Prof. Dr. Muhammad Adly Rahandi Lubis received his BSc in Forestry from IPB University (Bogor, Indonesia) in 2011 and integrated master/doctoral, PhD in Wood Science and Technology from Kyungpook National University (Daegu, South Korea) in 2019. He has been a junior researcher at the Research Center for Biomaterials, National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia since 2014. Dr. Lubis' research interests include wood adhesives, wood adhesion, thermosetting resins, and polymer composites. He was awarded $12,000 as the winner of “The ASEAN-Republic of Korea for Excellence in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)” from the South Korean Government, in 2021. In addition, he was the Best Researcher at the Research Center for Biomaterials, National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia in 2021. He is now working in the Research Center for Biomass and Bioproducts, National Research and Innovation Agency. He has been involved in $150,000 worth of research grants (8 projects) since 2020. He is a Guest Editor and an active reviewer in several reputable scientific journals. He's also the runner-up of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Alumnae Association of Indonesia (JAAI) Innovation Award 2022. Recently, he was the runner-up of the Young Researcher Award by the Indonesian Researcher Union in 2023.