers at the local and international conferences. He also was the author of a book.