Akmal Nazir earned a BSc in Food Technology (2005) and an MSc in Food Technology (2007) from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad. He earned a PhD in Food Process Engineering (2013) from Wageningen University & Research. He served as an Assistant Professor from 2013 to 2018 at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad. He is now an Associate Professor at the United Arab Emirates University. He has 35 publications with 1091 citations, and his h-index is 18 (Scopus, 25 October).