Ahmad Faizal obtained his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from the School of Life Sciences and Technology at Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) in Bandung, Indonesia, in 2004 and 2006, respectively. He completed his Ph.D. in Applied Biological Sciences in 2013 at Ghent University, Belgium. Currently, he serves as an Associate Professor at the School of Life Sciences and Technology at ITB, specializing in plant sciences and biotechnology research. Ahmad Faizal likely employs an interdisciplinary approach to understand the complex pathways of specialized metabolism and to optimize in vitro tissue culture processes.